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NCTM 2015 Regional Conference & Exposition: Nashville, Tennessee

Please note: The NCTM conference program is subject to change.

21- Patty Paper Discoveries: Deriving Area Formulas

Thursday, November 19, 2015: 8:00 AM-9:15 AM
Broadway Ballroom K (Omni Nashville)

 

Lead Speaker:
Holly P. Anthony

Handouts Area_Activity_Wikkistix.pdf

 

Students need experiences with guided discovery lessons to develop their understanding of how/why the area formulas work. We will use patty paper and wikki stix explorations to derive the area formulas for a parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.

 

Presentation Format: 6-8 Workshop

 

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