What is area? by Emma Gannon https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3 Made with good vibes en-us 2017-09-27 10:39:09 UTC 2025-12-13 01:30:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png Why do we need to know about area? emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191595513 How can we use our knowledge of area outside the classroom?
What applications in the real world could area be useful for?

]]> 2017-09-27 10:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191595513 How can we measure it? emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191595965 How would you measure out the length of the sides for:
      - a swimming pool
      - a pizza
      - school football pitch
      - table
What instruments would you use to gather your information?]]> 2017-09-27 10:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191595965 Where can uses of area knowledge be seen? emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191595985 Think of examples or jobs where area would be useful.
What would or wouldn't be possible without area?

]]> 2017-09-27 10:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191595985 Units of area? emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191596150 What formula do we use to calculate area?
How does this affect the units we use?
What would the standard area unit be?]]> 2017-09-27 10:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191596150 What do we need to know in order to calculate the area? emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191596233 Take a rectangle for example. 
What information do we need from the rectangle in order to find its area?
What info would we need to find the are of:
      - a swimming pool
      - a pizza
      - school football pitch
      - table]]> 2017-09-27 10:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191596233 The Pizza Problem emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191604641 Think of pizza slices from the shops? How can we find the area of the entire pizza from just one slice?
How could we use this information to our advantage? (eg. pizza prices, more pizza?)]]> 2017-09-27 11:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/191604641 Watch this COOL vid!! emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/192012401 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAawHbPiQfo]]> 2017-09-28 11:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/192012401 How could our information in area be used to find the area of this complex shape? emma_gannon22 https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/192012930
What basic info could we take to find the overall area of the shape?]]> 2017-09-28 11:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_gannon22/43c7kdh4jqi3/wish/192012930