Lesson Plan: Finding the Areas of Rectangles and Triangles Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, Prerequisites and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to calculate the areas of rectangles and triangles and the volumes of rectangular prisms.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- calculate the areas of rectangles using the formula ,
- calculate the volumes of rectangular prisms using the formula ,
- calculate the areas of right triangles using the formula ,
- calculate the volumes of right triangular prisms using the formula ,
- combine these formulas to find the areas and volumes of compound shapes.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the definition of a right triangle.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- curved objects.
