This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of area.

In “Backyard Makeover”, students will take the role of a backyard designer. They will learn how to use area and perimeter to design a new backyard. Students will decide on what items to include in their design. Students will submit a design for their “Backyard Makeover.”

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of perimeter.

Students will have to solve the real world problem of locker smell leakage by building an air filter that will cover the vents on the top of a locker. This project goes well with a curriculum on the particle nature of gases and phase changes.