Area of Polygons

 It is important to know about this type of lesson because we would have to use it in our lives at some point and it doesn't have to involve just fencing around a home. Using the formula really helps a lot to understand the concept of area of polygons. I have here a formula box for area of polygons. I got this formula box from the site I looked at and posted it here. There was another site that I found that was also very helpful in explaining which I also posted and it also had links to other sites for more help.
Learning about the area of polygons wasn't so hard for me and so it was good. There is also another way to learn about the area of polygons such as using the geoboard. I think using the geoboard on children is a great way to learn the area of polgons. They get to learn hands on instead of just paper and pencil. There are also videos that help with learning about this type of geometry as well, such as teachertube.com which I found pretty cool.





http://www.asu.edu/courses/mat142ej/geometry/Geometry.pdf

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt668/EMT668.Folders.F97/Hales/lessons/lesson1/lesson%231.html