Dancing Perimeter & Area of a Square
Students will dance their way into understanding the shapes in different categories may share attributes.
Resources
- CD/iPod/music source
- Variety of music with good strong beat
- Drum for signaling
- Blue tape to make squares
- Math in Your Feet
- Perimeter Around The Area by The Bazillions
- Introductions to Polygons – Geometry
Fine Art Standards
- DANCE STANDARD 1: Body awareness
- DANCE STANDARD 2: Investigating – The student identifies and demonstrates the dance elements of time, space, and energy.
- DANCE STANDARD 3: Creating – The student understands and demonstrates choreographic principles and processes in the art form of dance.
- DANCE STANDARD 4: Contextualizing
Integrated Standards
MATH STANDARD 3.G.A: Reason with shapes and their attributes.
Objectives
Students will understand what makes you need to make a geometric shape by making up a dance about geometric shapes using math vocabulary words.