Calculating the Perimeter through Words and Figures

School – Hansraj Model School

Name of the activity –  Perimet-my-name 

Grade level –  Class-4

Subject -  Mathematics

Art Integration-Perimeter of the alphabets of your  name and other figures.

Chapter – Perimeter

Sub-topic – Calculating the Perimeter 

Ideated by- Ms. Rouble Oberoi 

Executed by- Ms. Rouble Oberoi 

 Description of the activity – 

1. Encouraged and amused  by the use of the concept of perimeter in our daily life, the students used their creativity to find the perimeter of different alphabets on a squared sheet  and then moved on to  find the perimeter of each alphabet of their name and then find the total perimeter of all the alphabets in  their name .

2. Feeling elated and inspired , the students decided to find the perimeter of  things around them like a hut , a robot etc.

Learning outcome –

1. This activity helps students to widen their thinking horizon and discover the use of mathematical concepts in our daily life.

2. The students were able to  find out about the use of the concept of perimeter in our daily life in a fun way.

3. The students were able to solve real world and mathematical problems.

4. The students learnt about finding the perimeter of any closed plane figure