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Area & Perimeter Builder

Tiles inside, fence around

Ages
Ages 8–12
Verification
Verified Oct 3, 2026

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An area-and-perimeter lab for ages 8-12 built on one distinction: tiles cover the inside, a fence walks the edge. Tile & Fence Lab resizes a rectangle on a unit grid with live area (square units) and perimeter counts plus a same-area-different-fence comparison (6x4 vs 8x3 vs 12x2). Build the Yard sets 8 target challenges (a garden of area 18, a pen of perimeter 16) with badges. Which Is Which? runs 10 real-world rounds (carpet, photo frame, yard fence, poster ribbon) where kids first choose area or perimeter, then compute it.

Subjects

  • Mathematics (Developer disclosed)

Skills

  • area of rectangles (Developer disclosed)
  • perimeter (Developer disclosed)
  • square units (Developer disclosed)
  • comparing rectangles (Developer disclosed)

Standards

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Practical details

No adult setup

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Developer: Cogitare Labs

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Material changes

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