Mathematics Guides for JSS 3 Measurement and Geometry (Shapes and Angles)

 

MATHEMATICS 

THEME – MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY 

TOPIC 1 – AREA OF PLANE FIGURES

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Triangular shapes

2. Models of parallelogram

3. Models of trapezium

4. Model of circles and sectors

5. Flash cards with word problems

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. find area of triangles.

2. find area of parallelograms.

3. find area of trapezium.

 

4. find area of circles and sectors.

5. solve word problems involving areas.

6. solve quantitative aptitude problems on areas.

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Areas of triangles

2. Area of parallelogram

3. Area of trapezium

4. Areas of circles

5. Word problems involving area.

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

1. Leads students to derive formula for areas of triangles.

2. Guides students to use the obtained formula to find the area of triangle.

3. Leads students to derive the formula for area of parallelogram.

4. Guides students to use the derived formula to find the area of parallelogram.

 

5. Leads students to derive the formula for area of trapezium.

6. Guides students to solve problems on area of trapezium using the derived formula.

7. Leads students to derive the formula for area of circles and the sectors.

8. Guides students to use the derived formula to find the area of circles and sectors.

9. Guides students to interpret and solve word problems involving areas.

10. Guide students to solve quantitative aptitude problem an area of figures.

 

 STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

1. Derive formula for areas of triangles.

2. Use the formula to find the area of triangle.

3. Derive the formula for area of parallelogram.

4. Use the derived formula to find the area of a parallelogram.

 

5. Derive the formula to find the area of a trapezium.

6. Find the area of trapezium.

7. Derive the formula for area of circles and sectors.

8. Use the derived formula to find the area of circles.

9. Interpret and solve word problems involving areas.

10. Solve quantitative aptitude problems on areas.

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. find the area of given triangles.

2. find the area of given parallelograms.

3. find areas of given trapezium.

 

4. find the areas of given circles and sectors.

5. solve given word problems involving area.

 

MATHEMATICS 

THEME – MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY 

TOPIC 2 – CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE SHAPES AND ANGLES 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Plain sheet of paper and Mathematical set.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. construct angle 45°.

2. construct angles 30°.

3. use a pair of compasses to copy a given angle.

4. construct simple shapes.

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Construction of angle 45°

2. Construction of angles 30°

 

3. Copying given angles

3. Construction of simple plane shapes

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

1. Leads students to construct angles 45°.

2. Leads students to construct angles 30°.

3. Leads students to copy a given angle.

4. Guides students to construct simple plane shapes.

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

1. Construct angles 45°.

2. Construct angles 30°.

 

3. Copy a given angle.

4. Construct simple plane shapes.

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. construct angle 45°.

2. construct angles 30°.

3. copy a given angle.

4. construct simple plane shapes.

 

MATHEMATICS 

THEME – MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY 

TOPIC 3 – SIMILAR SHAPES 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Similar shapes of triangles, rectangles, squares, cubes and cuboids.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify similar figures, triangle, rectangles, squares, cubes and cuboids.

2. identify the presence of similar shapes in the environment.

3. enlarge figures using scale factors.

 

4. calculate lengths, areas and volumes of similar figures.

5. solve problems on quantitative reasoning involving similar shapes.

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

1. Similar shapes

2. Enlargements and scale factor

3. Lengths, arears and volumes of similar figures.

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

1. Guides students to identify similar shapes around them.

2. Introduce the meaning of enlargement and scale factor.

3. Guides students to enlarge shapes using scale factor.

 

4. Leads students to identify that if the length of similar figures are in ratio 1 : k then areas and volumes are in ratios 1 : k² = 1 : k³ respectively.

5. Leads students to solve quantitative aptitude problems involving similar shapes.

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

1. Identify similar shapes around them.

2. Describe the meaning of enlargement and scale factor.

3. Enlarge shapes using scale factors.

4. Identify that if the length of similar figures are in ratio 1 : k then the areas and volumes are in ratios 1 : k² = 1 : k³ respectively.

5. Solve problems on quantitative aptitude involving similar shape.

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify given similar shapes.

2. determine the scale factors of any given figures.

 

3. enlarge figures using the scale factors.

4. find the lengths areas and volume of given similar figures.

5. solve problems on quantitative aptitude involving similar shape.

 

MATHEMATICS 

THEME – MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY 

TOPIC 4 – TRIGONOMETRY 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Model of right angled triangle. Flash cards with different problems.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify sine, cosine and tangent of an acute angle.

2. solve problems on applications of trigonometric ratios to finding distances and lengths.

3. apply trigonometric ratios in solving word problems.

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS

1. The sine, cosine and tangent of an acute angle.

2. Applications of trigonometric ratios.

 

LESSON PRESENTATION 

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

1. Leads students to observe the sine, cosine, and tangent of an acute angle as ratios of sides of right angled triangle.

2. Leads students to use the trigonometric ratios to solve practical problems involving right-angled triangle.

3. Leads students to apply trigonometric ratios to solve word problems.

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

1. Identify sine, cosine and tangent of an acute angle as ratios of sides of a right-angled triangle.

2. Use trigonometric ratio to solve practical problems.

3. Apply trigonometric ratios to solve word problems.

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

 

1. determine sine, cosine and tangent of an acute angle from given triangles.

2. solve practical problems involving trigonometric ratios.