Square Dance - Exploring Square Roots

In this activity, students will explore the relationship between the area and side length of squares as a segue to rational and irrational numbers. During the activity, students will learn more about: • perfect squares and square roots • rational and irrational numbers • approximately place rational and irrational terms on a number line *Teacher note: Check out screen 5 to extend the conversation of rational numbers. **Clothesline cards here: http://bit.ly/squaredancecards ***Blog post of teaching ideas here: http://burnsmath.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-visual-representation-of-square-roots.html

By Cathy Yenca