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http://www.freemathhelp.com/Lessons/PreAlgebra_Perimeter_and_Area_BB.htm
This site contains a video tutorial with notes on perimeter and area.

http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand3/3108.htm
This page has the perimeter and area of the basic geometric figures along with a word search game for terms.

8.1  Rectangles and Squares

http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cgi/squizzes/geometry/square_rectangle_area_1.html
This page gives the formulas for finding perimeter and area of rectangles and squares.

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Squares-and-Rectangles.topicArticleId-18851,articleId-18801.html
This page explains finding the perimeter and area of rectangles and squares.

8.2  Parallelograms and Triangles

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/AreaOfParallelogram.shtml
This site shows how to find the area of a parallelogram.

http://enlvm.usu.edu/ma/nav/toc.jsp?sid=__shared&cid=emready@area_pt
This site contains a virtual geoboard to demonstrate the areas of parallelograms and triangles.

8.3  Trapezoids

http://argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math9/strand3/trapezoid_area_per.htm
This site gives the formulas for finding the perimeter and area of trapezoids and has a movable trapezoid to see how changing lengths changes perimeter and area.

http://www.algebralab.org/Word/Word.aspx?file=Geometry_AreaPerimeterTrapezoids.xml
This page contains practice problems on finding the perimeter and area of trapezoids.

8.4  Regular Polygons

http://www.algebralab.org/lessons/lesson.aspx?file=Geometry_AreaPerimeterRegularPolygons.xml
This site explains how to find the perimeter and area of regular polygons.

http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/RegularPolygonGen.cfm
This page discusses the perimeters and area of regular polygons.

8.5  Circles

http://math.about.com/od/formulas/ss/areaperimeter_5.htm
This page gives the formulas for finding perimeter and area of a circle.

http://www.analyzemath.com/Geometry_calculators/area_perimeter_circle.html
This page contains a calculator that finds the perimeter and area of a circle by stating the radius.

8.6  Areas of Similar Figures

http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=189
This page contains a gizmo about perimeter and area of similar figures.

8.7  Geometric Probability

http://www.laredo.edu/mlmen/CLASSES%20ALL/ALL%20Past%20%20CLASSES/Spring2004/MA1351/InteractiveLessons/lessons/pm3.html
This site includes activities relating probability to the areas on spinner. This website requires Java to run some of its features.

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/random.html
This site includes activities relating geometry, area, and probability.