Curated OER
Circles and Parabolas
In this circles and parabolas learning exercise, learners follow directions to draw parabolas. They fold paper to represent a parabola. Students also use straight lines to create a circle. This one page learning exercise contains three...
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Triangular-prism Net
In this math instructional activity, students create a model of a triangular prism by cutting the pattern and folding on the lines. There is no picture of the finished product.
Annenberg Foundation
Geometry 3D Shapes: Euler's Theorem
How do you get a theorem named after you? Euler knows what it takes! The third lesson of five asks pupils to use an interactive activity to compare the faces, vertices, and edges of seven different three-dimensional solids. They use...
Curated OER
Tearing a Piece of Paper in Half
In this secondary mathematics activity, students investigate exponential growth as they predict the height of a stack of paper formed by tearing one sheet of paper in half over and over again for thirty tears. The one page activity...
Curated OER
Money Is Irrational
In this geometry lesson, 10th graders fold a dollar bill to make a tetrahedron. They analyze geometric shapes and apply it hands on.
Curated OER
Truncated Dodecahedron
In this math instructional activity, students build a truncated dodecahedron. This is a solid shape with 12 regular decagonal faces and 20 equilateral triangular faces. Students build this shape to assist in developing their cognitive...
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Truncated Icosidodecahedron
In this math activity, students use a paper model to build a truncated icosidodecahedron. The activity includes a model that is to be cut out and put together by the student. There is an option to include a small preview of the completed...
Curated OER
Dodecahedron
In this dodecahedron instructional activity, students build a model of a dodecahedron. The pattern for this shape is made up of twelve pentagons. This is a instructional activity generator, and the teacher can choose if a sample of the...
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Truncated Icosahedron
In this math learning exercise, students build a model of a truncated icosahedron. This shape has 12 regular pentagonal faces and 20 regular hexagonal faces. An option to include a preview of the finished model is included for the teacher.
Curated OER
Help Maggie Rebuild Her Airplane!
In this airplane worksheet, students build airplanes out of paper and test their accuracy while flying them. Students build 6 planes and fill out test logs to go with them.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Triangles to Tetrahedra
Given an unlimited number of a specific type of equilateral, isosceles, and right triangles create as many tetrahedra as are possible. Includes printout.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Net Cuts
In this enrichment game, the nets for nine solids are displayed. The twist is that each net has been cut into two pieces. The challenge is find the pieces that go together.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Christmas Presents
Improve your logic and net recognition skills with this learning game. Solution included.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Making Boxes
Have fun and learn by making a box and then find out its maximum volume as well as other problem-solving activities, including making a table of your results and drawing a graph.