E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Music: 2 D Shapes
Kyan is an African villager. Can you help him name and define different parts of shapes?
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Types of Polygons Based on Number of Sides
Students can practice classifying polygons in a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Types of Polygons Based on Number of Sides
Students can practice identifying polygons through a series of self-check exercises and timed learning games.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Polygons
Get independent practice working with polygons and their characteristics. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Geometry
A comprehensive tutorial from AAA Math that contains explanations, interactive practices and challenging games.
Education Development Center
Think Math: Getting an Angle on Geometry [Pdf]
In this lesson on geometry and polygons, you use origami to use various polygons to make a heart. Included in this PDF lesson is vocabulary worksheet with answers provided.
Math.com
Math.com: Quadrilaterals
The lesson investigates types of quadrilaterals. Definitions, examples, and a worksheet are available.
Government of Alberta
Learn alberta.ca: Mathematics Glossary: Adjacent Sides
Get a visual and animated definition of what an adjacent sides are from LearnAlberta.ca Mathematics Glossary. [Requires Java]
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Tool
This resource will help students better understand polygons. The shape tool allows users to create and manipulate different types of polygons.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Vertices and Sides in Various Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This resource is practice problems where students determine the number of sides or vertices in given polygons.
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Los Angeles County Office of Education: Quadrilateral Quest
Use your knowledge of properties of quadrilaterals to correctly match quadrilaterals.
Math Cats
Math Cats: Go to the Polygon Playground
In this interactive activity you can click and drag on hundreds of different polygons to paste in your screen and create your own patterns and forms.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Math World: Hexagon
Gives a detailed overview of hexagons, particularly of regular hexagons. Be sure to use the links for unfamiliar notation or variable representation. This site gives formulas for inner radius, circumradius, parameter, and area of a...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Area of a Regular Polygon
This activity has the students derive the formula for finding the area of a regular polygon. Demonstrating the procedure of constructing a regular polygon in front of the class maybe necessary depending on the students prior experience
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Triangle Inequality
In this activity the Students can use Cabri Jr. to investigate the Triangle Inequality Theorm and make conjectures about their findings.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Naming Polygons
Students will identify polygons and learn the names of polygons based on the number of sides.