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Kuta Software

Polygons and Angles

For Students 6th - 10th
Get out those protractors! Geometers measure interior and exterior angles of 10 polygons, including a 24-gon. They also calculate the interior angle sum of the polygons. 
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Polygons-Changing Area Versus Changing Perimeter

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Investigate the area and perimeter of polygons in this geometry lesson. Young geometers use grid paper to draw a quadrilateral and calculate its area and perimeter. They also read The Greedy Triangle to identify the changing shape of...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Finding Areas of Polygons, Variation 1

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
An exercise in finding the area of polygons by decomposing into triangles and composing into rectangles is the focus of this resource. Make several copies of the worksheet for each participant. Ask learners to use colored pencils to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Know Your Polygons!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars identify and categorize different polygons. In this polygons lesson plan, students research and identify properties of polygons,  identify different polygon shapes, and categorize different triangles and quadrilaterals.
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Curated OER

Countdown Challenge: Live Symmetry in Regular & Irregular Polygons

For Students 7th - 8th
In this symmetry worksheet, students identify lines of symmetry in given polygons. They discover the correlation between the number of sides and the number of lines of symmetry. Students determine the lines of symmetry in irregular...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding the Area and Perimeter of Polygons

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice finding the area and perimeter of polygons. In this polygon area lesson, 7th graders brainstorm shapes and take a walk to locate shapes. Students record properties of shapes and use various shapes to make a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Regular & Irregular Polygons

For Students 7th
In this polygons worksheet, 7th graders identify and complete 8 different problems that include determining the types of various polygons. First, they use the table to the left to color each of the polygons illustrated. Then, students...
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Curated OER

Polygon People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify polygons.  In this polygon people lesson, students draw required shapes and construct a polygon person.  They identify each shape and its characteristics.  The lesson may be extended by allowing middle schoolers...
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Assessment8:40
Mathed Up!

Frequency Polygons

For Students 7th - 10th
Frequency polygons are a different way to represent frequencies over intervals. Pupils take frequencies for intervals of data from a frequency table and plot them as a frequency polygon. Budding mathematicians find information about the...
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Performance
Radford University

How Much is in There? A Polygon Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Try to find the triangles in various polygons. An investigation has learners develop a formula for the sum of the measures of the interior angles of a polygon. They use manipulatives to partition each polygon into triangles, then...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Polygon Classification in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Classify this resource into the "Use" pile. Scholars use an interactive coordinate plane to plot polygons given coordinates for the vertices. They use properties to classify each polygon and answer a few challenge questions regarding the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classifying Polygons

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in a polygon hunt.  In this polygon lesson plan, 7th graders examine how polygons are alike and different.  Students create a Venn diagram and label the sorting circles.  Students work in cooperative groups to...
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Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Polygons

For Students 7th - 8th
In this polygon activity, students identify similar polygons and corresponding sides. They use a compass and ruler to construct polygons, determine the sum of the angles in a given polygon. There are 4 multi-step problems in this...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Area of Polygons #2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this area of polygons worksheet, learners find the area of rectangles.  They find the width when given the area.  Students graph rectangles and solve word problems involving rectangles.  This three-page worksheet contains 13...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Polygons

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate the concepts related to the study of polygons. They specifically look at how angles is related. The lesson includes specific examples and dialogue to be used by the teacher during direct instruction and independent...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tiling the Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students see how to identify regular polygons, how to slide, turn and flip polygons, and why certain polygons tessellate better than others. Groups create a one foot square design to be used to tile the classroom. Great lesson!
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Making a Six-pointed Star

For Students 7th - 8th
In this polygon worksheet, students identify and create a six-pointed star by completing 6 steps. First, they use a compass to trace a circle with a given radius. Then, students draw a point on circumference of the circle and place the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Big and Strong

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Middle and high schoolers explore the concepts of architectural rigidity. They analyze a variety of polygons, and explain why some shapes add more strength to structures than others. The PBS video, "Building Big," is utilized in this plan.
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Lesson Plan
NY Learns

Investigation - Looking at Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle schoolers construct polygons by plotting points on a coordinate plane. Pupils connect the points and identify which polygons they have drawn. They will need graph paper to carry out the assigned activities. A vocabulary list,...
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Lesson Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Developing Formulas for Circles and Regular Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Formulas and procedures for finding the area and circumference are not provided on this handout, so it will be best used as a practice of already-acquired skills. It is a well-rounded assignment, however, as it includes diagrams,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Hands-On: Sums of Angle Measures

For Students 5th - 8th
In this angle measures learning exercise, students solve six word problems where they are given 6 different polygons, some of which are complex, and must determine angle measures in order to arrive at a solution.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Areas of Polygons and Circles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, learners find the areas for the shapes. They apply the appropriate formula for each shape that is drawn and in the word problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Polygons On-Line Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
In this math worksheet, students tell if each of ten given shapes are polygons. Students select from two choices (polygon/not polygon). The on line link scores the quiz as students enter their answers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Polygon Division Models

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners use polygons to explore division. They use pattern blocks to represent whole numbers and fractions. They discuss divisors, factors, dividend and products. In groups, students present models and solve problems. They justify their...

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