Fifth graders explore geometry by creating shapes with construction paper. In this shape characteristics activity, 5th graders identify the different attributes that make up specific shapes and create them using construction paper,...

Students investigate measurement through the use of literature through this series of lessons.

Students explore geometry by participating in a shape identification activity. In this figure dimensions lesson, students identify the difference between 2 and 3 dimensional shapes by their vertices and faces. Students examine blocks in...

Students use pattern blocks and triangular grid paper to review shape names, be introduced to the concept of a tiling of the plane, and determine which pattern blocks tile the plane. They are asked: "Have you ever seen a floor or a wall...