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Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Young scholars study Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt. For this biographical lesson, students read Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride. Young scholars write their own biography, create a timeline of events from the book, and write a...
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Reflections of a Linear Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students reflect functions about the X-axis, Y-axis, and origin. They derive equations for reflected functions using the website www.explorelearning.com.
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The Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the concept of Mandelbrot sets and Julia sets. In this Mandelbrot and Julia set lesson, students use a function integrator applet to investigate two-variable function iterations. Students use Julia set and Mandelbrot set...
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Transformations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners draw on graph paper. In this geometry instructional activity, students review types of triangles and quadrilaterals. Learners investigate geometric transformations, including translation, rotation and reflection. Students...
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Transformations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover transformations. In this graphing lesson, 6th graders explore visual examples of plotting transformations as they review translations, rotations, and reflections. Students also practice solving problems that their...
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Fractal Fern

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the location of coordinate pairs of an image. In this geometry instructional activity, students perform transformation and identify the image and pre-image point of location. They apply the concept of fractals to...
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What's Your Design?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Sixth grade students: design a stained glass window, submitting their initial plan detailing the measurements of all lines and angles. Seventh grade students: create a scale drawing of their own geometric family of four members.
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Reflections

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a reflection of a poygon using a Mira. They discover that a line connecting a vertiex of a polygon and the corresponding vertex of its reflection is perpendicular to the line of reflection. Students create a glide...
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Slope Right Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use triangles to find the length and slope of each side. After connecting the vertices, they add points based on their specific instructions. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Our Geometric World

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the attributes of polygons. In this geometric shapes instructional activity, 3rd graders review quadrilaterals, squares, rectangles, triangles, pentagons, hexagons, and octagons in order to create hanging polygons....
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Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the Pythagorean Theorem.  In this seventh through twelfth grade geometery lesson, students explore the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse and use it to find the length of the missing side of a right triangle.
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Finding the Area of a Parallelogram with Translations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the area of parallelograms. In this geometry lesson, students identify properties of parallelograms and use to to solve problems. They create polygons using Cabri software.
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What Time Is It? (Latitude and Longitude)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice latitude and longitude by identifying locations by degrees, use meanings of a.m. and p.m. appropriately, become familiar with 24-hour (universal) clock, and calculate time at different degrees longitude.
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Unique Landforms

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a travel route among different landforms and way the cost and benefits of traveling this way. In this traveling lesson plan, students work in groups and analyze their conclusions.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 1: Math in Motion

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, through large screen monitor, study geometric design. They participate in a diagnostic assessment in which they use pnecils, scissors and paste.
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Finding the Measure of Segments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe and solve examples of betweenness, ruler postulate, and segment addition postulate. They complete the Finding the Measure of Segments worksheet using the distance formula.
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Pattern Blocks

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine a bag full of standard pattern blocks in the following shapes: triangle, hexagon, small rhombus, large rhombus (parallelogram), square, and trapezoid. They discuss the similarities and differences among them, count...
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Geometry of Circles: Week 7

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this circle worksheet, students determine the number of degrees in a minor arc, find the area of a circle, find the area of a shaded region. This two-page worksheet contains six problems.
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Geometry of Circles - Week 7 (Area & Circumference)

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this circle worksheet, pupils solve problems involving the circumference, area and arc length in a circle. They explore the union of circles and semicircles, as well as the line segments tangent to the circle. This two-page...
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Fractals and the Chaos Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals lesson plan, students play the "Chaos Game" via an applet. Students place dots on the screen to recognize that they have created Sierpinski's Triangle.
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The Pythagorean Theorem, the Distance Formula, and Slope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of the Pythagorean Theorem. For this Pythagorean Theorem lesson, students derive the distance formula and slope of a line from the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Geometric Bingo

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of geometric shapes. In this geometric shape lesson, students play bingo to review geometric shapes. Students identify the shape being described by the teacher and put a marker on their bingo card.
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Exploring Volume of Cylinders

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the volume of a cylinder.  In this geometry lesson, 10th graders create three-dimensional cylinders and use a ruler to determine the dimensions.  The lesson progresses to the use of the formula to find the...
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A Perpendicular Pilgrimage

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders design a safe passage through a 2-D obstacle. In this geometric math instructional activity, 9th graders engage in a hands on activity to better understand the concept of geometric and algebraic perpendicularity. Students...

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