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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Shape Hunt Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Calling all Shape Detectives! In this weeklong adventure, the children will explore and search for basic shapes as they go on a shape hunt. They will describe, match, sort and compose a variety of two-dimensional shapes, and create a...
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Which Shape [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of geometrical attributes to identify and describe shapes.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Shape It Up Activity Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Get your spy glasses ready! In this weeklong adventure, children will explore shapes and their attributes and use this knowledge to decode a secret message. Children will learn about two-dimensional (flat) and three-dimensional (solid)...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Shape Monsters!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergartners love making things, and this activity allows them to create a unique shape monster and practice numbers recording the shapes used.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Identifying 2 D Shapes

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this activity, 2nd graders will identify shapes found around the room by recognizing their attributes such as number of angles, vertexes, and faces.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Shape Hunt Part 1

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners will take part in a scavenger hunt for shapes. Teachers will hide numbered, pre-cut shapes around the classroom. Students will hunt for the shapes with a blank paper with 6 empty slots. When the student finds a shape they will...
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: What Are Proteins and How Do They Fold Into Biologically Important Shapes?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module from The Concord Consortium, students will investigate how polar and nonpolar regions in big molecules interact to result in certain shapes and properties for those molecules.
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Sea Studios Foundation

Shape of Life: The Story of the Animal Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
Shape of Life is a series of videos which explore the evolution of the animal kingdom. Discover those who study animals and the methods in which these scientists use to learn more about them.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: List of Different Types of Geometric Shapes

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A comprehensive list of 2D shapes and 3D solids with everything from a triangle to a dodecahedron. Includes illustrations and short descriptions of attributes for each.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Making New Shapes With Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
My first graders have been studying the defining attributes of 2D shapes. They are going to love using toothpicks and marshmallows to present their knowledge of 2D and create 3D shapes.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Identifying Plane Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders begin to learn about plane shapes in Kindergarten. This lesson will serve as review of plane shapes' characteristics and extend into practice in categorizing shapes by defining attributes.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child's Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Orphans' Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape a Child's Brain" by Jon Hamilton, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Shape Shifting Future of the Mobile Phone

For Students 9th - 10th
Fabian Hemmert demos one future of the mobile phone- a shape-shifting and weight-shifting handset that "displays" information nonvisually, offering a delightfully intuitive way to communicate. [4:15]
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Soap Bubble Shapes

For Students 9th - 10th
Using straws and soap, you can create geometric shapes to make a colorful art display when light shines through them.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: The Meaning of Shape for a P T Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial involves a study of the relationship between the shape of a p-t graph and the motion of the object.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Meaning of Shape for a v T Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics lesson involves a study of the relationship between the shape of a v-t graph and the motion of the object.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is the Shape of a Molecule?

For Students 9th - 10th
George Zaidan and Charles Morton shape our image of molecules. [3:47]
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Subtraction With Perimeter & Shapes

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Subtraction problems can involve shapes, attributes and perimeter.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Challenge Problems: Circumscribing Shapes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Solve two challenging problems that apply properties of tangents to find the perimeter of a circumscribing shape.
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: 3 D Shapes Game: Concentration

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A matching game where students match the name of the shape with the image of the shape.
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Basic Shapes Game

For Students 2nd - 4th
Recognize several basic shapes in this online game that test your knowledge of shapes!
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Shape Builder

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity operates in one of two modes: auto draw and create shape mode, allowing you to explore relationships between area and perimeter.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Venn Diagram Shape Sorter

For Students 9th - 10th
Sort colored shapes into a Venn diagram based on various characteristics.
Lesson Plan
University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Quilt Making [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concept of two dimensional shapes and their properties.

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