+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Newimals"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's fun to dream up crazy or new types of animals. Let your young scholars' dream animals become a reality by engaging them in a fun photo manipulation activity that requires them to synthesize two images, match colors, textures, and...
+
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Distance across the channel

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here you will find a model of a linear relationship between two quantities, the water depth of a channel and the distance across the channel at water level. The cross section of the channel is the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. The...
+
Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Mix and Match

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Sorting and matching are skills that have all kinds of applications. Learners with low, but useable vision work to match an object to an object, an object to a picture, and a picture to a picture. This will help them identify objects...
+
Lesson Plan
Oglebay Institute

Post-Impressionism: Van Gogh Drawings

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Turn your young artists into little Vincent van Goghs with a lesson on brush stroke style and color blending. Pupils practice the painting technique by sketching various shapes before recreating a van Gogh piece or creating an original...
+
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Comparing Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Data distributions can be compared in terms of center, variability, and shape. Two exploratory challenges present data in two different displays to compare. The displays of histograms and box plots require different comparisons based...
+
Lesson Plan
2
2
Maryland Department of Education

The Concept of Identity Lesson 6: Kohlberg's Levels of Moral Reasoning

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How does our moral reasoning shape our identity? After a study of Kohlberg's Levels of Moral Reasoning, readers use Kohlberg's theories to analyze the speech, thoughts, and decisions of a character in A Separate Peace. They then create...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sphere Dressing

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Geometric design makes a fashion statement! Challenge learners to design a hat to fit a Styrofoam model. Specifications are clear and pupils use concepts related to three-dimensional objects including volume of irregular shapes and...
+
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Modeling Riverbeds with Polynomials (part 1)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Many things in life take the shape of a polynomial curve. Learners design a polynomial function to model a riverbed. Using different strategies, they find the flow rate through the river.
+
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Are All Parabolas Similar?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Congruence and similarity apply to functions as well as polygons. Learners examine the effects of transformations on the shape of parabolas. They determine the transformation(s) that produce similar and congruent functions.
+
Lesson Plan
Peace Corps

Features of Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Explore the melting pot in your own classroom with a instructional activity that focuses on cultural beliefs, traditions, and traits. Middle and high schoolers examine the details of their own identified cultures before sharing them with...
+
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Graph of a Linear Equation in Two Variables

For Teachers 8th Standards
Add more points on the graph ... and it still remains a line! The 13th installment in a series of 33 leads the class to the understanding that the graph of linear equation is a line. Pupils find several solutions to a two-variable linear...
+
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Curve of Best Fit

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Which function models the data best? Pupils work through several activities to model data with a variety of functions. Individuals begin by reviewing the shapes of the functions and finding functions that will fit plotted data points. By...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grasping Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate geometric shapes in their environment, make a geometric design, and write paragraphs describing the design.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hidden Jewels of Geometry

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify different geometric shapes, and arrange them artistically in original jewelry designs.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mosaic Puzzles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use this problem to develop spatial skills. As the students handle the shapes and join them together they strengthen their understanding of the attributes of shapes. This lesson also gives students the opportunity to make up...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

That's So Square

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to circles, triangles and parallelograms. As a class, they create the shape with their bodies and are shown the shapes in their actual size. To end the lesson plan, they sketch each shape and identify their...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Looking at Still Life Lesson 2: How Artists Assemble Still Lifes

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify and discuss the basic shapes used in artistic still-life compositions.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 15: Geo Jingo Jivin'

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how musical instruments h ave varying geometric shape, and how those geometric shapes correspond to three-dimenaional shapes that students have studied.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Roger Brown

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine and discuss the use of symmetry in a painting by the artist Roger Brown. They draw a geometric shape, divide it with a line of symmetry, and create a painting using the geometric shapes demonstrating symmetry.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Walk the Line

For Teachers K
Pupils walk, run, jump, and hop all over and around geometric shapes. They identify the shapes by running to and standing on the called out shape.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Don't Box Me In

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the relationship between flat and three-dimensional shapes. They identify the names of 3-D shapes and construct cubes from squares.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ESOL Listen, Speak, Read and Write

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review shapes and numbers orally using a set of flash cards. They trace each shape following the arrows and then write the name and orally identify the shape and its name.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

And The Twelfth One Is

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders play guess my shape (either describe or use a feely bag to introduce the 3 shapes in the problem.) As they are identified put them in an order as shown in the problem. As the students work on the problem in pairs teacher...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Create a Wrapping Cloth Design

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create wrapping clothes using paper or cloth scraps being sure to find or make geometric shapes. They create a visually balanced composition including symmetry,and repeated patterns.

Other popular searches