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Probability and Geometry

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the ways Geometry can help solve probability problems. Students describe platonic solids and practice calculating probability using an online resource. They construct dice with various numbers of sides to demonstrate...
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Why do Stars Rise in the East?

For Students 8th - 10th
In this stars rise in the east instructional activity, students use geometry to show how the Earth rotates from west to east and why celestial bodies appear to rise in the east and set in the west. Students draw a figure and label given...
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Aztec Sun God Sculpture

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create their own Sun God Sculptures. In this Aztec art lesson, students create their own Sun God Sculpture. After finishing the project sudents compare and contrast their sculpture to the pictures of the Aztec's sculpture.
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Teaching Polygons using Technology

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders utilize different types of computer programs, such as Microsoft paint and Microsoft Word to study and create different types of polygons. They use PowerPoint to create a story about a shape and others that it meets during a...
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A Clasroom Study of the Life of an Airplane

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in an experiment to discover the properties of lift. They work together to complete calculations and collect data. They share their results with the class.
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What do two-dimensional tessellations look like? Where in art can they be found?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore the world of art and culture, including the works of M.C. Escher. They identify and create original tessellations. Students use a wealth of interactive multimedia applications. They explore the artistic representations...
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The Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the growth of Christianity in Rome. In this Roman Empire lesson plan, 9th graders listen to a SMART Board lecture about the Jesus, Christianity, and the empire prior to composing thematic essays about the spread...
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Plain Figures And Measuring Figures

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the mathematical concept of a sector. They apply the concept to an example problem and then move into a more complex application. They find the area of the side of a cone. This is done as students calculate...
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Bodacious Buttons

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in games, graphing, and probability exercises to sort and graph buttons. They sort buttons with Venn diagrams and Bull's Eye graphs.
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Getting in Shape Again

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create rocket shapes out of pattern blocks. They draw a picture of a rocket, build a pattern block rocket following simple directions, and complete a graph of the shapes used.
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Junior Architects of America

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars create entries for the Architects of America contest, including a model of a futuristic structure, blueprints, a list of all plane and solid shapes in the structure, a persuasive argument paper that describes why the...
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Geo-Wrap Vests

For Teachers 1st
First graders use geometric shapes to create and extend patterns. Students read a book and view African garments. They identify patterns in the garments. Students create and decorate a paper vest with geometric patterns.
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Physical Properties of Matter

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the physical properties of matter. They identify and classify a variety of objects based on their physical properties.
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Construction Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate the process necessary to construct regular polygons. They explore the degree measures of the angles in a regular polygon. Using this information and technology in the form of Cabri Jr., your pupils will construct...
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Let's Learn about Symmetry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore symmetry in architecture.  In this cross curriculum art  and architecture lesson, students fold paper to illustrate symmetry and identify symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes.  Students observe photographs or take a walk...
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The Fort Collins Problem

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra instructional activity, learners solve word problems using algebra to solve real world problems. There is one question that has an answer key.
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The Greeley, Colorado Problem

For Students 8th - 9th
In this Greeley, Colorado problem, students read a word problem.  They use given directions and a coordinate plane to determine the number of ways to satisfy given travel conditions.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 multi-step...
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Paper Towel Structure

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate technology and its purpose in the workplace. In this geometry lesson, students design and build a paper towel structure to investigate motion and forces. They are given a restricted weight and asked to build their...
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Indirect Measurement, Surveying Trigonometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students measure distances using indirect measurements. In this geometry lesson, students apply proportion and ratios to measure heights of different objects. They differentiate between direct and indirect measurements.
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Math Club Worksheet #30 - Visual Stretches

For Students 6th - 9th
In this visual math puzzle worksheet, students work in groups to find the answer to 6 math puzzles. They work with geometric shapes and symbols.
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Angles ~ Right Angles

For Students 9th - 10th
Have your class review how to identify right angles. Learners identify right angles, and then write the number of angles found in each shape.
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Naming Geometric Shapes

For Students 5th - 8th
Name that shape! This simple worksheet has learners identify each geometric figure. They examine rectangular prisms, cylinders, rectangular pyramids, and hexagonal prisms. This one-page worksheet contains 8 problems, and the goals seems...
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Rhombi

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the rhombi or diamond shape and compare it to the square. Students are challenged to create as many flat rhombus shapes as possible and develop a definition for the rhombus shape in 20 minutes while working in teams of...

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