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Curated OER

Drawing Positions for Shapes Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
Here are some fun preposition challenges for your pupils! They draw familiar pairs of shapes (triangle, circle, square, star, and diamond) based on relative location prompts. The terms include beside, above, behind, and below. There are...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Label the Shape Worksheet

For Students K
Kindergartners demonstrate their ability to identify seven different shapes by labeling each of the 28 examples on the worksheet. Learners must be able to identify rectangles, diamonds, squares, ovals, triangles, circles, and pentagons.
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Lesson Plan
Exploratorium

Exploring a Complex Space-Filling Shape

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers build a three-dimensional 12-pointed star as a geometric exercise. The shape is quite-difficult to construct. Luckily there is an excellent template that learners cut out, then use to make their pyramid. The second part...
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Curated OER

Identifying Shapes Worksheet

For Students K - 3rd
In this shapes worksheet, learners write the names of the shapes next to the shape. Students write 7 shape names on this worksheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Marshmallow Towers

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore geometry by completing a marshmallow activity in class. In this architecture lesson, students identify the jobs of civil engineers and architects while identifying different geometric shapes as well. Students utilize...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rings and Diamonds

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders solve a problem by using systematic problem solving strategies. They determine if there is enough information to solve the problem. They solve a problem involving geometric shapes and area.
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Curated OER

Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geometry worksheet, students determine if a figure is a quadrilateral. If so, students continue to answer questions to determine whether it is a square, diamond, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram or trapezoid.