Lesson Plan
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The Real Deal On Circles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate circles and area. For this geometry lesson, 5th graders find the area, diameter and circumference of a circle. They estimate the data and then calculate it.
Worksheet
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Triangles

For Students 10th
In this triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining the measurement of various angles. First, they determine the area of a triangle illustrated on the sheet. Then, students use the picture to...
Lesson Plan
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Circle Packing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify different parts and properties of circles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the radius, diameter, semicircle and inscribed angle of a circle. They identify the tangent lines to a circle.
Lesson Plan
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Who Let the Dogs Out?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the perimeter and area of polygons. In this geometry instructional activity, students apply formulas of perimeter to solve geometric problems. They calculate the area of a dog fence and create ways to keep the dog in...
Worksheet
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Surface Area

For Students 10th
In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders define surface area, net and lateral face. They calculate the surface areas of cones, prisms and cubes. There are 9 surface area questions.
Lesson Plan
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The Circle of Life

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine how the different organisms living in an ecosystem affect one another. In groups, they research a specific ecosystem and present their findings to the class based on the type of organisms found in it. To end the...
Worksheet
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Mixed Math Practice

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus worksheet, students find the area and perimeter of sectors of a circle.  The four page worksheet contains sixteen problems.  Answer key is included.
Worksheet
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Painting a Color Wheel

For Students 2nd - 8th
You have to love the color wheel, it's just so colorful! Your kids will love it too, as they work through an introductory exercise which allows them the opportunity to draw and paint a color wheel of their own. This wheel focuses on...
Worksheet
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Compound Shapes: Area and Perimeter

For Students 6th - 7th
In this area and perimeter worksheet, students find each for a set of 6 compound shapes. An answer key is included on page 2.
Worksheet
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Circles Area Perimeter and Circumference

For Students 5th - 6th
In this circles activity, students calculate to find the area, radius, circumference and perimeter of circles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Lesson Plan
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Match The Graph Circles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High Schoolers engage in a study of circles and graphs that are related with the focus upon finding the center and radius. The lesson includes the suggestion of giving homework using circle problems before this one to create background...
Lesson Plan
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Area

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars solve problems involving area. For this geometry lesson, students calculate the area of an object and relate it to the area of the ocean. They define what exactly and area is and then solve problems relating to the real...
Lesson Plan
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Creating a Cyclic Quadrilateral

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Identify and make conjecture about properties of cyclic quadrilaterals. Students use the TI Navigator to create different shapes and draw conclusions.
Lesson Plan
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A Potting We Will Go

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners read A Tree is Nice and It Could Still Be a Tree. In this tree planting lesson, students compare and contrast private property and common resources. Learners identify the needs of a tree and follow the directions to plan a tree...
Lesson Plan
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Towers of Steel

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
This lesson starts with geometers discussing how to find the volume of a cone and pyramid, using what they know about the volume of a cylinder or prism. Then, using the formulas, they calculate the volume of cones and...
Lesson Plan
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Geometry: Area

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils visit various websites to calculate the area of circles, triangles, rectangles, trapezoids, and parallelograms. They explore math problems and play interactive games dealing with geometry.
Lesson Plan
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Area of Parallelograms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the process of finding the area of a rectangle and complete a couple of examples as a class. They discuss what a parallelogram is and what the formula would be for finding its area. They listen to an explanation...
Interactive
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All About Circles

For Students 6th - 8th
In this all about circles instructional activity, students interactively answer 10 multiple choice questions about circles, then click to check their answers.
Worksheet
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11.4 Practice B: Circumference and Arc Length

For Students 9th - 12th
In this circumference and arc length worksheet, students determine the circumference, radius, and arc length of circles. They find the area of a shaded region within a circle. Students determine the probability that a randomly chosen...
Unit Plan
PBS

Accessible Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
All the 2-D and 3-D measurement work you need is in one location. Divided into three sections, the geometry lesson plans consist of visualization of three dimensions, classifying geometric figures, and finding surface area and volume....
Assessment
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Balanced Assessment

Egyptian Statue

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Investigate the proportional relationships of length, area, and volume. Learners use the dimensions of rectangular prisms to create ratios and proportions. They compare the different ratios to solve more advanced problems.
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Maximum Volumes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's great to have a large swimming pool. An interesting performance task asks learners to optimize the volume of pools for a given surface area. They consider four different shapes for pools and find the maximum volume for each pool.
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K12 Reader

Prepositional Phrases II

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Hidden within these sentences are prepositions; think your students can find them? After first reading a brief explanation of this part of speech, young grammarians are asked to examine eight sentences,...
Lesson Plan
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Hexagoning the Circle

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore similarity to see that the area of a circle should be a constant times the square of its radius. Students create a hexagon. Students share their designs with the class.