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Tango's Story
Fifth graders listen to "Grandfather Tang's Story" and use tangram pieces to create animals described by the main character.
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Angle Pairs
Students practice identifying right, vertical, and adjacent angles using a Smartboard. They then determine measurements of all of the angles when only one measurement is given.
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Multiplication Algorithm (1)
Third graders in a 3rd grade math class make connections from prior instruction and mastery to solve problems in new learning situations. Using logical thinking and prior knowledge to solve current math problems is the focus of this...
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Make-Your-Own Math Practice
Learners create their own math practice book. In these homemade book lessons, students create their own counting, number, and shape pages. When the pages are complete, they are bound together in a book.
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Water and Ice
Students explore what happens to water as it goes from solid to liquid and back. In this state of matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state.
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Translations
Students explore the concept of translations. In this translations lesson, students discuss similarities and differences between images and pre-images. Students apply translations to coordinates of figures. Students use patty paper to...
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Secret Sequences
Students are exposed to different types of sequences. in this sequencing lesson plan, students learn about simple sequences, multiplication sequences, declining sequences, the Fibonacci sequence and other sequences.
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Pattern Using Unit Cells
Students explore the pattern of the unit cell. In this science lesson, students color the unit cells on a worksheet and create a pattern using unit cells.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art, Geometric Design: Learning Activities
Examine the principles of geometric design that are the basis for the beautiful and intricate patterns in the art of the Islamic world.
TES Global
Tes: Maths and Islamic Art & Design
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of design and shape templates from the Maths and Islamic Art & Design sections of the Victoria and Albert Museum. It provides the following templates: Islamic circular grid,...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Complex Geometry of Islamic Design
In Islamic culture, geometric design is everywhere: you can find it in mosques, madrasas, palaces, and private homes. And despite the remarkable complexity of these designs, they can be created with just a compass to draw circles and a...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Design Process: Creating a Stronger Truss
This is an interesting project that explores which geometrical shapes make the strongest bridge truss structures. It is a good introduction to the engineering design process. You'll design three different trusses, and use online...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Transportation Engineering
A collection of video lectures from a course introducing students to the importance of highway transportation. Webpage includes forty-one lectures from a professor at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. Lectures vary...
Crayola
Crayola: Mandala Geometry
Combine geometric designs while honoring the entire universe. Discover how colors and shapes have meaning in traditional mandala art forms.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Exhibit Design Challenge
From the San Francisco 49er's Museum Education Program which promotes STEAM concepts, students construct a three dimensional (3-D) artifact stand that is the exact replica of "The Catch" which is 70 inches high. Emphasis is placed on...
Smithsonian Institution
The Fabric of Moroccan Life Find the Design
The designs found in Moroccan weaving and textiles often come from things of everyday life or from basic geometric shapes. Given on this site are seven examples of common designs for you to explore and enjoy.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Geometric Swimming Pools
Students will design swimming pools in the shape of polygons on grid paper with two vertices given.
Thinkport Education
Math by Design: Pythagorean Theorem [Pdf]
Use right angle concepts to solve problems amid geometric relationships.
Thinkport Education
Math by Design: Transformations/translations [Pdf]
A lesson plan aiding young scholars in the comprehension and practice of geometric transformations.
Other
Arts Connect Ed Playground Make It
Eight fun on-line art activities where young artists get to create, color, and design.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Colors, Shapes, and Spaces of Mosques
A series of five lesson plans designed to give pupils a working knowledge of Islamic architecture and styles of decoration as manifested in mosques. Although aimed principally at teachers, lessons are accompanied by useful summaries of...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Patterns and Picture Books
CarolHurst.com provides a sample chapter from Picturing Math, which teaches geometric concepts using picture books and activities.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Mondrian Style Painting (Lesson Plan)
At this site students are encouraged to create a Mondrian style painting which will consist of geometric shapes and primary colors.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Multicultural Math Fair: Navajo Burntwater Designs
Simple lesson designed to help students learn the geometric concepts of translation, reflection, and symmetry by creating Navajo weaving patterns. Includes templates and instructions and is available in English and Spanish....
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