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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Processes and Its Connections to Geometry

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students analyze multiple strategies of multiplication: clustering, area model, breaking apart/decomposing, etc. They create their own strategies to approaching multiplication problems and share them with their classmates. Discussion...
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Miras, Mirrors, and Kaleidoscopes!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use hands-on activities to explore transformations. They view a video segment that demonstrate how M. C. Escher employed geometry and transformations to create so many of his famous drawings.
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Line 'Em Up!

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Coordinate planes and Cartesian graphing systems are the focus of this math lesson. Learners use video, internet activities, and engage in hands-on activities in order to explore coordinate planes. The materials needed for this lesson...
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Area and Perimeter Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Read this article before you begin teaching geometry! It gives teachers some insight into the world of teaching geometry to young learners, and four area and perimeter lessons are attached. 
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Geometry: Lesson 1: Points, Lines, Segments, Angles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the concepts of, draw, and label points, lines, segments, and angles, They draw, label, and identify horizontal, vertical, intersecting, parallel, and perpendicular lines. They complete an associated worksheet that...
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Exploring Polygons and The Greedy Triangle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Excellent instructional activity! Anne Linehane's geometry story, The Greedy Triangle, offers an opportunity to practice forming various types of polygons with your learners. Using elastic bands (or Chinese jump...
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Geometry Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the basic definitions of a quadrilateral, parallelogram, rectangle and square and explain the relationship/classification process between them.
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Using Cabri Geometry to Create Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners construct the Sierpinski Triangle using Cabri Jr. They use a step-by-step guide to construct the Sierpinski Triangle on their graphing calculator and then discuss the formula for constructing a nth stage Sierpinski Triangle.
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Edible Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine a chart that lists the main characteristics of polygons and 3 dimensional figures. They make examples of the polygons and figures using pretzels and gum drops showing how the gum drops are vertices and the...
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SuperShapes, Part 1; "Tri"ing Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
An outstanding lesson on triangles awaits your math scholars. Learners focus on the triangle, which is the strongest of all polygons. They see the role that triangles play in the design of buildings, and learn about triangle...
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Geometry Challenge

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore angle relationships and measure angles with a protractor by hand and online. They explore various websites and complete online activities and complete a worksheet.
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How to Implement Project Based Learning to Engage Students

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Can a math teacher employ project-based learning? Learn how one great math teacher uses PBL to design math projects that provide learners with a more challenging and holistic learning experience. A wonderful article, that includes...
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Kindergarten: Geometry in Our World (Centers)

For Teachers K
Students identify attributes in real-life objects and models of solids and connect these attributes to characteristics of shapes such as circles, triangles, squares, and other rectangles. They discuss the ability of the object to roll,...
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Problem Solving/ Holistic Lesson Plan: Paper Structure

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students observe geometric relationships in buildings and structures. They reason why structures are constructed in a specific way by applying geometric concepts. They construct a shelter using their geometric knowledge.
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Discovering Pi/Welcome to Pi Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore pi. In this circle measurement lesson, students define and identify radius, diameter, circumference, and perimeter. Learners work in groups to measure several plastic lids and record their findings. Students compare the...
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Tangram Geometry

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students listen to a story involving Tangram pieces. Students use Tangram pieces to complete shapes using an outline of a design.
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Classifying Triangles Using Sides

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geometry worksheet, students answer 8 fill in the blank questions where they must examine 5 different complex geometric figures to classify triangles.
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Secret Writing Devices

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Elementary and middle schoolers explore the world of secret writing, otherwise known as cryptography. After an interesting introduction to the activity, learners utilize a decoder badge which uses the St. Cyr cipher - which is a cipher...
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Geometry: Tessellations

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create tessellations with computer software while applying their knowledge of reflections, rotations, and translations.
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Lesson 9-3 Practice B: Composite Figures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this composite figures worksheet, students solve 11 short answer problems. Students find the area of figures composed of various polygons. Students find the area of each figure given a sketch of the figure with various measurements...
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Challenge: Skills and Applications Lesson 1.3

For Students 10th - 12th
In this skills worksheet, students explain the Segment Addition Postulate, provide examples and counter examples and determine congruent line segments.  This one-page worksheet contains 11 multi-step problems.
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Challenge: Skills and Applications Lesson 2.2

For Students 9th - 12th
For this truth tables worksheet, students solve 5 short answer problems. Students make a truth table for five conditional statements.
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Challenge: Skills and Applications Lesson 3.3

For Students 9th - 12th
In this angle measures instructional activity, students solve 9 short answer problems. Students find values for x and y given two parallel lines cut by a transversal. Students use alternate interior, supplementary, and exterior angles to...
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Points, Lines, Planes, and Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this points, lines, planes, and space worksheet, students solve word problems dealing with points, lines, planes, and space. Students complete 20 individual problems and 20 group problems.

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