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Strongest Polygon
Students define and identify shapes by name. In this geometry lesson plan, students construct, identify and compare polygons based on the number of sides. They classify each shape based on their angle sum theorem.
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The Android Factory
Students explore the idea that primitive virtual 3D objects can be reshaped to infinitely original combinations using additive and subtractive methods. They create 3-D objects with a computer which necessitates a cooperation of...
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Community Building
Students build different shapes using sketches. In this geometry lesson, students explore measurements and units as they build and create models of buildings. They use SketchUp to create and manipulate shapes.
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Exploring Projective Geometry
In this exploring projective geometry worksheet, students use computer software for instruction, then answer 9 questions about 3D drawings.
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Fraction Dominoes
Fourth graders participate in a math game that involves practicing their equivalent fraction skills in the advanced multiplication stage seven. They assess their ability skills of equivalent fractions to match twenty seven dominoes on...
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the Max And Min of a Capt'n Crunch Box
Students use knowledge of area and volume to explore minimum and maximum. They create models and determine a "best" shape for getting the maximum volume or minimum area.
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Working in 3-D Sudoku
In this geometric shapes worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 8 different problems that include working in a 3-D sudoku puzzle. First, they determine the area of a circle of a sphere to the nearest tenth. Then, students determine...
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Exploring Quadratic Graphs
Students solve quadratic equations using graphs. In this algebra lesson, students factor quadratic equations and graph their answer. They discuss the shape of their graph based on the function.
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Cylinder Net
In this math worksheet, students learn the shape of a cylinder by constructing a model using this net pattern. Students cut, fold and tape the pattern to make a 3D cylinder.
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Crazy for Cubes: Art and Science
Learners discuss Sol LeWitt and conceptual art, then analyze the differences in expressing a concept through model-based inquiry and aesthetic art criticism. They develop a geometric, scientific, or mathematical concept, then create an...
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Solids...Volume and Surface Area
In this volume and surface area worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of different solid figures. Students complete 8 problems.
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Triangular Prism
For this triangular prism worksheet, students cut out, fold and fasten the tabs to make a triangular prism model. This is a net pattern.
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Chambered Nautilus
Students create sets of similar triangles which, when fixed together with a piece of Scotch tape, form a spiral-like, segmented shape, slightly similar to the cross section of the shell of a nautilus.
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Coordinate Plane
Tenth graders plot points on a coordinate plane. In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders identify the different quadrants, plots points on a number line and coordinate plane and solve for the midpoint of line segments.
K6 Math
Nets and 3-Dimensional Figures
Three solid figures are lined up down the left side of the page to be compared to three nets down the right side. Learners simply decide if the corresponding net matches the solid figure. Be aware that the publisher's watermark is...
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Poison Boxes
Students utilize the Poison Boxes activity on The Nature Park is used to practice the recognition of 2D shapes and their properties. They utilize a mathematics educational software program to gain practice.
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Cylinders, Spheres and Prisms
In this cylinder, spheres, and prisms worksheet, students identify given shapes as one of the above. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
NASA
Oh, Chute!
Using a scare model of the a test vehicle developed by the Systems Architecture and Integration Office at NASA, groups determine the dimensions for a scale model of the parachute compartment. The groups also determine the volume of the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Are You a Square or a Rectangle?
Discover the difference between standard and non-standard units of measure with your class. They differentiate between rectangles and squares, read a book, measure a peer's height. They then discuss measurement methods, make...
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program
Mummies in the Morning Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics
Visit the Magic Treehouse and take your class on a trip through time with a reading of the children's book Mummies in the Morning. Using the story to spark an investigation into Egyptian culture, this literature unit engages...
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A Snap at Geometry
Students study geometric images and polyhedrons. In this geometry lesson, students complete several activities to learn about geometric shapes and classify polyhedrons from polygons. Students watch a video, complete a web-directed...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Virus Explorer
Most pupils know about the flu, HIV, and other viruses, but they don't know what each actually looks like. This interactive shows their relative size, structure, and allows for comparisons. It stresses the similarities and differences...
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Naming 3-D Figures
In this 3-D figure activity, students name a set of 4 figures: cylinder, cube, sphere and rectangular prism. An answer key is included.
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Creating Musical Notation
In this creative music activity from Scientific American, students learn about musical notation and then design their own notations. Great web resource links are alsp provided