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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Geometry City

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan reviews transformations in the coordinate plane while mimicking real-world planning skills. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extention as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Geometry: Transformation Using Matrices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains how simple polygons translate into matrices and how to use 2x2 matrices to represent transformations in a plane. Includes video demonstrating an example where a vector must be rotated 90 degrees using matrices. [4:18]
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Identifying Plane Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders begin to learn about plane shapes in Kindergarten. This lesson will serve as review of plane shapes' characteristics and extend into practice in categorizing shapes by defining attributes.
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PBS

Pbs: Geometry and Classification of 2 D Figures: Bianca Busts a Move

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this video from Cyberchase, Bianca breaks her friend's tabletop when she's practicing dance moves in his living room. She uses measurement and geometry to get a new piece of wood that will fit the table exactly. The accompanying...
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Tech Target

Whatis.com: Cartesian Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Whatis.com provides a great definition of cartesian coordinates. The definition is medium-sized in length and has links to additional information as well.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Dilation in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept explores graphing a dilation given a description of the dilation. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 1.1 the Three Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th
In order to better understand why your world is three dimensional, consider zero, one and two dimensions.
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Geometry: Circle and Pi: Degrees and Radians

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rather than dividing a circle into some number of segments (like 360 degrees), mathematicians often prefer to measure angles using the circumference of a unit circle - a circle with radius 1. This way of measuring angles is called...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Co Fixed Points of Rigid Motions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A rigid motion of the plane is a map of the plane to itself which preserves distances between points. The purpose of this task is to use fixed points as a tool for studying and classifying rigid motions of the plane, i.e., translations,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Ced.2 and G Gmd.4: Global Positioning System I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This question examines the algebraic equations for three different spheres. The intersections of each pair of spheres are then studied, both using the equations and thinking about the geometry of the spheres. Aligns with A-CED.A.2 and...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Building With Shapes

For Teachers 1st Standards
I love blending art and math. I want my students to develop a depth of knowledge for 2D plane shapes and distinguish polygon from non-polygon shapes.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Rene Descartes: Facts, Achievements, Contributions

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents biographical information about Rene Descartes (1596-1650), his career, personal life, written works, and his legacy. Covers contributions to philosophy, mathematics, and science.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Quilt Making [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concept of two dimensional shapes and their properties.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use triangles and worksheets to guide the learning of triangles to the discovery of the Pythagorean Theorem.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Which Shape [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of geometrical attributes to identify and describe shapes.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe, F Tf Coordinates of Points on a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, students are shown a unit circle in a plane and an angle measured from the x-axis. They must determine the coordinates of the line segment for the angle and answer a question about the sum of the coordinates. The purpose...
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Other

Visnos: Polygons

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Create regular and irregular polygons and determine the angles and side lengths with this interactive exercise. Use Safari or Chrome browser.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Geometric Solids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive game to find number of edges, surfaces and vertices of different geometric shapes.
Activity
University of Canterbury

Canterbury: The Konigsberg Bridge Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the Konigsberg Bridge problem and its relationship to network theory.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Points Inside/outside/on a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
Given the center and radius of a circle, determine if a point is inside of the circle, on the circle, or outside of the circle.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Law of Cosines Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the law of cosines to calculate unknown angles or sides of a triangle. In order to calculate the unknown values, you must enter 3 known values.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Regular Polygon Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this calculator to calculate properties of a regular polygon. Enter any 1 variable plus the number of sides or the polygon name. Calculates side length, inradius, circumradius, area, and perimeter.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Parallelogram Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Calculate certain variables of a parallelogram depending on the inputs provided. Calculations include side lengths, corner angles, diagonals, height, perimeter, and area of parallelograms.
Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Equilateral Triangles Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An equilateral triangle is a special case of a triangle where all 3 sides have equal length and all 3 angles are equal to 60 degrees.

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