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Building Bridges

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify the different types of bridges. Using the internet, they research information on how they are built by completing a scavenger hunt. Locating a specific area, they determine which type of bridge would be appropriate and...
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Illinois State Board of Education

Geoboard Areas

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Middle school geometers determine the area of a shape on a geoboard or dot paper and draw figures that meet given area conditions. Working as a class, they develop and discuss various ways to draw geometric shapes with specified...
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Identifying Angles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify names of angles. They use a large clock to demonstrate angles using certain times of day. Given a geoboard, students create figures with acute, right, and obtuse angles.
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nvestigation - Justin and Daniel's Puzzles

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore area and perimeter, using tangram pieces. They discover the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares. After experimentation, 7th graders write a rule for finding the perimeter and area of squares and rectangles.
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Polygons

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars investigate the concepts related to the study of polygons. They specifically look at how angles is related. The lesson includes specific examples and dialogue to be used by the teacher during direct instruction and...
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Discovering Math: Concepts in Geometry

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers explore the concept of proving the Pythagorean Theorem. They research proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. Pupils create posters of proofs, and research Greek mathematicians.
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Finding Angles, Volume, Area, and Perimeter

For Students 4th - 6th
Elementary schoolers complete word problems dealing with the different kinds of measurements of different shapes. They solve 10 problems including perimeter, angles, volume, and more.
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Hoops

For Teachers 4th - 5th
With a creative premise involving a basketball competition, this game could be used to review basic science, grammar and math concepts in a fourth or fifth grade classroom. It is a fun idea, and a motivating way to review information....
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Virginia Department of Education

Dilation

For Teachers 7th Standards
Open up your pupils' eyes and minds on dilations. Scholars perform dilations on a trapezoid on the coordinate plane. They compare the image to the preimage and develop generalizations about dilations.
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Similar Figure Word Problems

For Students 7th - 10th
In this similar figure worksheet, students use similar figures and indirect measurement to determine distance.  They use proportions of similar figures to determine scale figures.  This two-page worksheet contains 8 problems.  Answers...
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Shapes Are Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use various shapes to identify polygons and understand symmetry. They explore pattern blocks noticing their similarities and differences, then share with other team members. They draw 3 polygons in their journals and...
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Geometry Practice GG 26 #3: Conditional Statements

For Students 10th - 12th
In this conditional statement worksheet, students read statements and identify the inverse of the statement.  They write conditional statements based upon given criteria.  This two-page worksheet contains 5 problems.  Answers are...
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Geometric Shapes and Angles

For Students 10th
In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders review polygons and solve for the missing angles of trapezoids and isosceles triangles. There are 10 questions on this learning exercise with an answer key.
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Determining Area

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers conduct chemical experiments. In this chemistry lesson, they investigate reactions using the CBL system. Learners will graph and analyze their data using a TI.
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Think Map

Know Your Polygons!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Shape shifters recognize characteristics of polygons. Embracing language arts skills in addition to math, they use a thesaurus to pinpoint specific attributes of a set of polygons. They also participate in a 21-question guessing game...
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Using R&R to Teach Mathematics

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a shape garden. In this polygons lesson, 2nd graders practice making shapes using a geoboard and read the book The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns.  Students also design a shape garden using construction paper.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

A Geometric Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders connect their knowledge of polygons and polyhedrons. In this geometric shapes lesson, 5th graders identify and classify two- and three-dimensional objects. Students construct a polyhedron out of polygons and describe their...
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Multiplying Polynomials

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the concept of multiplying polynomials. In this multiplying polynomials instructional activity, students watch a video clip about basic math skills. Students work in groups on an exploration about why a binomial squared...
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Geoboard Activity

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders use geoboards or the grid representation of a geoboard to construct the indicated geometric figure. The three page worksheet contains twenty-seven questions. Answers are not included.
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What Shape am I?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students analyze characteristics of geometric shapes. They find shapes in their environment, and communicate why it is like the shape of their choice and not like another shape.
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Geometry in the Real World

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a unit of lessons on basic geometry concepts. They participate in a variety of activities, culminating in a project that involves publishing a booklet or a poster that presents the major geometry concepts from the...
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What Shape Am I?

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze characteristics of geometric shapes. They identify, describe, and create simple geometric figures. They analyze characteristics of geometric shapes and determine the defining attributes of a circle,...
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100 Patch Geometric Quilts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify geometric patterns in quilts. In this geometry lesson, students view various types of quilts and identify the geometric shapes. Students construct one hundred patch paper quilts using geometric shapes.
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Battle Shapes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders play Battleshapes which is a variation of Battleship with geometry. In this geometry instructional activity, 5th graders get a graph paper with four quadrants. They call out coordinate points and attempt to sink their...

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