This activity is designed to give students practice with the properties of special quadrilaterals (parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapezoids, and kites). The students are provided with a "murder mystery" sheet with...

Sixth graders take their knowledge about area of rectangles, squares and triangles and apply it to parallelograms, trapezoids, and composite shapes.

Twenty-four problems cover the topic of working with quadrilaterals in different settings. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View...

Mattie and her four sisters are visiting a toy store. Can you help them find different shapes in the toy store?

Learn how to enlarge drawings, figure out how much tile to buy to cover a specific floor, and learn about area and perimeter. These and other lesson plans are provided, including a fun interdisciplinary plan featuring dragons.

MathWorld provides multiple definitions and formulas for the mathematical term, square.

This site provides definitions of different types of polygons and figures.

This interactive lesson investigates quadrilaterals and provides students with an opportunity to practice describing their attributes.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the degree measure of unknown angles in given quadrilaterals.

How would you find the area of a polygon or circle? Explore this concept with engaging activities at this test prep site. Here you will find detailed problem solving strategies with accompanying visuals, a reference table with formulas,...

An interesting technique is used for student viewers to learn about quadrilaterals. A viewer can meet the quadrilateral family by clicking on a link and characters will introduce themselves and tell you about their distinguishing...

Regents Prep displays and explains the different types of quadrilaterals.

In this task, students ultimately use the definitions they are given for three types of quadrilaterals and what they know about parallel sides to identify that a square fits all the definitions and explain why. Aligns with 4.G.A.2.

Learn about the properties of 2-D shapes: circles, triangles, polygons, and quadrilaterals. Includes information, video, and examples about each, with games and quizzes for reinforcement.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide reviews the formulas for area and perimeter of triangles and different kinds of quadrilaterals.

Explore quadrilateral properties and threorems.

This tool allows you to create worksheets of word problems at varying levels of difficulty where students must calculate the area or perimeter of different polygon shapes. You can choose to set up the page using any of these polygon...

This lesson focuses on quadrilaterals which can fall into multiple categories based on the number of sides and the angles.

Print out these colorfully illustrated PDF file pages to practice learning your basic two dimensional geometric shapes. Fold them in half and one side shows the shape while the other side shows the shape with the correct name. Put them...

Learn how to find the areas and perimeters of triangles and special quadrilaterals.

Explore four-sided polygons called quadrilaterals on this site.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews segments, parallel and perpendicular lines and then introduces polygons including quadrilaterals. It has many real world examples of shapes and includes Activote assessment.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to analyze and compare various two-dimensional shapes according to the vertices, sides and parallel lines. It features "containers" created in Version 3 (can be used with...

On this site students are instructed to locate different types of polygons on triangle grid paper. This page can be printed so that students can actually draw them. It also gives a definitions link for each polygon.