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Curated OER

Shapes And Colors

For Teachers K
Students distinguish between circles, squares, and rectangles and various colors in which they utilize the KidPix program on the computer to create them. They alternate; allowing each student to have a turn constructing and coloring in...
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Curated OER

Exploration with Geometric Solids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reinforce geometric concepts by playing "Guess My Solid." Through a process of elimination, they determine the shapes of mystery solids. Finally, students use various materials to construct their own geometric figures.
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Basic Shapes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create books about shapes.  In this shape lesson, students select a topic such as points, lines, angles, planes, polygons, quadrilaterals, triangles, circles, and polyhedra.  In groups, they create an illustrated children's book...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Insides and Outsides

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Give small groups handfuls of unit cubes and then dare them to build as many rectangular prisms as possible using only 12 cubes. This engaging activity serves as an introduction to the volume of solid figures. In addition to volume,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fractions and Wholes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Lower elementary learners recognize solid shapes distributed for making fractions. Each individual uses a wheel and determine which part of a fraction is missing. This is a great lesson for your visual learners!
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University of Utah

Geometry Part 2: Measurement in 2- and 3-Dimensions, Plane Sections of Solids

For Students 7th Standards
What kind of tree does a math teacher climb? A geometry! Here is a lesson that includes all the geometry resources you could ever wish for in one comprehensive workbook. Class members demonstrate what they have learned by determining the...
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Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Three-Dimensional Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Time to move into the third dimension! Learn the names of the geometric solids and count faces, edges, and vertices. Then learn to recognize nets that create a given solid. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Build the Castle: Shape Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this shape worksheet, students look at solid shapes and their flat surfaces, then cut out flat surfaces, tracing around them to build a castle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Combine and Separate Shapes

For Students 4th - 5th
In this shape recognition learning exercise, students use the examples in each problem to help them find the shape for each example. Students find solid shapes for a box of cereal, Egypt shapes, a can of tuna, and a funnel. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Junior Architects of America

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create entries for the Architects of America contest, including a model of a futuristic structure, blueprints, a list of all plane and solid shapes in the structure, a persuasive argument paper that describes why the structure...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Volumes of Solids

For Students 7th - 9th
In this volume learning exercise, students observe diagrams and extrapolate the correct items to plug into a formula for volume. They find the volume of triangular prisms, cylinders, cones, rectangular prisms, and rectangular pyramids. ...
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Curated OER

Geometric City

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students brainstorm names of plane and solid geometric figures. Afterward, they explore the skyline of large cities and note their agricultural shapes. Using construction paper, students build 3-D geometric structures to create a skyline...
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Geometry 3D Shapes: Surface Area and Volume

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Whether you wrap it or fill it, you're using geometric concepts. Classmates use an interactive approach to learn how to find volume and surface area of cylinders and prisms in the second lesson in a five-part series. The online lesson...
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Geometry 3D Shapes: Test Your Skills

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Time to find out what they've learned! The final lesson of a five-part series has learners complete a 39-question multiple choice review. They use what they've learned in the previous lessons to complete questions that include concepts...
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Curated OER

Identifying 2-D and 3-D Shapes in Crystals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view a video on making rock candy and identify the shapes they see while watching. In this 2 and 3 dimensional shape lesson, students recognize shapes and complete worksheets to identify them. Students build a cube. Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Unit 22: Volume

For Students 9th - 11th
In this volume worksheet, students determine the volume of cubes, prisms, and assorted shapes.  This three-page worksheet is designed for mental computation.  Answers are provided beside each question.  This three-page worksheet contains...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

3rd Grade Math

For Teachers 3rd
In this math review instructional activity, 3rd graders complete multiple choice questions about shapes, money, weight, and more. Students complete 20 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I've Seen That Shape Before

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify geometric solids.  In this shape lesson, students explore the characteristics of geometric solids.  They locate pictures of shapes on the internet, and identify the shapes.  Students draw pictures of shapes, take...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Solid Figures

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this solid and plane figure worksheet, students pick which solid figure they could trace to make the plane figure shown. Students complete 4 multiple choice questions.
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Curated OER

Living in a Geometrical World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a series of hand-on, online, and multimedia activities to examine 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes. They describe common geometric solids. They construct rectangular prisms using straws and ribbon.
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Curated OER

Marshmallow Figures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students enjoy making 3-D figures while learning about rectangular prisms, pyramids, vertices, edges, and faces. After a lecture/demo, students use marshmallows, toothpicks and a worksheet imbedded in this lesson plan to create 3...
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App
Oleh Yudin

iCrosss

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Did you know that a soccer ball is very similar to a truncated icosahedron? Both have 32 faces, but while a truncated icosahedron is made up solely of flat hexagons, a traditional soccer ball has 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons, each curved...
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Curated OER

Examining Geometric Solids

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore geometry by completing a math worksheet in class. In this shape identification instructional activity, students identify the characteristics associated with 15 solid geometric shapes. Students identify patterns between...

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