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Shapes: Following Directions
In this following directions worksheet, students will follow 5 directions to color various shapes including stars, squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles.
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The Spectrum of a Star
Tenth graders identify stars based on their line spectra. In this astronomy instructional activity, 10th graders analyze spectrograph and determine the elements present in the star. They explain the relationship between temperature and...
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Spitzer Explores a Dying Star
In this dying star activity, learners read about the Spitzer Space Telescope that detected the dying star-Messier-57. Students solve 6 problems including determining the total power produced by the dying star, they find the total mass of...
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Patterns and Shapes in Our Community
Students explore shapes and patterns found in their own community. They identify shapes and patterns in photographs, and listen to a book about shapes. Students then examine Paul Klee paintings for shapes and patterns, and create a...
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Shape Hunt
Learners photograph shapes around their school and create a shape movie. In this shape hunting activity, students recognize shapes in a shape hunt. Learners can identify the shapes recorded by others in the class.
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Shape Flashcards
In this geometry worksheet, students will cut out and practice 12 shape flashcards. The shapes include the basic plane shapes plus star, heart, diamond, cube and cylinder.
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Shapes Flashcards: Plane and Solid
In this geometry worksheet, students will cut out and practice the names of plane and solid shapes. The flashcards are in color.
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Shapes!
Students identify five basic geometric shapes by naming them according to their defining characteristics. They draw the shapes and identify food with similar shapes.
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Tracing Three Shapes
For this tracing worksheet, students trace a heart, star, and pentagon four times each. The shapes are on standard primary lines.
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Tin-Foil Twinkles
Students compare and discuss characteristics and properties of 2- and 3-dimensional shapes. They construct 3-dimensional paper star figures, imaginatively customizing them with art tools and craft materials. Students analyze their...
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Simple Sentences
Support your pupils as they learn how to combine words to form sentences and as they work on learning the words for colors and shapes. Kids correctly align words into simple sentences that describe specific colors and shapes.
Space Awareness
What is a Constellation
Why do some stars in a constellation appear brighter than others? Using a get-up-and-move astronomy activity, scholars explore perspective and the appearance of constellations in the sky while developing an understanding of the...
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Patterns and Fingerprints
Human fingerprint patterns are the result of layers of skin growing at different paces, thus causing the layers to pull on each other forming ridges. Here, groups of learners see how patterns and fingerprints assist scientists in a...
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Identify the shape of the star
In this star instructional activity, students identify the shape shown to them and choose what shape it is. Students complete 1 multiple choice question.
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Planets, Constellations, and Stars
In this space science worksheet, students find the answers to the research questions that focus on the stars, planets, and constellations.
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Tracing and Coloring Shapes
In this shapes worksheet, students trace the words: square, circle, triangle, diamond, oval, star, pentagon, hexagon and octagon and then trace the shapes.
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Patterns with Shapes and Pictures
In this patterns instructional activity, 6th graders identify and complete 12 different problems that include patterns of various shapes and pictures. First, they analyze the pattern seen in each problem. Then, students determine what...
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Star Party- Closing Lesson
Students study the stars and galaxies. For this universe lesson students complete their unit by participating in an evening bonfire to share what they learned.
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Making Pictures from Smaller Shapes
Students investigate shapes. For this dimension and orientation of shapes lesson, students identify and color shapes, use shape stamps to form animals, glue shapes together to make other objects and describe how shapes are used.
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The Shapes of Other Things
In this shapes worksheet based on The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, by Dr. Seuss, students write names of shapes of pictures shown. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Shape Addition and Subtraction
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students use the key with 10 shapes that have a corresponding number. Students solve 6 problems in which the geometric shapes alone are shown in an addition or subtraction problem. Students...
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Trace the Dancing Shapes
In this shape tracing worksheet, students will trace and color seven different dancing shape people. The shapes include a star, heart, and diamond.
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2 D shape word search
In this 2 D shape worksheet, 2nd graders find 2 D shape words in a word search. Students search for 13 shapes and are given a word bank at the bottom.
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Stars in Your Eyes
In this solar system worksheet, students answer 20 short answer questions about the stars, the planets, the sun and moon, meteorites and constellations.