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- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students create 2D and 3D Shapes with tooth picks and chick peas. They work in pairs, to create one 3D shape of their own choice, using as many tooth picks and chick peas as they want, as long as they can keep the 3D shape from falling apart. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore geometric shapes such as polygons and polyhedrons. They construct models of 2D and 3D shapes using straws and twist ties. Shapes are compared through class discussion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students review and identify various types of shapes. Using Microsoft Word, they scan pictures of the different shapes into a document. Using these documents, they make a shapes poster and present it to the class to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students investigate three dimensional shapes. They examine a variety of shapes and the relationship between the number of faces, edges, and vertices. Students determine Euler's formula and they create a variety of three dimensional shapes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 10th
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Students explore the relationship between 2D and 3D shapes. They view representation of shapes and investigate their symmetry. Students create a solid object from diagrams. They describe the reflection or rotational symmetry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 5th
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Students explore shapes in everyday objects. They discuss the elements of design. Students describe the shapes they see in visual images. Students design and "build" a new 3D shape. They show and explain the shapes with their classmates. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
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Students compare and contrast two dimensional polygons and three dimentional nets by examining the differences in drawings. They create three dimensional shapes and label the faces, edges, and vertices. After creating the shapes, they draw polygons and view a video, The Platonic Solids Video. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 6th
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Students recognize and describe 3-D shapes such as cylinders, cubes, spheres, and cones. They identify the characteristic of 3-D shapes and discuss the similarities between 2-D and 3-D shapes. They think of some household goods that are spheres, cubes, cones, and cylinders. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students sort and build with 2D and 3D shapes. They recognize, describe,and compare spheres, cylinders, cones, and cubes. The 2D shapes they recognize and give attributes to are a square, triangle, circle, and rectangle. Students actually use the play doh to construct a 3 D shape of their own. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students recognize and describe 3D shapes such as cylinders, cubes, spheres, and cones. They identify the characteristics of 3 D shapes and discuss the similarities between 2 and 3 D shapes. Common household goods are related to the 3 D shapes introduced. Full Review »
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