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Chopping Cubes
Middle schoolers work in small groups to make various geometric solids with Play-Doh. They use fishing line to make cuts and observe the shapes of the cross-sections. Pupils complete an assessment in which they answer questions such as:...
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Geo Shapes
Invite your first graders to compose and decompose two and three-dimensional figures with this fun, hands-on instructional activity. They investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart two-dimensional shapes...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 3, Lesson 9: Attribute Attitude
Second graders read poetry and build their vocabulary through use of the puppet Geo George.
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Writing Takes Shape!
Students read The Greedy Triangle and discuss geometric solids. In this geometry lesson, students list the geo-solids in the world and create a graphic organizer to show where geo-solids exist.
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The Volume Formula of a Pyramid and Cone
Our teacher told us the formula had one-third, but why? Using manipulatives, classmates try to explain the volume formula for a pyramid. After constructing a cube with six congruent pyramids, pupils use scaling principles from previous...
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Making Nets for Solids
Third graders are introduced to a variety of two-dimensional shapes. Individually, they are given a cube, cylinder and cone and take apart each shape. While taking them apart, they discuss how the two-dimensional shape was created.
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Identifying 2-D and 3-D Shapes in Crystals
Learners view a video on making rock candy and identify the shapes they see while watching. In this 2 and 3 dimensional shape instructional activity, students recognize shapes and complete worksheets to identify them. Learners build a...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 2, Lesson 6: Rhyme and Reason
Students listen to the poem "Shapes" by Shel Silverstein in order to accurately and specifically describe shapes' rules/traits in their journals. They illustrate the poem and take turns reading during a creative shared reading session.
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Geo Jammin'
Students compare and contrast related two- and three-dimensional shapes, and complete a Venn diagram illustrating the attributes of each. Using a poem pattern from another lesson, students use data from the diagram to write an attribute...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 2, Lesson 5: Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo
Learners, in groups, use song lyrics and math to descrie two and three dimensional shapes.
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Courts of Measure
Students practice their area and perimeter measurement. In this measurement lesson, students watch a video about perimeter and area. Students measure a gym for perimeter and area. Students write number sentences for the area and...
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Cap-It to the Max
Eighth graders compare the volume of three cylinders constructed from the same size sheet of paper. They use concrete and graphical models to derive formulas for finding perimeter, circumference, area, and volume of two and three...
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Worksheet 19: Ship Positions
In this math worksheet, students read informational paragraphs and then answer 18 questions using data from their readings. Questions are about vectors, positions, distance and orbits.
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Try Tessellation
Most middle schoolers probably feel that quilting is at best an activity left to their grandmothers. This activity uses the Zome modeling system to get them to realize how shapes in quilting are really tessellations and repeating...
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Triangle Town
Second graders create a fact family town to develop the understanding of numbers related in fact families. They learn each family has a big number and two baby numbers. They make triangle shaped houses for their facts.
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3-D Attributes
Students explore geometric solids. In this geometry instructional activity, students listen to the book The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns, then work in groups to sort geometric solids into various categories. Students define geometric...