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Visualizing Multiplication
Upper graders represent multiplication of a two-digit number by a two-digit number as the area of a rectangle with dimensions of the two factors. They find patterns for the number of different base ten blocks in a rectangle representing...
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Triangles and Things
Young learners listen to the story book The Greedy Triangle as the teacher introduces new polygon shapes. They use geometric stencils to trace a quadrilateral, a pentagon, a hexagon, and an octogon onto a foldable notepad....
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Transformational Geometry Using the Geometer's Sketchpad
Students complete a webquest on the various types of symmetry. Using a computer, they explore the concepts of transformational geometry and identify points, segments, lines and planes. They experiment with the rotation of a quadrilateral...
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Geoboard Areas
Middle school geometers determine the area of a shape on a geoboard or dot paper and draw figures that meet given area conditions. Working as a class, they develop and discuss various ways to draw geometric shapes with specified...
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Area - Square and Rectangles
After third and fourth graders understand how to find the area of squares and rectangles, give them this sheet for practice. There are three squares and three rectangles included here, but there isn't a ton of workspace.
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The Trapping of Trapezoids
This is a nice hands-on activity where young geometers create trapezoids and calculate their area by looking at areas of quadrilaterals and triangles.
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2-D Polygons
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of two dimensional polygons. They complete a vocabulary chart with the teacher or in independently. Students are shown various polygons in order to classify them and then asked to draw one of them...
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Tessellations
In this tessellations activity, 10th graders solve 6 different types of tessellation problems that includes drawing. First, they define polygon, regular polygon, tessellation, regular tessellation, and semi-regular tessellation. Then,...
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Exploring Similar Polygons
In this exploring similar polygons worksheet, 10th graders solve 9 various problems that are related to similar polygons. First, they define similar and the symbol used to identify similar to another. Then, students find the measurement...
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Polygons
For this polygons worksheet, 10th graders solve 18 various types of problems related to different forms of polygons. First, they state the number of sides for each convex polygon and then, use the polygon shown to respond to each of 6...
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Piet Mondrian Art
Students study Piet Mondrian's artwork. In this visual arts lesson plan, students analyze the use of lines and colors by Mondrian in his art. Students create their artwork in the style of Mondrian.
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I See a Square
In this early childhood printing and shape practice worksheet, students trace the square shape at the top of the sheet as well as the word square in the sentence.
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I See a Circle
In this early childhood printing and shape practice worksheet, students trace the circle shape at the top of the sheet as well as the word circle in the sentence.
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Geometry Maze and Coloring Sheet
For this geometry coloring maze worksheet, 3rd graders color a path of rectangles to help a dog ( pictured) to find his way to the dog house. They choose the rectangles out of other geometric shapes such as stars, oval, triangles,...
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Shoelace Algorithm
In this shoelace algorithm worksheet, students determine the area of a triangle when given the coordinates of the vertices. They determine the area of a quadrilateral. Students find the average of the x and y coordinates.
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Area
In this area worksheet, 10th graders solve 7 various types of problems by finding the area of various shapes in geometry. First, they determine what happens to the area and perimeter of a rectangle when the length and width are doubled....
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Squares
In this geometry worksheet, students color the pictures of objects that are shaped like squares. They choose between 11 pictures of items such as a heart, a window frame, a computer, and a coin.
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Squares
In this square worksheet, students focus on creating the given shape. Students use pencil to trace 6 squares for mastery.
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Closure Activity for Square Numbers
In this closure activity for square numbers learning exercise, 9th graders evaluate if numbers are square numbers by determining if it can be modeled by a square (the shape) for 13 tasks.
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Count to 3
In this counting to 3 worksheet, students count rectangles and circles up to the number 3. Students complete 2 problems where they count shapes on this worksheet.
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Geometry: Cut, Construct, Think
Students identify the properties of polygons. In this geometry lesson, students cut out shapes try to construct polygons. Students analyze the shapes and fill out a table of characteristics.
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Classify and Identify Polygons
In this polygon worksheet, students observe pictures of polygons and identify their proper name. They read descriptions of polygons and determine the polygon described. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Polygons and Angle Measurement
In this polygons and angle measurement learning exercise, students identify polygons and determine the measurement of each angle of the polygon. They identify parallelograms and justify why objects are or are not polygons. This four-page...
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Boxes and Rectangles
In this rectangles learning exercise, students color the rectangles that they can see on teach box with a different color. Students then write the total number of rectangles they can see in each group of boxes.