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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Geometry Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
These fifteen different activities have students applying their geometry skills and knowledge. Activities are hands-on and contain possible solutions.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Picnic Field Day

For Teachers 2nd
This lesson plan provides a cross-curricular lesson for second grade students. Teachers will read Elino R J. Pinczes' One Hundred Hungry Ants and then engage the students in hands-on division activities that connect to the book.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Origami Geometry

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Origami (ori-folding, kami-paper) is the traditional Japanese art of folding paper. Students will discover relationships between shapes as they are actively engaged in this hands on geometry lesson to learn basic geometric shapes, their...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Plane Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Lesson plans on how to incorporate plane geometry into an elementary classroom. Activities are hands-on, use manipulatives, and incorporate real world experiences.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Congruence of Triangles

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Congruent means, "same size, same shape." Find out more about this concept at this test prep site with real world examples and pictures. Hands-on classroom activity and lots of practice. Knowledge of basic algebra and geometry concepts...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Who was Pythagoras and what is his theorem? Explore this concept and its relationship to the measurement of a right triangle in this test prep lesson plan. The lesson includes an interactive worksheet where middle schoolers discover the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You've Got Triangles!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about trigonometry, geometry and measurements while participating in a hands-on interaction with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT technology. First they review fundamental geometrical and trigonometric concepts. Then, they estimate the...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Do It Yourself Patchwork Gifts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students will sharpen their geometry skills when they make these holiday gifts. This site offers hands-on activities with geometry skills interwoven.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Sidewalk Capers [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The objective of this instructional activity is for students to, "explore spatial relationships by determining the area of various shapes and creating tessellation patterns." Using a variety of hands-on activities, students apply...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Using Geoboards in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
A thorough look at the extensive uses of geoboards in the classroom. Links are listed which give introductory information on geoboards - for teachers new to using them. Then, lesson plans are provided for using geoboards in teaching...
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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson: Geometry, It's a Perfect Fit [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This two-part geometry lesson plan has students identify, describe, and classify two-dimensional shapes. Students engage in hands-on activities including identifying shapes in the classroom, creating patterns with shapes, identifying...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Transformations on a Pegboard

For Students 3rd - 5th
This one page website can expand your logic, Motion Geometry and pattern recognition knowledge. The solution is available to double check your answers.
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Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State Univ.: Trilingual Packaging Dilemma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Pennsylvania State University provides a hands-on activity to bridge the gap between right triangles, 30-60-90 and 45-45-90 theorems, and trigonometry, and what every student wants to know, "When will I ever use this?"...
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PBS

Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...
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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Struts'n Stuff [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson engages students in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of diagonals...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Platonic Solids Ornaments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a hands-on activity that introduces students to the five Platonic solids. Students will discover the special relationship between faces, vertices, and edges. Students will research the Platonic solids and then construct and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Introducing Pi!"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The overriding purpose of the lesson is to actively engage students in learning activities that promote opportunities for students to discover the 'meaning' of pi. Activities will include research, hands-on, software applications,...
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PBS

Pbs: Mathline: Let's Face It [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Check out this math project about polyhedra! Students will enjoy the hands-on activity while they learn about tetrahedrons, hexahedrons, octahedrons, dodecahedrons, and icosahedrons. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Measurement Inches

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan for primary students gives students hands-on practice in using a ruler and understanding customary measurements, length and width in inches. Students also create simple one and two digit addition problems related to the...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: What's My Angle?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Do people with big hands have larger angles between their fingers? See if you can find the answer this question when you try this math challenge on estimating and measuring angles. Discover how understanding angles and geometric shapes...