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Noyce Foundation

Cut It Out

For Students K - 12th Standards
Explore the mathematics of the paper snowflake! During the five lessons progressing in complexity from K through 12, pupils use spatial geometry to make predictions. Scholars consider a folded piece of paper with shapes cut out....
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Noyce Foundation

Once Upon a Time

For Students K - 12th Standards
Examine the relationship between time and geometry. A series of five lessons provides a grade-appropriate problem from elementary through high school. Each problem asks learners to compare the movement of the hands on a clock to an angle...
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Noyce Foundation

Surrounded and Covered

For Students K - 12th Standards
What effect does changing the perimeter have on the area of a figure? The five problems in the resource explore this question at various grade levels. Elementary problems focus on the perimeter of rectangles and irregular figures with...
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Triangles Introduction

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore geometry by drawing various shapes in class. In this triangle characteristics lesson, students identify the attributes that classify a shape as a triangle and practice using their bodies to create triangles in class....
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Match the Shape

For Students K - 2nd
For this geometry skills practice worksheet, students respond to 4 questions that require them to match everyday items as the geometric shapes they represent.
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Lines of Symmetry

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, students respond to 6 questions that require them to identify lines of symmetry.
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Lines of Symmetry

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, students respond to 3 questions that require them to identify lines of symmetry.
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Similar Shapes

For Students K - 1st Standards
In geometry, similar and congruent shapes are often confused. Shapes that are similar are the same shape, but a different size. This activity gives young learners some practice in identifying similar shapes. There are five polygons...
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Making and Describing Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Explore the concept of creating and describing 2D and 3D shapes.  Using geometry your scholars will describe the attributes of shapes and their properties.  They explore and discover what happens when you combine shapes and...
Worksheet
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Arithmetic Commutative Property of Addition 1 Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
Skills and drill practice may not thrill your class but as they say, practice makes perfect. They solve 16 single digit addition problems that require them to use the commutative property. Additional learning exercise are available...
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Volume and Surface Area, A Sweet Activity

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Geometry.... sweet! Using sugar cubes, learners build rectangular prisms of different sizes and shapes. They glue them together and assess volume. Then they color the outer sides to visualize and compute surface area. To make a visceral...
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Making Two-Dimensional Shapes

For Students K - 1st
Find the shapes that fit. Pupils explore visual discrimination in a set of geometry worksheets, which has them examine shapes that have been divided in half. They observe a set of shapes to determine which of them would fit into each...
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Geometry Gymnastics

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify shapes and manipulate 2 and 3 dimensional objects. They view objects from different perspectives and review relative positions (near, far, between). They sing a shape song.
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Making Two-Dimensional Shapes

For Students K - 1st
Which shapes fit? Learners practice visual discrimination using a geometry learning exercise, which has them examine shapes that have been divided in half. They observe a set of shapes to determine which of them would fit into each half...
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Hello My Name is . . . Helvetica

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners play various games to help create a classroom community. In this name recognition lesson, students combine their name recognition skills with newly learned art and geometric vocabulary. First learners discover vocabulary that...
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Traveling aroud Our Town

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are asked to describe to a partner how he or she walks to school or the bus stop. They are shown on the overhead an one-inch grid paper, and at the intersection of two lines on the grid paper, students are shown a house and...
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Matching Objects and Patterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in hands-on activities and use objects to create patterns. They observe a PowerPoint lesson describing matching objects and patterns. In groups, 1st graders complete geometry computer activities such as planting...
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Mr. Lincoln's Hat

For Teachers K - 5th
Bring out the inner artist with this Abraham Lincoln lesson. Elementary students work on a home project creating a hat similar to Abraham Lincoln's hat. They will use geometry and measurement to create the scale of the hat, then...
Organizer
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Shape Flashcards

For Students 1st
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.
Organizer
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Shapes Flashcards: Plane and Solid

For Students 1st
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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Six Does The Trick!

For Students K - 1st
In this counting to 6 worksheet, students solve four problems in which sets of objects that show 6 are circled. Students practice writing the number 6.
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Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate triangles. In this shapes geometry lesson, students define and state the attributes for equilateral, scalene, and isosceles triangles. Students locate the prefix "tri" in a variety of words and make connections with...
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Mother Nature Pattern Maker

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners in a teacher education program enhance their awareness of patterns. They discover how to support their students in developing this skill in mathematical terms. They role play the role of a K-2 student and collect images from...
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Grandfather Tang's Story

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students construct tangram patters. In this geometry lesson, students read the book Grandfather Tang's Story and visit various websites to practice covering figures with tangrams. Students attempt to construct animal shapes using puzzles.

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