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Geometry and Spatial Sense
Students investigate geometric shapes in 2 and 3 dimensions. In this geometry lesson plan, students create a model chocolate factory working in groups and using an actual cake. Students take a quiz about measurement equations dealing...
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Let's Learn about Symmetry
Students explore symmetry in architecture. In this cross curriculum art and architecture lesson, students fold paper to illustrate symmetry and identify symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes. Students observe photographs or take a walk...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Teaching Shapes
Students identify two- and three-dimensional figures and associate them with real-world objects. In this geometry lesson, students are read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and complete several activities including a chart of...
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A Cloak for the Dreamer
Students identify the number of sides and corners of plane figures. In this geometry activity, students read the book A Cloak for the Dreamer and identify the ways shapes fit together. Students review shapes and identify the sides and...
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Optimizing Perimeter and Area
For this perimeter and area worksheet, students examine given perimeters and determine the dimensions that will give the maximum area. This one-page worksheet contains four multi-step problems.
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I've Seen That Shape Before
Learners examine and identify shapes. In this shapes lesson, students explore the characteristics of various shapes. They cut out shapes and name illustrations. Worksheets and activities are included.
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To the Moon
Pupils explore circumference manipulating Moon Pie wrapper. In this geometry lesson, they manipulate snack wrappers to find circumference, diameter, radius and distance.
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Dimensions and Area
Learners explore the area of rectangles in this middle school geometry instructional activity. They will investigate the relationship between a change in the dimensions of a rectangle and the change in the corresponding area. Learners...
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Concept: Points on a Grid
In this coordinate grid graphing worksheet, students play a game of Battleship on the computer. They answer 21 questions about the coordinate grid and graphing.
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1st Geometry
In this geometry worksheet, learners choose the multiple choice answer to 15 questions involving several different elements of geometry.
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Origami Flight: The Physical Setting
Sixth graders investigate the forces that move certain objects. In this physics lesson, 6th graders design and create paper flying objects using origami methods, which they practice flying in different conditions. Students record and...
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Archeologist Frieze Patterns
Learners construct frieze patterns using translations and rotations. They will discuss how frieze patterns are similar to jigsaw puzzles and use Cabri Jr. to build a triangle frieze pattern using rotations, translations, and reflections.
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Symmetry in Paper Airplanes
Young scholars explore symmetry. For this geometry and scientific inquiry lesson, students design paper airplanes with middle line symmetry, as well as right, obtuse, and acute angles. Young scholars measure the plane's angles using a...
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Cylinders and Cones
In this geometric shapes worksheet, students answer 6 questions about geometric figures. For each question, a diagram of a geometric figure is shown and students are asked to choose the correct name for the figure shown.
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Circles all Around
Middle schoolers investigate circles. In this middle school mathematics lesson, students explore the relationship between the diameter of a circle and its circumference.
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2D and 3D Shapes
For this geometry worksheet, students draw 6 different shapes as requested by 6 specific directives in the circles provided. Students draw 2D and 3D shapes.
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100 Patch Geometric Quilts
Students identify geometric patterns in quilts. In this geometry lesson, students view various types of quilts and identify the geometric shapes. Students construct one hundred patch paper quilts using geometric shapes.
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Pythagorean Theorem
In this finding the missing units in triangles worksheet, students apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve. Students solve 10 problems.
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What is my Angle? App
Learners estimate angle measures in this this estimating angle measures lesson. They use an application on their graphing calculator that shows various settings involving angles and then they estimate the angle measure of a clock's...
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Measuring Angles
Middle schoolers explore angle measure as they estimate angle measure and measure and draw angles of less than 360 degrees. The lesson emphasizes the use of estimation when measuring angles.
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Traditional Copy an Angle - Compass Construction Using Cabri Jr.
Learnerss explore geometric construction in this geometry lesson. They will investigate the traditional construction for copying an angle using Cabri Jr. in lieu of paper and pencil construction. The lesson encourages students to explore...
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Geometric Shapes and Figures
In this identifying shapes and geometric figures worksheet, learners observe objects and choose the best answer to identify them. Students choose 6 answers.
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Play Area
In this finding the area of the letters P, L, A, and Y learning exercise, students use visualization and knowledge of counting whole-squares and half-squares to solve the problems. Students find the areas of 4 letters.
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Visualize Triangles
In this finding triangles in parallelograms learning exercise, students observe parallelograms, visualize half as congruent to triangles, and choose the triangle that would match each one. Students solve 5 problems.