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Houghton Mifflin Math: Grade 6 Chapter 20 Investigation
In this area and perimeter worksheet, students design a garden that includes shrubs, flowers, and walkways then determine the area and perimeter of each garden feature.
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Classify Quadrilaterals
In this recognizing geometric shapes worksheet, students identify quadrilaterals and their terms. Students solve 13 problems.
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Order Up the Volume
In this finding and ordering volumes worksheet, students solve the volumes, use the information to put them in order from least volume to greatest volume, and answer word problems. Students solve 11 problems.
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Building a Box
Students create different two dimensional nets that can be folded to create a cube. In this visual spacial awareness lesson plan, students explore different ways that two-dimensional objects can be laid out to create a three dimensional...
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Area - Parallelograms and Trapezoids
For this finding the area of geometric shapes worksheet, students observe parallelograms and trapezoids and use the information given to find their areas. Students solve 4 problems.
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Calculate Missing Angles and Line Lengths
In this problem solving worksheet, students calculate the missing angles and lengths to 4 different shapes. Students place their answers in the boxes provided.
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Fraction or Not
In this problem solving worksheet, students determine if the shaded parts of 8 different shapes are fractions or not. Students answer one analyzing question on the lines provided.
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Naming Shapes
Students study geometric shapes and practice naming them properly. In this geometry activity, students work in groups to give definitions of the vocabulary to each other in their own words. Students also visit a lower grade and teach...
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Making Cubes
Third graders explore vocabulary associated with three dimensional figures. In this transformations lesson, 3rd graders create two dimensional nets for three dimensional figures. Students become familiar with describing two and three...
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Geometry: Cut, Construct, Think
Students identify the properties of polygons. For 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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Count Them Up
Pupils calculate area using the geoboard application on their calculators. They use a TI-73 calculator to find the areas of the shapes provided in the accompanying worksheet. Screen shots and instructions for creating shapes in the...
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Cutouts
Learners identify symmetry in shapes. In this geometry lesson, students fold paper to identify lines of symmetry. Learners create various symmetrical shapes using folded paper.
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Angles Formed By Parallel Lines
Young scholars explore the concept of angles formed by parallel lines.They graph two parallel lines cut by a transversal, then measure the angles formed by the transversal and record the data in a table. Learners make conjectures about...
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How many isosceles Triangles Can You Find?
Fifth graders solve problems while examining a variety of isosceles triangles. For this isosceles triangle lesson, 5th graders examine shapes to find their characteristics. Students pay particular attention to the characteristics of...
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Suspension Bridges: Connecting Lives
Students explore bridges. In this bridge lesson, students design and build a suspension bridge after visiting related websites and reviewing famous bridges in non-fiction books. Students follow the instructions from the "Build a Bridge...
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Human Geometry Book
Learners investigate geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson, students read the book The Greedy Triangle and define the shapes mentioned in the book. Learners make the shapes by using their bodies.
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Solid Shapes
In this geometric solids worksheet, students examine 4 different solid shapes then record the number of faces, the number of edges and the name of each shape.
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Know Your Polygons!
Shape shifters recognize characteristics of polygons. Embracing language arts skills in addition to math, they use a thesaurus to pinpoint specific attributes of a set of polygons. They also participate in a 21-question guessing game...
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Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles and Related
Students classify angles. In this angles lesson, students explore the characteristics of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals and circles. They identify polygons and sing a classifying angles song. Students participate in a manipulative...
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Create-A-Town Simulation
Students design and construct a model town. In this community lesson plan, students will collaboratively build a small town from construction paper and toys.
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Mr. Crocodile's Busy Day
Demonstrate how to read analog and digital clocks to the hour in this time measurement lesson. Read the book What Time is it Mr. Crocodile? and use Mr. Crocodile's schedule to practice telling time. They work in cooperative groups to...
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Probability and Geometry
Young scholars examine the relationship between probability and geometry to solve problems. In this geometry and probability lesson plan, students investigate the effect of changing percentages on a spinner to the probability of landing...
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Pyramids and Prisms: Guler's Formula
Sixth graders detect and categorize the attributes of geometric shapes to solve problems. In this geometry instructional activity, 6th graders construct a variety of polyhedra. Students recognize the relationships between two...
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Creating a Reflection
Investigate geometric reflections in this geometry lesson. Create geometric reflections that show the reflection across the x and y axis of a coordinate graph. Learners watch a teacher demonstration before proceeding on their own. They...