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Apples A"Peel" To Me

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the characteristics and uses for apples through this series of ten lessons. They look at the importance of apples in the US. They read literature about apples, graph, sort, and measure apples, and make apple snacks....
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Placing Plates

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the task of making a large hexagonal plate by putting together smaller ones. The lesson has detailed example problems for the teacher to use during direct instruction. The manipulative activities strengthen the...
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Curated OER

Angle Action

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils measure and label specified angles. In this angles lesson plan, students use a protractor to find angles that are acute, obtuse, and reflexive. Pupils then label each angle and match the angles the correct definition. This lesson...
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Making Sense of the Census

For Teachers K - 4th
In this unit of lessons, young scholars make sense of the Census. They examine why a census is taken and participate in activities.
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Illustrate Inequalities

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a lesson that involves the concept of inequalities. They translate the words of problems and put them into a visual illustration. The illustration should include a number line for assessment.
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Cut, Construct and Think 3

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify and create shapes. In this geometric shapes lesson, students identify various polygons and try to create new shapes using existing polygons.
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Cut, Construct and Think - 4

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify polygons. In this geometric shapes lesson, students identify and describe polygons. Students create new shapes out of the shapes they are given.
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Cut, Construct and Think - 6

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify polygons and calculate perimeter. In this geometric shapes lesson, students complete a worksheet identifying various polygons and calculating the perimeter of triangles and quadrilaterals.
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Properties of Lines - Parallel and Perpendicular

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify parallel and perpendicular lines in the alphabet. In this line properties lesson, 6th graders use the letters of the alphabet to show parallel and perpendicular lines. Students open a Geogrid Mat on the computer...
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Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the concept of the Pythagorean Theorem for geometry by using word problems. The challenge is for them to translate the words into the right measurements for a triangle looking for the longest side known as...
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Building Blocks

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the relationship between landscape and building architecture. In this landscape architecture lesson, students examine the proposals for a new school building, and select the proposal they think is the best. Additionally,...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Tangram Challenges

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars explore geometric concepts by working with Tangram Puzzles. In this Tangram challenge lesson, students use problem-solving tasks that involve physical manipulatives. Young scholars select a picture and use all...
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Shodor Education Foundation

An Introduction To Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Young geometers investigate and apply properties of quadrilaterals.  After a review and discussion of key terms, students use a computer applet to explore four-sided figures and classify them according to their attributes. The...
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PBS

Arguing over Area

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
With the help of the Area Officers and Perimeter Patrol, you learners will develop a better understanding of area and its relationship to perimeter. First, they view a video clip from Cyberchase, and then they visit a website to...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Sets and the Venn Diagram (Beginner)

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Venn diagrams are helpful in understanding the idea of a set and using attributes to sort items. This basic plan is an introduction with an added bonus of an applet that can be used to demonstrate the activity. If a classroom of...
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The Golden Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Scholars view the video, "Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land," and discuss examples in nature which have proportions of the golden ratio. They measure and record different body lengths from a worksheet and convert the ratios to equivalent...
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Ohio Department of Education

Describing and Creating Plane Figures - Grade One

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young mathematicians draw, create, and describe different shapes using triangles. They discuss attributes of the original and created shapes. Pupils classify the created shapes and draw and write in mathematics journals to communicate...
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1, 2, 3 o' Clock Rock

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify the hour and minute hands. They tell time by the hour, nearest quarter hour, half hour, and determine the relationships of time (e.g. minutes in hour, days in a month, weeks in a year). They create over-sized...
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University of Colorado

The Jovian System: A Scale Model

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Jupiter has 67 moons! As the seventh in a series of 22, the exercise shows learners the size and scale of Jupiter and its Galilean moons through a model. They then arrange the model to show how probes orbited and gathered data.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Developing Formulas for Circles and Regular Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Formulas and procedures for finding the area and circumference are not provided on this handout, so it will be best used as a practice of already-acquired skills. It is a well-rounded assignment, however, as it includes diagrams,...
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University of Colorado

Modeling Sizes of Planets

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The density of the huge planet of Saturn is 0.7 g/cm3, which means it could float in water! In the second part of 22, science pupils explore the size and order of the planets. They then calculate weight and/or gravity and density of...
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"Alphabet City and City by Number" by Stephen T. Johnson; "Shapes, Shapes, Shapes" by Tana Hoban

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the definition of angles by identifying those in the classroom and putting them on a graphic organizer.
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"Sir Cumference and the First Round Table" by Cindy Neuschwander

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with rearranging shapes to better visualize the Congruence and relationship of geometric shapes.
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Curated OER

Volume of Rectangular Prisms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Introduce the procedure needed to find the volume of a rectangular prism. Learners rank various prisms such as cereal boxes and tissue boxes from smallest to largest volume. They use an applet to find the volume and surface area of each...

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