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Angles Formed By Parallel Lines

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
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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Tantalizing Tessellations Lesson III: Creating a Slide Translation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore tessellations and the artwork of M.C. Escher. They view and discuss a video about M.C. Escher, create a slide template out of cardboard, and create a poster with their tessellation pattern.
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Our School - Our Trees

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders observe school ground trees planted nearly 3 decades ago.  For this ecology lesson, 6th graders examine a group of trees planted near their campus and measure the diameter, circumference and growth of the tree compared...
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What is my Angle? App

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
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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Navigating by the Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe how math is important in navigation and engineering. They study how surveyors use math and science to calcute, count, measure, label, and indicate distances on a map. They estimate specific distances.
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Integrating Art Into Other Content Areas

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here are some ideas to help add an art lesson to every math, science, social studies, or language arts unit.
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Tessellating Ceiling Tiles

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students transform polygons.  In this tessellating lesson plan, students design a picture containing a translation and a rotation.  They create a template of a translation or a rotation.  Students tessellate and decorate a...
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Minimum and Maximum Perimeter

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Pupils practice a variety of strategies with varying numbers of tiles to form shapes and then find the minimum and maximum perimeter for each one. Each group is assigned a different area to build either with square tiles or a geoboard....
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Tessellation Trial and Error

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this interactive lesson, students review attributes of equilateral polygons. They are introduced to the concept of a tessellation. Using protractors and pre-cut shapes, students arrange a variety of tiles to create tessellations. They...
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Plenty of Pythagoras

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Using a twelve foot knotted rope, students form a 3-4-5 right triangle. Following a discussion of observations about the lengths of the sides of the triangle, students use grid paper, scissors and a centimeter ruler to draw and measure...
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Transformations

For Students 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers solve and identify 10 different problems that include transformations and identifying translations. They determine if each figure is an example of a translation and explain how each figure may or may not be a...
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Identifying Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore basic geometry. In this geometry lesson, students study points and lines that exist in flat planes. Students investigate parallel and perpendicular lines.
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Faces, Vertices and Sides

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geometry worksheet, students determine which shapes have more or less vertices, faces or sides. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Line, Line Segments and Rays

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geometry activity, students identify items as either lines, line segments or rays by checking the appropriate box beneath each figure.
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Tracing Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geometry worksheet, students explore graphing characteristics. Students complete seven short answer and problem solving questions about graphing and whether or not one can be traced.
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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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Rectangular Prisms (C)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this rectangular prisms worksheet, learners use their problem solving skills to find the volume and surface area of 3 rectangular prisms.
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Rectangular Prisms [G]

For Students 5th - 6th
In this rectangular prism worksheet, students find the volume and surface area of 3 rectangular prisms; answers are included on page 2.
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Rectangular Prisms (E)

For Students 6th - 8th
In this rectangular prisms worksheet, students find the volume and surface area for the rectangular prisms. Students solve 3 problems.
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Rectangular Prisms (I)

For Students 5th - 7th
In this rectangular prisms activity, students find the volume and surface area for the rectangular prisms. Students solve 3 problems.
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Supplementary Angles

For Students 4th - 8th
In this angles activity, students match the angles on the left with the supplementary angles on the right. Students complete 4 matches total.
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Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this triangles worksheet, learners name the kind of triangle that is shown in the picture. Students name 3 different kinds of triangles.
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Complex Figures

For Students 4th - 6th
In this complex figure worksheet, students find the length, height, perimeter, and surface area of the complex figure. Students complete 4 problems.
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Area of Parallelograms [2]

For Students 5th - 6th
In this area of parallelograms worksheet, students solve for the area of 6 parallelograms. Answers are included on page 2. No review of formula is given on worksheet.

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