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Introduction to Fractals: Geometric Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study and observe the patterns made by the areas of the Sierpinski Triangle. Students use the computer to draw two or three iterations to discover the number patterns. Students complete worksheets based on Geometric Fractals.
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Tessellating Ceiling Tiles

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners transform polygons.  In this tessellating instructional activity, students design a picture containing a translation and a rotation.  They create a template of a translation or a rotation.  Learners tessellate and...
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Identifying Lines: Horizontal, Vertical, and Oblique

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines on a worksheet after learning them in class. They demonstrate a horizontal line with their arms while saying the word and use their arms with no talking to demonstrate...
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How Many?

For Students 5th - 6th
For this measurement worksheet, students complete a 12 question multiple choice online interactive assessment about standard modern and ancient measurement.
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Transformations-Shapes on the Move

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine transformations. In this math lesson, students view and describe flips, slides, and turns. Students practice making transformations with shapes.
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Lines and Angles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore lines and angles. They create visual representations of lines, rays and angles by drawing them on paper and using a geoboard. On paper, 6th graders write a summary of the characteristics of their representations.
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Terrific Tessellations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore tessellations that are found in nature and everyday objects. They observe the works of M.C. Escher. Students create their own tessellations using pencil and paper.
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What's Your Design?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Sixth grade students: design a stained glass window, submitting their initial plan detailing the measurements of all lines and angles. Seventh grade students: create a scale drawing of their own geometric family of four members.
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Shapes Around Us

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create posters about geometric shapes in order to demonstrate their understanding of the different shapes. Students look for pictures in magazines to represent two-dimensional shapes, paste them on a poster, label the shape,...
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Fold and Cut

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore line symmetry and the names and attributes of two-dimensional mathematical shapes. They study the context by folding and cutting out shapes to make a series of mathematical shapes.
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In The Garden

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine symmetry and transformation concepts. They create patterns that translate, reflect and rotate. Students participate in a variety of activities that explore transformation concepts through the context of a garden.
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Slope Right Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use triangles to find the length and slope of each side. After connecting the vertices, they add points based on their specific instructions. They use the Pythagorean Theorem to complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Problem Solving Using Pattern Blocks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use pattern blocks to create a figure that is described to them and establish a pattern based on the description of the geometric figure. In this pattern blocks lesson plan, students fill out shape and fraction worksheets.
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Patterns In Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find number patterns in the generation of several different types of fractals.
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Tantalizing Tessellations Lesson III: Creating a Slide Translation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch and discuss an M. C. Escher video, use what they have learned to explain and apply their knowledge of tessellations in order to create a slide translation, present their findings in a 12" x 18" poster, and explore...
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Geo-Town

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a checklist to construct a Geo-Town map including a compass rose, a map key, and a paragraph about a walk around Geo-Town, using appropriate geometric and directional vocabulary to identify the two-dimensional figures...
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Checking County Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners use their county's information page to gather information about their community. Using the information, they create graphs from the tables provided and interpret the data. They write a paragraph showing their interpretation of...
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Blindfolds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students stand blindfolded and turn clockwise, then counterclockwise and take 3 steps forward and make a half turn clockwise and walk 3 more steps. They discuss where they ended up and how else they could end up in the same place.
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Rescue!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore movement and position concepts. They follow directions using left , right, up, down, North, South, East and West. Students draw and follow a path on a grid to show a route followed. They label and follow legends on a map.
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Angles and Parallel Lines

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders draw parallel and intersecting lines to observe and examine the characteristics of alternate interior angles, vertical angles, corresponding angles, and supplementary angles. Through observation, they discover the...
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Alex: Geometry City

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan reviews transformations in the coordinate plane while mimicking real-world planning skills. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extention as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
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Pbs Learning Media: Using a Coordinate Grid

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must locate each other using a map's grid to construct a coordinate system using letters and numbers.
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Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Learners make connections between the coordinate grid and Geometry by finding the distance of line segments using the coordinate plane. This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a...
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Khan Academy: Quadrilateral Problems on the Coordinate Plane

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A set of four practice problems finding the points of quadrilaterals on a coordinate plane.

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