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Angles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Fourth and fifth graders investigate angles and name them according to the criteria for obtuse, acute, and right angles. They examine a human-made yarn pattern on the floor of their classroom and identify angles, vertices, and types of...
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Know Your Angles

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Explore types of angles and the characteristics of each. After observing a PowerPoint Presentation, learners tour the school facilities and use a digital camera to capture prescribed angles. Using the digital pictures and written...
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Angles All Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Explore with your class the characteristics of acute, obtuse, right, complementary, and supplementary angles. They take digital photographs around the school and identify the angles in the images. Uisng software, they label and print the...
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Lines and Angles with K'NEX

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Here is a geometry lessonwhich invites learners to create models using their knowledge of lines, segments, rays, and angles. This lesson reinforces geometric vocabulary and concepts through practical application, it also includes...
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Hypatia: Angles

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Introduce your young geometers to Hypatia, the first noted Greek female mathematician, and the properties of angles. Though this resource is missing worksheets that are needed to complete the lesson, the structure is sound and learning...
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Mr. Bo Jangle, What's Your Angle?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore angles. In this geometry lesson, 3rd graders identify and define acute, obtuse, and right angles. Students form angles with their bodies, find angles in picture books, and record angles found outside in their math...
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Angles Everywhere

For Teachers 1st
First graders find angles in their classroom. In this geometric figures instructional activity, 1st graders identify, describe and classify angles they see in their world. Students create pictures that contain angles and display them in...
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Fun Wth Angles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore angles in everyday life. In this angles lesson, 4th graders view examples of angles, then search magazines, newspapers and catalogues for more examples. Students work in pairs and check each other's work.
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Angles That Pair

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify angles.  In this angles that pair instructional activity, students identify adjacent, vertical, complementary, and supplementary angles.  They use straws, pretzel sticks to demonstrate given types of angles. 
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How Big is the Playground: Creating a Map

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create a topographical map of an area outside of the school. For this mapping lesson, students compile data on angles, distances, and key landmarks for a predetermined area on the school grounds to create a map using Geometer's...
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Angles on Kandinsky

For Teachers 4th
Not only is Wassily Kandinsky fun to say, his art contains tons of angles. Learners discuss Kandinsky's music-inspired abstract art and four types of angles. They search one of his paintings for obtuse, right, straight, and acute angles,...
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Exploring and Using Shapes to Make a Dance

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use their bodies to create various shapes to make a dance when given various music and beats. In this shapes and dance lesson plan, 2nd graders create lines, curves, twists, and angles with their bodies.
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Contact Angle. Interfacial Tension and Wetting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the contact angle of water on different surfaces. In this physics lesson, students calculate their percent error using a mathematical formula. They explain the advantages of using non-wetting surface for certain...
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Chess Math

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners review angles. In this geometry lesson, students become chess players on a floor chess board. When they make a move, they need to identify the angle of their movement. In the lesson plan it says the "degree" of the angle,...
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Angles

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure angles using a protractor. In this geometry lesson, students solve for the missing angles using equations set to the theorem of triangles. They measure missing angles through construction and identify congruent angles.
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Storyboards: The Director's Map to a Video Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Class groups collaborate to produce the storyboard for their video project. After determining the sequence of scenes, the camera angles, and characters in each scene, each group member is assigned a number of scenes to illustrate. When...
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Symmetry in Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore symmetry.  In this geometry and scientific inquiry instructional activity, students design paper airplanes with middle line symmetry, as well as right, obtuse, and acute angles.  Students measure the plane's angles using...
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Geometry Straws

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create different angles and shapes by using different lengths of straws. In this geometry straws lesson plan, students glue straws onto paper and define what they have made.
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Sled Kite Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students build sled kites. in this kite building lesson, students must read directions for kite building and enlarge the proportions of the given kite pattern. Students focus on the angles and line of symmetry in their kite. 
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Nature's Polyhedrons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover the characteristics of polyhedra. Through hands-on activities and interactive videos, students investigate and retrieve information on polyhedra and crystal structures. High schoolers study angles and symmetry....
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Basic Shapes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create books about shapes.  For this shape lesson, students select a topic such as points, lines, angles, planes, polygons, quadrilaterals, triangles, circles, and polyhedra.  In groups, they create an illustrated children's...
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Basic Right Triangles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Elementary schoolers examine the attributes of triangles. In this triangle lesson plan, learners compare regular triangles and right triangles. They explore vertices and angles and investigate obtuse and acute angles. Pupils draw...
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Angles in Art Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine the correlation between art and math. Using their computers, students construct and measure angles. Students identify the properties of angles and polygons. They engage in the Angles program on their Palm and use the...
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Investigating AAS

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the theorems of ASA, AAS, AAA and ASA. In this geometry lesson, students discuss the theorems of triangles and how it is used to solve for missing sides or angles. They review how two angles are formed by two rays...