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Curated OER

Exploring Geometric Figures

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore mathematics by participating in hands-on daily activities. Learners identify a list of different shapes and classify them by shape, size, sides and vertices. They utilize tangrams and geometric pieces to gain...
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Curated OER

Symmetrical Geometry Paintings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a clever, cross-curricular lesson that combines art and geometry. Learners design a painting that uses geometrical shapes and is symmetrical. Sponge-shaped geometrical figures are used to design half a page and fold them to...
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Captain Planet Foundation

Fall into Healthy Shapes

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergartners identify geometric shapes by planting a fall garden. They start their seeds in containers that have different shapes, and keep track of their plants based on those shapes. This brilliantly designed and incredibly thorough...
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Exploratorium

Building Three-Dimensional Structures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are you looking for a good 3-D geometry lesson that includes hands-on activities for your middle schoolers? Look no further than this one! Pupils use centimeter grid paper embedded in the plan, along with detailed construction...
Unit Plan
Differentiation Central

Perimeter and Area

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Leave no student behind with this differentiated geometry unit on perimeter and area. Over the course of five lessons, young mathematicians explore these foundational concepts through a series of self-selected hands-on activities and...
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Curated OER

Miras, Mirrors, and Kaleidoscopes!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use hands-on activities to explore transformations. They view a video segment that demonstrate how M. C. Escher employed geometry and transformations to create so many of his famous drawings.
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Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: Shape-Shifter

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Geometry is everywhere, and I mean everywhere! Those skillful mathematicians discuss shapes and then come up with a well-researched list of shapes seen in everyday applications. They put their knowledge of shapes to work as each small...
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Curated OER

Mining Shapes

For Teachers K
In this 2-D shapes lesson, kindergarteners review plane shapes attributes. They engage in a shape hunt in the classroom and create art using plane shapes. A good, hands-on lesson!
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Curated OER

Origami Ducks: Geometry, Listening, and Following Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Make origami ducks with your class to reinforce geometry concepts and vocabulary; develop fine motor and visual translation skills; and enrich study of Japanese culture, the pond habitat, or migration. Create a whole group "worksheet"...
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Curated OER

Ocean Exploration: Shapes and Patterns Under the Sea

For Teachers K - 3rd
So many shapes in our vast oceans. Young explorers can discover new shapes in a variety of ways in this lesson. One way is having free exploration with a pattern shape kit handed out by the teacher. Another is by viewing a...
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Curated OER

Net "Working"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers explore the properties of various polygons. They use video, resource links, and engage in hands-on activities in order to construct geometric nets. This fine plan should lead to increased...
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Curated OER

Geometry Straws

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars 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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Curated OER

Shaping Up!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergartners are introduced to basic shapes. Learners spend 45 minutes a day in geometry centers carrying out the activities outlined in this ambitious plan. There are games, hands-on activities, interactive websites, art projects,...
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Curated OER

Nature's Polyhedrons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover the characteristics of polyhedra. Through hands-on activities and interactive videos, students investigate and retrieve information on polyhedra and crystal structures. Learners study angles and symmetry. They...
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Curated OER

Perimeter Playground

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore geometry by participating in a school measuring activity. In this perimeter lesson, students discuss the techniques and methods used in order to measure a large perimeter or geometric figure. Young scholars utilize...
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Curated OER

Everyday Objects with Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore geometric shapes.  In this geometry and language development lesson, students take a walk and look for shapes in the objects outdoors.  Students match each of four individual  paper shapes they are...
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Curated OER

Fold and Cut 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make, name, and describe, using their own language and the language of geometry, everyday shapes and objects. They create and discuss geometric patterns which repeat (show translation), or which have rotational or...
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Curated OER

The Ultimate Classroom: R & D

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Redecorate a classroom on a budget. Middle schoolers rebuild a classroom after a disaster. They conduct Internet research to determine construction supplies needed and the most cost effective way to reach the predetermined results. They...
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Curated OER

Structures and Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils make jewelry using different shapes from magazines, tissue paper, cardboard, and other materials. In this making jewelry lesson plan, students complete this hands on activity to discuss how shapes are used.
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Curated OER

Fun Times with Integrals

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students study techniques used for solving integrals. Using tangrams and hands-on activities, students perform basic integration techniques. They use artistic skills and real-world applications to discover more complex methods of...
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Curated OER

Spice Up the Basal

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study English reading and writing skills as they participate in exciting interdisciplinary hands-on activities using a basal reading series.
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Curated OER

Problem Solving Using Power Polygons

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students investigate geometric shapes by creating figures on a plane. In this polygon lesson, students complete a worksheet based on the angles in a power polygon. Students identify the different types of polygons and define their...
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Curated OER

Paper Bag Skits

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars discover math measurements by creating a skit with classmates.  In this geometry lesson plan, students utilize objects in a paper bag and index cards to create a short skit focusing on debate over the size of the...
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Curated OER

Prime & Composite Numbers: Algebra/Geometry Institute 2009

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create factor trees.  In this prime and composite lesson, students model fractions using tiles.  They create factor trees and identify prime and composite numbers.  Students use grid paper and tiles to model...