Lesson Plan
Improving Measurement and Geometry in Elementary Schools

The Sum of the Interior Angles of a Polygon

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Junior geometers discover that polygons can be decomposed into triangles and that the number of triangles can be determined by a rule. Note that the Geometer’s Sketchpad® software is required to carry out all components of this...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Traditional American Indian Lodges

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore the mathematical properties of traditional American Indian lodges. They examine the effect of increasing sides of a polygon, calculate the surface area of prisms and cylinders, and construct a classroom size...