+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Follow the Scent

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore animal characteristics by participating in a hunting activity. In this smells instructional activity, students discuss how animals track each other through a keen sense of smell and how humans rarely do the same....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shapes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify attributes of different geometric shapes. In this geometry lesson, students view a  PowerPoint presentation on shapes and use attribute blocks to examine the corners and edges of each shape. Students work together to...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Basic Right Triangles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Elementary schoolers examine the attributes of triangles. In this triangle lesson, learners compare regular triangles and right triangles. They explore vertices and angles and investigate obtuse and acute angles. Pupils draw multiple...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Magician Squares

For Teachers K - 3rd
Elementary school learners investigate the attributes of a square. They discover that squares are polygons and examine squares found in everyday life. They concentrate on connecting the word, square, with the shape. As an extension,maybe...
+
Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Tricorn Triangles

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Help your learners examine triangles. Pupils explore the different sizes and measurements of triangles. They discover triangles can be isosceles or scalene, and examine the attributes of triangles. Here is the website where you can find...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classifying Pyramids

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students study pyramids. For this prisms lesson, students explore the attributes of pyramids. Students will explore the lateral surface area of pyramids and be able to distinguish pyramids from other space shapes.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Compare 2-D Shapes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore and analyze plane shapes. In this plane shapes instructional activity, 2nd graders evaluate shape attributes to classify shapes correctly. Students work in groups to create different shapes.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Identify Cones

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders evaluate the attributes of cones. In this space shapes lesson, 3rd graders analyze three-dimensional shapes. Students explore the faces and edges of a cone.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scalene Triangles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify and classify scalene, equilateral, and isosceles triangles. In this triangle activity, 5th graders define the different attributes of 3 types of triangles and sort them by descriptions and comparisons. Students...
+
Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Roundup Shapes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Let's study 2-D shapes! Young mathematicians compare and classify shapes according to attributes. They evaluate shape riddles and predict the shape being described. Here is the website where you can find the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

3-D Figures Part 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers explore 3-D shapes. They transition from thinking of shapes as only 2-D. Pupils read Cinderella as a launching activity for their upcoming adventure, and explore a new world of 3-D shapes in this introductory...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals and Me

For Teachers K
Students develop skills needed to use the Internet. They demonstrate scrolling, links, and the back arrow. Students read a book and explore the web for their favorite animal. They create a Venn diagram comparing their body parts to the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Right Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners classify triangles and make connections regarding angle measurements and attributes of acute, right, and obtuse triangles. They listen to teacher define and explain triangles. Everyone imagines a place where a broken wing for a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

2-D and 3-D Presents at Pedro's Party

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders draw 2-D and 3-D shapes. They sketch and label geometric figures with correct terminology, then explore parallel and perpendicular lines. Pupils sort and classify shapes drawn.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Compare 2-D Shapes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the attributes of two-dimensional shapes. In this geometry lesson, 2nd graders play a game in order to identify two-dimensional shapes and to name them.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pyramids with Basic Bases

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore pyramids. In this math lesson, students discuss where they have seen examples of pyramids. Students classify pyramids as three-dimensional figures and identify their attributes.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classify Prisms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers classify prisms according to their attributes. In this classifying prisms lesson, students explore different prisms. Middle schoolers generate observations of the attributes and classify the prism correctly.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pyramids on Parade/Nets

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students sketch the shape of three dimensional pyramids using nets. In this geometry activity, students differentiate a pyramid from other three dimensional shape. They define the attributes of pyramids.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Chinese New Year

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils read and discuss articles about the Chinese New Year.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Identifying Lines of Symmetry

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars calculate the lines of symmetry using polygons. In this geometry lesson, students graph, compare and estimate using collected data. They identify different attributes to the polygons based on their sides.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Isosceles Triangles

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate triangles. In this shapes geometry lesson, students define and state the attributes for equilateral, scalene, and isosceles triangles. Students locate the prefix "tri" in a variety of words and make connections with...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Frog Olympics

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore the attributes of amphibians. In this physical frog biology lesson, students discover facts about the muscles of frogs and then play 2 games that require them to move like frogs.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Figure It Out - Polygons

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore different polygons. In this polygon instructional activity, 6th graders examine a rhombus, quadrilateral, parallelogram, and rectangles. Students compare and contrast polygons and research shapes on the Internet.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Faces of a Cube

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify and correctly name three-dimensional solids; cones, spheres, and cubes. In this three-dimensional figures lesson, students  build a cube by matching colored square faces to a correct word. Students then explore...