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Curated OER

Circles to Spheres

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate circles and spheres. In this space shapes lesson plan, students compare and contrast two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. Students investigate the relationship between plane and space shapes.
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Curated OER

Circles 1, 2, 3, 4

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here is a way to help your charges identify circles and spheres. In this shapes geometry and technology lesson plan, students identify and draw circles and explain the related attributes. They recognize circles and spheres while...
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Curated OER

Three Dimensional Sketching

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with drawing segments and points. They understand how perspective drawing differs from three dimensional sketching. They demonstrate three dimensional and perspective drawing.
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Curated OER

Geometry Institute Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice geometry skills. In this geometry instructional activity, students find the surface area of cubes and prisms, identify shapes on solids, and distinguish between 2-dimensional objects and solids.
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Discovery Education

Discovering Math: Exploring Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Apply geometric properties and formulae for surface area and volume by constructing a three-dimensional model of a city. Learners use similar and congruent figures and transformations to create a city of at least 10 buildings. They trade...
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World Wildlife Fund

Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Investigate the properties of three-dimensional figures with this Arctic-themed math lesson. Beginning with a class discussion about different types of solid figures present in the classroom, young mathematicians are then given a...
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EngageNY

Coordinates of Points in Space

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Combine vectors and matrices to describe transformations in space. Class members create visual representations of the addition of ordered pairs to discover the resulting parallelogram. They also examine the graphical representation...
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Kentucky Educational Television

The Road to Proportional Reasoning

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Just how big would it really be? Young mathematicians determine if different toys are proportional and if their scale is accurate. They solve problems relating scale along with volume and surface area using manipulatives. The...
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Curated OER

What Do Maps Show?: Lesson 4 How to Read a Topographic Map

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the use of topographic maps as two dimensional representations that show elevations and slopes with contour lines. They read maps of the Salt Lake City, Utah area and complete the associated worksheets that show map...
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Curated OER

Paper Maché Mancala Game Boards

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create three dimensional works of art from two dimensional plans, develop skills in papier-mach?? technique, utilize elements and principles of design to create 3-D form, and develop math/strategy skills in playing the...
Handout
Technical Sketching

Introduction — Surfaces and Edges

For Students 9th - 12th
How different can 3-D and 2-D really be? An engineering resource provides an explanation about the importance of two-dimensional technical drawings. Several samples show how to create multi-view drawings from pictorials and...
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Curated OER

Analyzing 3-D Shapes and 2-D Representations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students can analyze 3-D objects better with actual physical models and by also drawing 2-D representations of them.
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Curated OER

Attributes & Nets of a Cube

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a instructional activity that focuses on the attributes and forming of a cube. They construct a cube using different combinations while comparing a square with only two-dimensions. Students fold paper while...
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Nuffield Foundation

Angles

For Students 7th - 10th
Your learners practice the foundations of measuring two-dimensional angles. As well as the explanation of how to measure angles and their classifications, learners have plenty of practice problems on this instructional activity.
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Concord Consortium

The Six Faces of Amzora

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here's a task that is out of this world! Given a description of a fictional cube-shaped planet, scholars answer a set of questions about the planet. They create a two-dimensional map and consider the distances between locations on the map.
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EngageNY

Linear Transformations as Matrices

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Don't stop with two-dimensional learning, go to the next dimension! Learners verify that 3x3 matrices represent linear transformations in the third dimension. Additionally, they verify the algebraic properties that extend to vector...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Dog Gone Again!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Here is a real-life lesson! Learners must plan the dimensions of a rectangular fence to reign in a runaway dog. They survey what shape and size fence is needed and use formulas to find perimeter and area of the fence. They explore what...
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Virginia Department of Education

Surface Area and Volume of a Cylinder

For Teachers 7th Standards
Surface area or volume? Pupils first review the difference between surface area and volume. They then use a two-dimensional net that helps them develop formulas for the surface area and volume of cylinders.
Assessment
Mathed Up!

2D and 3D Shapes

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
What a great assessment to give young mathematicians in order to test their knowledge on two- and three-dimensional shapes. Learners name various shapes, identify the number of edges, faces, and vertices, match an unfolded version of a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Activity Two--Psyching Out the System (Student Page) Asking Questions, Using Clues

For Students 9th - 11th
Students observe two-dimensional shapes and work on the challenge that what is observed is as important as what is not observed. Students determine constructions, rules and connections. Full references listed for further reading and...
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Curated OER

Two for One Box Company

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students draw a net (a two-dimensional pattern that can be formed to make a solid) for making an open top box on grid paper. They cut out the net and fold up each side to form the open box and tape the sides, then find the volume of the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Make a Two-Dimensional Dollhouse

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this dollhouse worksheet, students use the outlined pictures to cut, color and paste to design a two-dimensional dollhouse. Students color, cut and paste furniture of their choice.
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Curated OER

Calculating Distances in Two and Three Dimensions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems. In this geometry lesson, students solve for the distances by calculating the different parts of the shape of a two and three dimensional shape. They reason by analogy.
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Curated OER

MAKING THREE DIMENSIONAL PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners create two different cells, one plant and one animal.  In this plant and animal cell lesson students form groups and construct a part of a cell. Learners then put them all together to form one plant or animal cell. 

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