I love graphic organizers. My students will increase their vocabularies by learning more 2D shape terms through the use of a graphic organizer.

In this instructional activity on plane shapes, students will learn to identify 2D shapes by their attributes, and will apply these shapes to those in the world around them.

This page focuses on the choice of vocabulary in a paper: Is it clear and appropriate for the audience? Does the vocabulary fit the subject matter? W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc

A series of three PowerPoints and two videos defining pretentious language, jargon, and cliche and explaining how writers can avoid using them. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc

Challenges students to get as many boats to their targets on the opposite side of a river as possible. Gives students a hands on experience with 2d relative velocity.

In this science-themed literacy lesson, students determine the meaning of domain-specific vocabulary. W.9-10.2d lang/voc

Look at the properties of 2D shapes to see which shapes can belong to the same group. Includes hints.

In this lesson we are going to learn how to use 2D curves and 3D surfaces to generate organic looking patterns for our skin (known as Perlin noise). By the end of this lesson, you'll be adding multiple resolutions of noise to your...

Monster Mansion Shape Match is a fun educational game for kids to learn and practice 2D and 3D shapes. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match objects to shapes or objects to words....

Adventure Man is back once again, but this time with the help of fearless friend Danger Dame! Help them dash their way through the Shapes & Colors Dungeon while collecting gold, gems, and answering questions about colors, 2D and 3D...

Explore surface areas and nets with 2D and 3D shapes.

This is a Peg + Cat collection of 16 online math games. These include counting, numbers, 2D and 3D shapes, patterns, location, maps, and more.

Visit this African village and learn about symmetry and parts of 2D shapes. Users can first watch a video that helps with the concepts of finding a vertex and a line of symmetry. They can then practice their knowledge on four activities...

Review the name of 2D shapes with this concentration game.

The WritingDEN includes feature articles with associated words, sentences, and paragraphs to aid in the writing process. Interactive features include pronunciation guides and content quizzes. The Tips-o-matic section offers grammar...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to identify and name familiar 2d/3d shapes.

Find your path in life with this interesting site that provides links to a variety of career descriptions such as 2D & 3D Animator, 3D Artist, Academic Advisor, Absorption Engineer, and seven others.

This slideshow lesson focuses on the literary device metaphor. It defines the term, explains its purpose, and provides examples. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc

What do students love more than building? Building with marshmallows! For this lesson, students get to build shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. Included are an extensive lesson plan, a video showing examples, a worksheet, and ideas...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the trajectories in two dimensions through simulation and examples. Some of the concepts identified are motion and velocity.

Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration vectors by moving the ladybug. Set the position, velocity, or acceleration, and see how the vectors change.

Match 3D objects with their 2D cross-sections. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to look at a pattern of 2D shapes to determine the next shape in the pattern. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess...

This downloadable java simulation models the 2D energy eigenstates of a particle trapped in a very deep two-dimensional circular well.