Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Slide Along

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the areas of quadrilaterals between parallel lines. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.g Same Base and Height, Variation 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Make the following triangles on a geoboard. Remember that the pegs are equally spaced in a square grid. Compare the areas of the triangles. Aligns with 6.G.A.1.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Congruent and Similar Figures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Lesson plan where students learn about congruent and similar figures by viewing models and by using geoboards, pattern blocks, and the Internet. (Note: Lesson cited in the procedures cannot be found at the link provided.)
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Slates, Slide Rules and Software

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you learn to calculate using a 7-foot-long slide rule? Did you learn about the properties of numbers using brightly colored Cuisenaire rods? Ever wonder who invented the graph paper you used in geometry class? Go back to the...
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: Congruent Eighths [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 4th
This activity could be used to introduce the concept of congruence. You will need the following materials: geoboards, rubber bands, and geoboard recording paper.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Making Triangles

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Understand the mathematical meaning of a triangle and the idea of congruence, or sameness, in geometry.
Professional Doc
George Mason University

Handmade Manipulative Instructions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this personal site, you will find pages of math manipulatives and different types of graphing paper to print out and use in your classroom.
Unit Plan
Other

Pbs Mathline: Fractions to Half or Half Not [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
This tutorial features a hands-on lesson that teaches equivalent fractions for grades 3-4. Students explore fractional parts equivalent to one-half. Lesson plan includes an extensive list of materials, worksheets, extension activities...
Interactive
Math Playground

Math Playground: Geometry Board

For Students K - 1st Standards
Create polygons by stretching bands over pegs on this geometry board. Then find the area and perimeter of the shape you created.

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