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Let the Light Shine Through!
Students display knowledge of line of symmetry by designing a geometric stained glass window pattern.
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Governor's Garden
Students review types of polygons and list several examples of each. They assume the role of a landscape artist interviewing for a job. They create sketches of their plans for six polygonal gardens and write an expository paragraph...
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Geo Jammin By Design: The Important Thing
Students brainstorm what they know about geometric terms and patterns. They identify symmetry, shapes and congruency. They create a book of symmetry.
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Geo-Folder
Second graders create a Geo-Folder based on geometric terms and concepts. They make a Table of Contents that guides them through the process of assembling a folder of completed activities.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 5, Lesson 17: Geo Sakes Alive!
Second graders, given geometric instructions, try to create their own Geo George puppet.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 2, Lesson 5: Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo
Students, in groups, use song lyrics and math to descrie two and three dimensional shapes.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 24: Read All About It!
Students listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.
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Center for Northwestern Art: Featured Objects
Each of the slides in this presentation provide learners with an image found at a northwestern art museum and a critical analysis of what can be seen in each piece. Learners can view this prior to a museum trip in order to build...
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Forces and Motion Scavenger Hunt
Students determine how force on an object affects its movement. In this force and motion lesson, students take digital pictures of objects in the school setting that are pushed and pulled. They develop a presentation using the digital...
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Tetrahedron Kites
Let's go fly a kite! Discuss the concept of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects with your math class. They examine a triangle and discuss the face, vertices, edges, and angles. Then they build their own Tetrahedral Kites and...
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Tangram Discovery
Students develop an understanding and enjoyment of math concepts and cultural awareness by working with tangrams.
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Angles and Algebra
Students calculate angle measure for triangles and complementary/supplementary angles. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice.
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Congruent Triangles Postulates
Students discover three lettered postulates that prove triangles congruent.
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Determining Angle Measure with Parallel Lines
High schoolers observe and solve examples of corresponding angle postulates, alternate interior angle theorems, and exterior and consecutive angles. They complete the Determining Angle Measure With Parallel Lines worksheet.
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Drawing Straws
Fourth graders examine the Triangle Inequality Theorem by investigating possible lengths of the sides of a triangle.
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Testing For Congruent Triangles
Students define and discuss congruency and the corresponding parts between congruent triangles. They create a pair of congruent triangles, test for congruency, and complete a worksheet.
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Figuratively Speaking
Third graders construct and use vocabulary flipbooks to draw and describe three-dimensional figures. They utilize worksheets and access websites imbedded in this plan which help them construct their books.
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Woody Sine
Students explore the concept of sine. In this sine lesson, students create a sine graph from tooth picks. Students create a unit circle with tooth pick length radius. Students then take the tooth picks from the unit circle and put them...
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Functions
Fifth graders explore mathematics functions. In this functions lesson, 5th graders explore 1 and 2-step functions involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students also practice solving problems that their...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 1, Lesson 1: Gee Quiz!
Second graders are introduced to geometry by a teacher made puppet called Geo George.
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Internet Field Trip on Fractions and Geometry
Students take an Internet field trip to research fractions. ESOL strategies include using pattern block manipulatives and pairing ESOL and non-ESOL students on computers.