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Beacon Learning Center

The Fun Polygon

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Junior geometers use hands-on manipulatives to explore and describe the properties and attributes of a fundamental polygon, the triangle. They learn different kinds of angles and their measurements. This well-written lesson plan provides...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Classifying Triangles

For Students 6th
In this classifying triangles instructional activity, 6th graders write the type of triangle, acute, right or obtuse, for 9 pictures of triangles, answers included.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Indirect Proof and Inequalities in one Triangle

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders complete an indirect proof and order the sides or angles of a triangle. Also, students determine if a triangle can have sides with the given lengths. The two page worksheet contains twelve...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Which Shape Am I Describing?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students examine 10 geometric shapes. Students read 10 short descriptions and place the number inside the shape that is being described. Example: I have got 2 acute angles and 2 obtuse angles.
Printables
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Triangle Pack

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
With so many different types of triangles, it can be a challenge for young mathematicians to keep them all straight. Luckily this set of printable triangles is here to engage children in comparing and sorting triangles by their...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangles

For Students 10th
In this triangles learning exercise, 10th graders solve 3 extensive informal geometry problems that involve triangles. First, they sketch a triangle, selecting 3 of the sides and constructing 3 midpoints. Students then draw each of 3...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

8th Grade Math Parallel and Transversal Lines

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders label and define geometrical lines and angles. They identify angles on the board as acute, obtuse, straight, or right. In groups, 8th graders build with masking tape on the wall a pair of parallel lines, and a transverse...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Informal Geometry

For Students 8th - 12th
Middle and high schoolers solve and complete 29 various types of problems. First, they match each name with its correct formula. Then, learners find the length of the missing side and the distance between the two points given. In...
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K-5 Math Teaching Resources

2-D Shape Cards

For Students K - 5th Standards
Add some visual support to your elementary geometry lessons with this set of printable shape cards. From triangles and squares to octagons and nanogons, this simple resource can be used in countless ways to develop children's knowledge...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Which Way Do I Go? (Identifying Angles)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice the concepts related to finding and identifying different angles. There are examples included in the lesson that are useful for the teacher to deliver the lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating the properties of a circle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use wax paper to look at different properties of circles such as chords, tangent lines, inscribed angles, and inscribed angles in a semi-circle, as well as finding the center of the circle, and use GSP to investigate cyclic...
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Curated OER

Daily Upkeep 1

For Teachers 4th
In this math review worksheet, 4th graders read a graph and identify the amount of money earned during a specific week. Then they solve a word problem using multiplication or addition. Finally, students identify which angle shown is best...
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Curated OER

Pythagorean Theorem: Triangles and Their Sides

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate triangles and their relationship to each other. In this geometry lesson plan, students solve right triangles using the properties of the Pythagorean Theorem. They differentiate between right, acute, straight and...
Interactive
Curated OER

Identifying Triangles

For Students 10th
In this geometry activity, 10th graders identify a triangle as right, acute, or obtuse and identify the parts of a right triangle in a drop and drag game format.  The one page interactive activity contains eight matching questions...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Pythagorean Theorem and Classifying Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Through the examination of the relationship between the lengths of the sides of a triangles students will learn the classification of triangles (acute, right, or obtuse).
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Flipped Math

Pythagorean Theorem and Its Converse

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Make sure it is all right in class. Pupils review the Pythagorean Theorem and find sides of right triangles, either by simplifying radicals or using calculators to find approximate lengths. Learners find out how to use the converse to...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Introducing the Concept: Triangles and Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Guide your geometers through the process of constructing polygons. They learn how to draw triangles, squares, parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, and trapezoids with specified angles using a protractor and a ruler. The lesson plan...
Interactive
Curated OER

My Test Book: Geometry

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this online interactive math skills instructional activity, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding geometry skills. Students may view the correct answers.
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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...
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Curated OER

Geoboard Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students build polygons on their geoboards. In this geometry lesson plan, students build and then draw it on paper and label it. Students then switch with a partner to try an make a symmetrical shape.
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Curated OER

Got Milk?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure the angles of a milk carton. They identify and label acute, right, and obtuse angles. Using appropriate tools, students determine the volume of a cube or a rectangular prism. Students complete worksheets to...
Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Triangles

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-page packet walks, or bends learners through angles that combine to create triangles. Definitions are given for right triangles, obtuse and acute triangles. They draw angles according to directions, using a protractor to meet the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Extending Trigonometry Skills

For Students 10th - 12th
In this trigonometry worksheet, learners use the sine and cosine law to solve problems. They investigate obtuse triangles using these laws. There are 40 questions.
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Curated OER

Triangle Conjectures

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the theorems of ASA, AAS, AAA and ASA. In this geometry lesson, 10th graders discuss the theorems of triangles and how it is used to solve for missing sides or angles. They review how two angles are formed by...