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Lines, Segments, and Rays
Fifth graders use their arm, toothpicks, and marshmallows to create lines, segments, and rays. In this lines, segments, and rays lesson plan, 5th graders learn how these appear on a plane.
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Learning about Shapes with Tangrams and the Net
Students use tangrams, student literature, and Websites to explore shapes.
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Haring Inspired Drawing and Sculpture
Middle schoolers research art by identifying the work of Keith Haring. For this sculpting lesson, students utilize the web to examine sculptures and drawings in the style of Keith Haring. Middle schoolers utilize sculpting wire, foil,...
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Investigate the Rigid Motions of Reflection, Rotation, Translation, and Dilation
Students investigate the rigid motions of reflection, rotation, translation, and dilation. This investigation be accomplished through classroom instruction and exploration using Geometer's Sketchpad.
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Similar and Congruent Triangles
Students create and classify different types of triangles using an online geo-board. They explore the concepts of similar and congruent as they discover how to draw similar and congruent triangles.
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Rotations and reflections
In this rotations worksheet, learners complete problems having to do with shapes and their rotations, reflections, symmetry, translations, and more. Students complete 6 problems.
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Transformations and Translations
In this transformations/translation learning exercise, students draw transformations based on shapes and vectors of given translations. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Geometric Solids
Students identify and create simple geometric shapes and describe simple spatial relationships. Through discussion, hands-on activities and show and tell, they identify geometric solids in real life and create graphs of commonly found...
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Architecture And Math
Learners investigate the ties that architecture and math have in common. They focus on works of architecture in the world that is considered of great significance. Students use the internet to find building images from around the world....
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Shapes Galore!
First graders create two-dimensional shapes. In this shapes lesson, 1st graders learn about different two-dimensional shapes. Students have many hands-on experiences with these shapes including the use of geoboards, shaving cream, yarn,...
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Area Post Test
In this area worksheet, students complete a ten question multiple choice test by finding the area of various geometric figures. This is an interactive worksheet.
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Scale Drawing
Students use ratio and proportions to solve problems. In this geometry instructional activity, students apply ratio and proportions to real life scenarios.
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Clay Portrait Project
Students discuss facial proportions and mix colors similar to flesh tones. In this art lesson, students draw and paint a portrait and then translate this image into a 3D form using clay.
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What?s in a Picture? an Introduction To Subject in the Visual Art
Students identify clues that tell them about where, when, who and what they are seeing in art images. They work, step by step, through the layers of meaning, delving more deeply into these layers with each work as they progress through...
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Going Beyond Basic Geometry Using Symmetry and Tesselations
Using Bloom's Taxonomy you can help advanced students go beyond basic geometry.
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Shape Up
Young scholars explore differents types of triangles and quadriaterals. In this polygon lesson, students model identify and compare two and three dimensional geometric figures. Young scholars create tangrams and discover the...
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Basic Right Triangles
Elementary schoolers examine the attributes of triangles. In this triangle lesson, learners compare regular triangles and right triangles. They explore vertices and angles and investigate obtuse and acute angles. Pupils draw multiple...
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The X-33 and the X-38
Pupils explore the relationships among the lengths, areas, and volumes of similar solids. They also discover what effect doubling the dimensions of a figure has on the resulting area.
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It's Not All Greek to Me
Learners find out the meaning for prefixes used in math vocabulary. By dissecting words used in everyday math, they figure out what the prefix indicates and what the word means. A variety of well-organized worksheets and activities...
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Visualizing Multiplication
Upper graders represent multiplication of a two-digit number by a two-digit number as the area of a rectangle with dimensions of the two factors. They find patterns for the number of different base ten blocks in a rectangle representing...
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Task: Miniature Golf
"Fore!" All right, no one really yells this out in miniature golf, but this well-defined activity will have your charges using lots of numbers in their unique design of a miniature golf hole. Included in the activity criteria is the...
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SuperShapes, Part 1; "Tri"ing Triangles
An outstanding lesson plan on triangles awaits your math scholars. Learners focus on the triangle, which is the strongest of all polygons. They see the role that triangles play in the design of buildings, and learn about triangle...
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Translations, Reflections, and Rotations
Tenth graders have been introduced to the concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation, and have practiced translating, reflecting, and rotating two-dimensional objects on the coordinate plane.
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Second Grade Geometry
In this second grade geometry worksheet, 2nd graders answer 10 multiple choice questions about geometric shapes, with the answers available online.