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Dilations of 2 and 3 dimentional figures and their effect on area, surface area, and volume.

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the area and volume of 2D and 3D figures. In this geometry lesson plan, 7th graders create a storyboard explaining their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes. They analyze their data and interpret their...
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Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor lesson, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
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Artistic Angles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore angles by using protractors. They recognize, describe and determine the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes. Students recognize the right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle and vertex. They identify...
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Coin-Shaped Books

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review United States coins throughout history, and create shape books for their favorite coins. Each book contains text and illustrations created by Students.
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Metropolitan Areas in the USA

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore why people live in certain regions of the United States. They investigate information on specific metropolitan areas such as temperature, population, natural resources, precipitation and landforms. In groups, 5th...
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Area Under a Curve

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the area under a curve and the rate of change.
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Characteristics of Lift and Wing Area

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use FoilSim to complete the activity and investigate the factors that affect lift and how wing area and lift are related.
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Unit Perimeters and Areas

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use Geometers SketchPad to find the area and perimeter of several shapes. In this geometry lesson, students determine area of rectangles and progress through irregular polygons. None of the referenced worksheets are included...
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Reflections

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a reflection of a poygon using a Mira. They discover that a line connecting a vertiex of a polygon and the corresponding vertex of its reflection is perpendicular to the line of reflection. Students create a glide...
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Tiling the Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use pattern blocks and triagular grid paper to reivew shape names, be introduced to the concept of a tiling of the plane, and determine which pattern blocks tile the plane. They are asked if they comprehend what a...
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Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students are introduced to the basics of Geometry. Using cutout shapes, they identify whether they are polygons by using the properties of polygons. They practice drawing shapes they are going to be using on an everyday basis and...
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Geometry w/o Figures - Week 7 (Basic Geometry Formulas)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this basic geometry worksheet, students use basic formulas of geometry to find the area of a polygons, the number of sides of a polygon, and sum of the angles of various polygons. This three-page worksheet contains eight problems.
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Tiling with Pentominoes

For Students 10th
In this tiling with pentominoes learning exercise, 10th graders solve 3 different problems related to tiling with pentominoes. First, they define pentomino as a type of polygon and locate 10 other pentomino shapes in the figure shown at...
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Shoelace Algorithm

For Students Higher Ed
In this shoelace algorithm instructional activity, students determine the area of a triangle when given the coordinates of the vertices. They determine the area of a quadrilateral. Students find the average of the x and y coordinates.
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Areeas of Parallelograms and Triangles

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are able to deduce the area of polygons by using several methods such as coordinate method. They are able to apply the area of polygons to real life situations. Students apply the Pythagorean Theorem in problem solving...
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The Shape of Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the diversity among homes in the world. In this diversity activity, students share the story "Connected to Everything" which features the story of a family that was forced to leave their land and move to a reservation....
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Math: Finding Surface Area

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in hands-on activities to determine the surface areas of various objects. Using boxes, they cut them so they can lay flat and measure all the various shapes, which can be calculated and added together to equal the...
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Measurement: 2D and 3D

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students solve volume problems. In this geometry lesson, the class watches a video about clean water (link provided) and individuals compare the volume of different prisms, including an actual drinking glass. Extension activities include...
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Dance Sequences and Phrases

For Teachers 8th - 12th
A series of lessons about dance would be a great addition to your physical education class. Straightforward as well as creative, it teaches the basic skills of dance movement. A rubric helps guide the dancers to let them know what steps...
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Glaciers and Ice Wedging

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe and identify a variety of weathering and geological activities in the area in which they live. This focuses primarily on what happened during the Ice Age, and how, even today, glaciers are shaping and re-shaping...
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Volume of Right Prisms

For Students 7th Standards
Apply volume and area formulas to find the volume of any right prism. The 26th lesson of a 29-part module examines methods for finding the volume of right prisms with varying shapes of bases. Learners use the formula V = Bh to find...
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Will It Fly?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Go fly a kite, then fly a plane! The 19th part of a 22-part unit on aviation looks at the way kites and gliders help aid in the understanding of flight. Pupils discuss how engineers used kites to influence airplane designs.
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PHET

Under Pressure

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Do you work better under pressure? Pupils explore pressure when altering fluid density, gravity, container shape, and volume. Units can be converted to kPa, atm, and psi. To finish, scholars describe pressure as a function of depth,...
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Elements and Polarity

For Students 9th - 12th
Take a look at some molecules that are so cool, they're polar! Scholars examine the effect polarity has on a molecule's shape and charge. Change up the view and choose between an opaque or transparent molecular surface, complete with...

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