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Fun Creative Activities that Teach Math
Learners have fun with math. In this math skills lesson, students collaborate to solve the problems presented in this interactive lesson. The problems pertain to geometry, measurement, probability, number sense, and algebra.
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Sunshine Math- 2
In this math applications instructional activity, students solve 6 varied problems that include estimation, money, basic operations, pictographs and geometry.
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Mosaic Tiles
I would consider this an outline and not a complete lesson. It would take a little work on your part because you would need to look on the internet for examples of Ojibwe art to show your pupils. They could explore the patterns that the...
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Calico Watercolor Cats
A fun art project, this instructional activity incorporates math and listening skills as young artists play with a new painting technique. First the teacher models how to draw a cat using shapes, an oval for the body, triangles for the...
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Geometry Finding Pentominoes
Students explore the characteristics of geometric shapes. In this geometric shapes lesson, students use tiles to draw pentominoes. Students participate in various learning center activities focused on configuring pentominoes.
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Workshop Lesson: Digital Camera
Young scholars perform an activity in small groups in order to investigate different types of shapes found in photographs taken with a digital camera. The integration of technology is used to engage students in the lesson.
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Circles, Squares, Triangles and Rectangles In Our World
Here is an engaging geometry instructional activity which has students identify the properties of shapes and cut shapes out of magazines. They make cookies using cookie cutters in various shapes.
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Area Applet
Elementary math classes calculate the area of a shape and explain the correlation between the size of the perimeter and the areas that can be contained within that perimeter. They also explain the effect the shape of the perimeter has on...
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Interactivate - Lines, Rays, Line Segments, and Planes
Middle schoolers explore lines, rays, line segments, and planes. For this math lesson, students discuss the math concepts and direct their instructor in graphing functions. Middle schoolers collaborate in graphing additional functions.
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Countdown Challenge: Tangrams
In this tangram worksheet, students find the area of each tangram shape. Afterwards, they name each piece and find the area of combined figures. This one-page worksheet contains approximately 25 problems.
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Family at Home
Students fold paper to form a house, then use three numbers to make fact families for their houses. They write a family of multiplication and division facts on a piece of paper cut in the shape of a house.
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Shapes
Students identify five basic shapes. They participate in a hands-on activity in which they work with the different shapes. They name the characteristics that accompany each shape.
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Circles
Don't circle around the topic, but get right to the center with tons of practice regarding circles in geometry. The note-incorporated activity provides guided practice through many topics such as central angles, inscribed polygons...
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Volume of Rounded Objects
How much can different shapes hold? The answer varies depending on the shape and dimensions. Individuals learn the formulas for the volume of a sphere, cone, and cylinder. They apply the formulas to find the volume of these...
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Constructing Reflections
An informative video and handout provide the basic information needed to reflect any pre-image across either of the axes on the coordinate plane. The printed resource provides a preview of reflecting across lines other than an axis....
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Constructing Rotations
An instructive lesson provides the basics on how to perform rotations on the coordinate plane. The handout also covers rotating about a point other than the origin and how to perform a series of transformations.
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Around the World With Geometry
Learners identify shapes, create shapes, and make a pyramid, a drum, and a sail using their shapes. In this shapes lesson plan, students also identify plane and space shapes.
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Basic Concepts Jeopardy
A basic concepts PowerPoint allows students to review basic concepts, such as numbers, letters, colors, and shapes. Youngsters see a picture of an animal, shape or color and will have to ask the question, "What it....?" to answer. Some...
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Sunshine Math - 1
In this math skills worksheet, students solve the 8 story problems on the page using various math skills. The questions involve shapes, math operations, reading calendars and money.
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Sunshine Math - K
For this math skills worksheet, students answer the 6 questions on the worksheet using various math skills. Students practice counting, adding, drawing, measuring and working with shapes.
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Counting Area
In this math worksheet, students find the area of shapes by counting the number of grid paper squares inside each shape. This is a worksheet generator, the teacher controls the complexity of the shapes as well as the grid size. Answers...
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Basic Right Triangles
Elementary schoolers examine the attributes of triangles. In this triangle lesson plan, learners compare regular triangles and right triangles. They explore vertices and angles and investigate obtuse and acute angles. Pupils draw...
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Identify Plane Shapes and Solid Shapes
First graders explore the math concept of geometric shapes. In this plane shapes and solid shapes instructional activity, 1st graders examine visual examples. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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Whole Number Sense
Students find the shapes that are asked of them out of a bunch of shapes. In this shapes lesson plan, students find a specific number of a specific shape with a specific size and color.