Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Construction Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate the process necessary to construct regular polygons. They explore the degree measures of the angles in a regular polygon. Using this information and technology in the form of Cabri Jr., your pupils will construct...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Math To Build A Swimming Pool

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students create the plans for building a swimming pool through calculating its surface area. Then they answer the 13 related questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Strongest Polygon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and identify shapes by name. In this geometry instructional activity, students construct, identify and compare polygons based on the number of sides. They classify each shape based on their angle sum theorem.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Same Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils identify the shapes of different polygons. In this geometry instructional activity, students identify the same area and perimeter in shapes. They use the correct formula for the correct shape.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry: Calculating Perimeters

For Students 4th - 7th
In this geometry worksheet, students calculate the perimeters to the eight shapes shown. Students write their answers on the lines provided.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

In the Path of the Ancients: Unearthing Formulas for Area

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers apply the formulas for the area of parallelograms and triangles. Through guided practice, students discover the correct way to apply the formulas. Working in pairs, they write their own problems featuring the formulas.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pick's Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate Pick's theorem by completing a lab. In this geometry lesson, students construct polygons using cabri software. They calculate the area of polygons and identify the vertices of each shape.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Area and Perimeter Review

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the area and perimeter of different shapes. For this geometry lesson, students name the different polygons based on their number of sides. They use the correct formula for each shape to calculate the area and perimeter.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Acoustical Ceiling

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Pupils investigate acoustical ceilings.  In this acoustical ceilings lesson, students construct a blueprint for an acoustical ceiling.  Pupils use area and perimeter of rectangles to construct their blueprint.  Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Median of a Trapezoid

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students find the median of trapezoids and other polygons. For this geometry lesson, students identify important properties of trapezoids. They create trapezoids and polygons using Cabri software.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Let the Dogs Out?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the concepts of area and perimeter and how they relate to a rectangle. They find the largest possible area that can be enclosed by a fixed perimeter and complete a worksheet as well as create a table of all the possible...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Arcs, Lengths and Chords

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students differentiate between the different properties of arcs, arc lengths, chords, and chord lengths. In this circles lesson, students calculate the arc length of a given circle, and find the measure of the inscribed angles of a...
Assessment
Achieve

Fences

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Pupils design a fence for a backyard pool. Scholars develop a fence design based on given constraints, determine the amount of material they need, and calculate the cost of the project. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Calculate It

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the area and perimeters of squares and rectangles using a calculator to check their multiplication. They use the appropriate formulas to find the area and perimeter of the given geometric shapes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finite Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve for the area and perimeter of polygons. For this geometry lesson, students identify repeated patterns and create formula to solve problems. They make conjectures and prove hypotheses.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math: a World of Symmetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students expand their knowledge of quadrilaterals and identify basic symmetrical forms. Over three weeks, they explore the math, application, and discussion of symmetry. After conducting Internet research, students create symmetrical...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Traditional American Indian Lodges

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the mathematical properties of traditional American Indian lodges. They examine the effect of increasing sides of a polygon, calculate the surface area of prisms and cylinders, and construct a classroom size pyramid...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Areas and Perimeters

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders are given polygons on a coordinate plane. They calculate the area and perimeter of each shape, by counting the length of each square on the graph.
Performance
Radford University

Tiling

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What more could we want from floor tiles? Using pattern blocks and graph paper, pupils determine ways to completely tile a floor of given dimensions. They consider the aesthetic quality of the tiles by creating a tessellation and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Old Chicken Run Problem

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders apply problem solving strategies to work with a real life situation in which they need to determine the area. They determine the area of chicken runs that are rectangular in shape when give a partial perimeter.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Year Book Page Special Shape Collage

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students design a collage of pictures for a yearbook that make a shape. They determine the area of the shape and the price of putting the collage in the yearbook.
Activity
Shasta County Office of Education

Human Graphing Activity

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Take graphing outside and make a giant coordinate plane to plot your human points. Young graphers are each given a coordinate for a particular shape and asked to make the geometrical shapes one by one. Those not plotted are to write down...
Lesson Plan
NASA

Next Generation Spacecraft - Orion

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Emergine space engineers discover the area of complex geometric shapes. They find that, just as a spacecraft is composed of many smaller parts, so can polygons be broken into smaller shapes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry Review

For Students 9th - 11th
For this geometry worksheet, students calculate the perimeter of different polygons given the sides. They also calculate the area of the shapes. There are 8 questions with an answer key.