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Compare Area and Perimeter of 2D Shapes

For Students 5th - 6th
In this area and perimeter worksheet, students compare area and perimeter, determining which shapes has the greater perimeter or area. A reference web site is given for additional activities. 
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Laser Jello

For Teachers 7th - 10th
The concepts of refraction and reflection gel with your physical science class during this colorful exploration. Shining lasers through Petri-dish-shaped gelatin desserts, they will notice how the light travels and bounces off the sides....
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Sums of angles in polygons

For Students 5th
In this sums of angles in polygons worksheet, 5th graders find the value of x which is the angle that is not given in a polygon. Students complete 4 problems.
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Countdown Challenge: Platonic Solids - Part I

For Students 7th - 8th
Use a Platonic solids worksheet to record the number of faces, edges, and vertices of five polyhedra whose faces, edges, and vertices are all identical. For each figure, learners write a proof of Euler's formula (F+V=E+2). They create a...
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Sports Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Have your class participate in a variety of sports and craft activities using this resource. With sports as the theme, learners work on art projects. Students create soccer ball prints, a three dimensional football, and a sports collage.
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Zome System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Get hundreds of interactive activity plans using the Zome Modeling System. Among dozens of lessons, a first exposure to similar triangles can be very visual for the learner. Here, young geometers explore the number of different shapes...
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Area of Composite Polygon

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are shown a blueprint of a house and must determine the amount of carpet needed. In groups, they calculate the area of rectangles and triangles and apply them to the shapes in the blueprint. To end the instructional...
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Tessellation Trial and Error

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this interactive instructional activity, students review attributes of equilateral polygons. They are introduced to the concept of a tessellation. Using protractors and pre-cut shapes, students arrange a variety of tiles to create...
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Introducing Angles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify, compare and interpret the characteristics of polygons and angles in order to meet spatial sense, geometry and measurement standards. They also sort shapes into three categories, polygons (regular and irregular)...
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Lengths, Areas and Shapes - Week 9

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this lengths, areas and shapes worksheet, students explore overlapping and non-overlapping patterns. They identify the number of objects in a pattern, determine how the pattern may be folded to create additional patterns, and...
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Pattern Block Polygons

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create polygons. In this shapes lesson, 6th graders explore prefixes such as oct, tri, quad, pent, etc. and share their findings. Students use pattern blocks to create two different polygons and label them.
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Geometry: Cut, Construct and Think

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore polygons. In this geometry skills lesson, students complete an activity that requires them to solve geometry problems that involve polygons as they piece together geometric shapes. Students analyze the shapes they create...
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Blocks in a Sock

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify geometric solids. In this shapes and solids beginning geometry lesson, 1st graders reach into a bag and identify the geometric solid they feel. Students describe shape attributes and match two dimensional shapes to...
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Hands-On Geometry

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders construct a variety of geometric shapes and designs using a Mira, Clinometer and Geometry Flash Cards. They complete a worksheet.
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3-D Diorama

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students view examples of 3-D art. The teacher demonstrates folding paper in half, cutting out shapes, and gluing 3-D figures onto the diorama. Students create their own diorama. Student dioramas are displayed for review and critique.
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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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Polygon Perimeters

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students complete worksheets where they calculate the perimeter of polygons. In this perimeter of polygons lesson plan, students divide complex shapes into simple shapes to find the perimeter.
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Classifying Solids

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this geometry worksheet, students write the name of the shape, and identify the number of vertices, edges, and faces for 6 e-dimensional shapes. Students draw 3 shapes, and classify groups of pictures.
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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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Perimeter, Circumference, Volume, and Surface Area

For Students 8th - 11th
In this Perimeter, Circumference, Volume, and Surface Area worksheet, students are asked to identify geometric formulas and calculate for volume and surface area for geometric solids.  In addition, students are asked to identify...
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Formula Determination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students derive a formula for the interior degrees in any convex polygon. In this geometric figure lesson, students determine the shapes of various polygons and the number of triangles formed. They use this information to derive the...
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Introducing Polygons

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this polygons instructional activity, students name the 6 different colored shapes, choose any 3 polygons to draw and color on a grid, while adding a right angled triangle and a rhombus.
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Identifying Three-Dimensional Figures (5)

For Students 5th - 6th
In this shape recognition worksheet, students study the various 3 dimensional figures and identify each one. Students label the 10 figures.
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Working in 3-D Sudoku

For Students 7th
In this geometric shapes worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 8 different problems that include working in a 3-D sudoku puzzle. First, they determine the area of a circle of a sphere to the nearest tenth. Then, students determine...

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