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Exploring the Properties of Rectangular Prisms.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners define properties of rectangular prisms. In this geometry lesson, students identify the relationship between two and three dimensional objects. They use Cabri technology to graph their figures.
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Boxing On

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students participate in five center activities in which they construct three dimensional objects using cubic centimeter manipulatives such as sugar cubes and toothpaste boxes. They determine the volume of the objects. They build a model...
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Getting Started With Rhino

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students draw and print two-dimensional objects, by accessing commands and short cuts and options. They customize their modeling environment, create basic graphic objects - lines, circles, arcs, curves, solids, and surfaces, and draw...
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Using a Metric Ruler

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore measuring with metric rulers. In this math instructional activity, students measure two-dimensional objects using metric units.
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Compass Designs

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars investigate the properties of two and three dimensional objects. In this geometry instructional activity, students differentiate polygons based on similarity and congruence. They make observation and interpret the data.
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Translations, Reflections, and Rotations

For Teachers 10th
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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3-D Figures Part 2

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work with three dimensional objects. In this geometry lesson, students examine models of spheres, cones, cubes, prisms, and pyramids, and identify them by their edges, vertices, and faces.
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What do two-dimensional tessellations look like? Where in art can they be found?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars explore the world of art and culture, including the works of M.C. Escher. They identify and create original tessellations. Students use a wealth of interactive multimedia applications. They explore the artistic...
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Geometry

For Teachers K
Students build replicas about nature and sports. In this geometry lesson plan, students build 3D replicas of nature and sports objects in teams.
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Painted Chairs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students evaluate visual arts by creating furniture designs. For this three dimensional art lesson, students utilize the web to examine different artist renderings of furniture, sculpture and architecture. Students utilize paint to...
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A Sphere and Its Net

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify and sketch the nets for sphere. In this geometry instructional activity, students differentiate between two and three dimensional shapes. They find the surface area of each sphere.
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Squares to Compare

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate how to draw and classify two and three dimensional figures (squares, triangles, rectangles.)
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Make a Box

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars use specific dimensions to create a box. In this geometry lesson plan, students analyze the different properties of two and three dimensional shapes. They make conjectures and use it to solve problems.
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Shapes with Sticks

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate three dimensional shapes. They examine a variety of shapes and the relationship between the number of faces, edges, and vertices. Students determine Euler's formula and they create a variety of three dimensional...
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The Louis Vuitton Project, using 3rd degree equations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students model three-dimensional objects using cubes. In this geometry activity, students calculate the volume and derived the amount mathematically. They use different objects to create two and three-dimensional objects.
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Seeing through Touch

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students explore solid objects using touch. In this art lesson, students are blindfolded and given a 3 dimensional object to explore with their hands. After the object is removed, students draw what they think the object looked like....
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Swirling, Twirling, Glistening Jewels... Glass Art In Words

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the art form of the glass sculpture. After viewing a three dimensional object, they write creatively describing the object through the use of metaphors. They use peer editing to check for grammatical and spelling errors.
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Artifacts: Bringing the Past Back to Life -- the Mexican Case

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine and discuss the meanings of the various symbols in Tenochtitlan. In groups, they complete a part of the model of the city and discuss the importance of finding artifacts. Individually, they choose an a...
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Conjectures of Intersecting Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars make conjectures of intersecting circles. In this geometry lesson, students observe circles and their position in space. They investigate and observe two and three dimensional objects.
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Platonic Solids

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify different types of polygons. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between convex and regular shapes. they identify the names of two and three-dimensional objects.
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Insides and Outsides

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Give small groups handfuls of unit cubes and then dare them to build as many rectangular prisms as possible using only 12 cubes. This engaging activity serves as an introduction to the volume of solid figures. In addition to volume,...
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Details, Details, Details

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Writing can become one-dimensional if authors don't involve all their senses. First, scholars observe a strange object which, ideally, they can touch and even smell. Without using certain words (you can create a list or have the class...
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Introduction — Surfaces and Edges

For Students 9th - 12th
How different can 3-D and 2-D really be? An engineering resource provides an explanation about the importance of two-dimensional technical drawings. Several samples show how to create multi-view drawings from pictorials and...
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The Road to Proportional Reasoning

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Just how big would it really be? Young mathematicians determine if different toys are proportional and if their scale is accurate. They solve problems relating scale along with volume and surface area using manipulatives. The...

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