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Scalene Triangles
Fifth graders identify and classify scalene, equilateral, and isosceles triangles. In this triangle instructional activity, 5th graders define the different attributes of 3 types of triangles and sort them by descriptions and...
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Common Geometric Figures
Geometry could be called the study of figures. An overview of the figures found in a typical geometry course contains a study of different triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons.
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Triangle Inequality Theorem
Young scholars use the inequality theorem to solve triangles and their properties. In this geometry instructional activity, students are given spaghetti of different lengths and asked to create triangles. They conclude the necessary...
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The Greedy Triangle-Intro to Geometric Shapes
In this geometry lesson, learners read The Greedy Triangle and use geoboards to construct geometric shapes. They identify the number of sides and angles each shape has.
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Triangle Challenge
In this triangles worksheet, students identify and name 3 different types of triangles. First, they determine the number of right triangles in the figure shown on the sheet. Then, students determine the number of equilateral triangles...
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Triangle Angle Sort
In this triangle and angle worksheet, 10th graders identify 36 different angles and triangles illustrated on the sheet. First, they define the vocabulary to include equilateral, scalene, right, and isosceles triangle. In addition, they...
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Triangles
In this triangles worksheet, students identify 3 triangles by the length of their sides and 3 triangles according to their internal angles.
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Triangle Attributes and Measures
Seventh graders explore the concept of triangles. In this triangles instructional activity, 7th graders sort triangles according to various attributes such as acute, obtuse, isosceles, or equilateral. Students find the area and perimeter...
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Triangle Exercises
In this math worksheet, students determine the name for each triangle according to its classification. Then they create a truss construction model.
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Identify Triangles #2
In this triangle worksheet, students identify a set of 4 triangles as either equilateral, isosceles or scalene. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Equilateral Triangles
Students examine the attribute of equilateral triangles. In this equilateral triangle lesson, students examine a number of paper triangles to determine how they are classified. They determine how triangles are depicted in Navajo rugs.
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2-D polygons
A hands-on activity uses the Zome modeling system, and helps young geometers either learn or review their knowledge of polygons. Students build as many different 2-dimensional polygons as possible: triangle, square, rectangle, pentagon,...
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Three Rubber Bands
Stretch your mind about triangles. Given a triangle, scholars consider a smaller triangle formed when they stretch three rubber bands from each vertex to the opposite side. They determine the ratios of the areas and perimeters of the...
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Review of Triangles
Students investigate the Pythagorean Theorem. For this geometry lesson, students define angles and sides of right triangles. They calculate the area and surface area using formulas derived by the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Twenty-Five Measures of the Angles of a Triangle Problems
In this triangle worksheet, young scholars calculate the measures of the angles or the sums of the measures of the angles in twenty-five triangle problems and hands-on activities. The solutions are provided.
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Triangle Classification
Students classify different types of triangles. For this geometry lesson, students identify and use properties of triangles. They differentiate between isosceles and equilateral triangles.
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Angles in Triangles
Eighth graders translate word problems using mathematical ideas. In this geometry lesson, 8th graders identify angles of triangles using equations and the triangle sum theorem. They create angles with a protractor and straight edge.
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Shape Up
Middle schoolers explore differents types of triangles and quadriaterals. In this polygon lesson, students model identify and compare two and three dimensional geometric figures. Middle schoolers create tangrams and discover the...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 5: Modeling with Geometry
Solids come in many shapes and sizes. Using geometry, scholars create two-dimensional cross-sections of various three-dimensional objects. They develop the lesson further by finding the volume of solids. The module then shifts...
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Nets And Surface Area
Upper graders investigate how to find the surface area when using two-dimensional shapes. They conduct an investigation in groups while working sample problems given during class discussion with the teacher. They also review how to...
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Identifying Triangles
In this triangle learning exercise, students label triangles as acute, right, obtuse, scalene, equilateral or isosceles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Identify Triangles
In this triangle activity, learners identify triangles as either, right, acute, obtuse, equilateral, scalene or isosceles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Angle-Side Relationships
Students calculate the different sides and angles of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, students use triangular properties to define the relationship between two triangle. They identify missing angles using the interior angle theorem.
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Accessible Shapes
All the 2-D and 3-D measurement work you need is in one location. Divided into three sections, the geometry lesson plans consist of visualization of three dimensions, classifying geometric figures, and finding surface area and volume....