Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Shape Construction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Drag shapes in this geometry and symmetry practice activity.
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Constructing a Triangle With 3 Known Sides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to construct a triangle with three known sides using a straightedge and a compass. Includes an animated demonstration.
Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Copy a Line Segment and an Angle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site provides a step-by-step method to construct congruent segments and angles with a straight edge and compass.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Perpendicular Bisectors

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to construct perpendicular bisectors and use the Perpendicular Bisector Theorem.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Constructing Triangles

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use a "linkage strip" to build triangles with different side lengths. When you build a triangle, see if you can deform it into a different triangle while keeping the side lengths the same.
Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Constructionary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The activity is designed to help learners create constructions using Geometer?s Sketchpad. The geometry tutorial consists of definitions and pictures of mathematics terms.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Tangent Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students about tangent lines and how to apply theorems related to tangents of circles.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 1.12 Cross Sections of Solids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
See how the cross-sections of solids relate to their shapes.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Constructing Scale Drawings

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An urban planner needs your help in creating a scale drawing. Let's use our knowledge about scale factor, length, and area to assist. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video...
Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: Construct Bisectors and Other Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Test your knowledge of construting bisectors on lines.
Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Biography of Euclid

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Euclid, a Greek Mathematician, also known as the 'Father of Geometry'.
Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Earth, Moon and Mars Balloons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will construct a scale model of the Earth-Moon-Mars system.
Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Test Prep Center Perpendiculars

For Students 3rd - 5th
This step-by-step method teaches students to construct a perpendicular to a line through a point on--or off--the initial line using compass and straight edge.
Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Bisect a Line Segment and an Angle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This step-by-step tutorial teaches students how to construct a bisector of a segment and the bisector of an angle.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Exhibit Design Challenge

For Students 5th
From the San Francisco 49er's Museum Education Program which promotes STEAM concepts, students construct a three dimensional (3-D) artifact stand that is the exact replica of "The Catch" which is 70 inches high. Emphasis is placed on...
Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Basic Constructions

For Students 6th - 8th
This site gives a few tips when using a compass for the optimal drawing techniques.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Parallelograms: Discovering Their Properties

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students use the TI-89 with CABRI Geometry to discover properties of parallelograms. They will construct a figure and use the definition to discover the figure is a parallelogram.
Activity
Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Peculiar Perimeter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a "three star" geometry problem where prior math problem skills and proof experience is recommended. Tile constructions may be used to solve this perimeter and area problem.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Tangent Ratio

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity students explore the tangent ratio. Students construct a right triangle using perpendicular lines, and a line that forms the hypotenuse of the triangle. When students construct the hypotenuse line it is very important...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Properties of Parallelograms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity shows the student how to construct a parallelogram using Cabri Geometry. Questions are asked after the construction.
Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Building Two Column Proofs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site to find details of how to construct a two column proof. Dr. Math responds to a question posed by a student and details the reasons for the order of steps and shows two different ways to do the same proof.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Engineering Design Challenge

For Students 5th
From the San Francisco 49er's Museum Education Program which promotes STEAM projects, students construct an irrigation system for the football field. The concept of engineer design is explored.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Black Kingdoms of the Nile

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A geometry lesson that examines the history and structure of ancient pyramids and engages students in constructing pyramid models. A comprehensive lesson that considers students with diverse learning styles. Math concepts introduced...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Platonic Solids Ornaments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a hands-on activity that introduces students to the five Platonic solids. Students will discover the special relationship between faces, vertices, and edges. Students will research the Platonic solids and then construct and...

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