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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Geometric Swimming Pools

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will design swimming pools in the shape of polygons on grid paper with two vertices given.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Marching Columns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, students investigate constructing arrangements of different number of manipulatives into equal groups. They learn to use mathematical language, identify patterns with numbers, recognize the commutative property, and...
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Deep Sea Drilling

For Students 5th - 8th
In this activity, students learn about the JOIDES Resolution, an ocean-drilling vessel. They then use string to estimate the length of the ship and compare their estimates to the real length. They look at how deep the ocean water under...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How Many Times Did You Add That?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
After watching the video clip of the Hershey's plant, students will use grid paper to investigate multiplication as repeated addition. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Area Battles

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Student-made monsters on grid paper are a great way to stimulate comparison problem-solving.
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Other

Nearpod: Perimeters of Polygons

For Teachers 3rd Standards
In this lesson on finding the perimeter of rectangles, 3rd graders learn key vocabulary, explore grid paper, and apply their learning to a real-world situation.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Practice: Constructing a Working Thesis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive lesson, students will refer to a synthesis grid to determine the "best" thesis to use when answering a business management question.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Word Seek

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, 3rd through 5th grade young scholars create word searches on grid paper using their spelling words; then they pass their word search to a classmate to solve it.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Hidden Polygon Activity

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
On this site students are instructed to locate different types of polygons on triangle grid paper. This page can be printed so that students can actually draw them. It also gives a definitions link for each polygon.
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Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Red Escolar: Jugando Con Sombras

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Learn how to copy a figure using graph paper and also have fun playing with shadows.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Make an Alien Mask Using Ordered Pairs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This website gives you the ordered pairs you need to make an Alien mask using graph paper.
Graphic
Curated OER

Working With Fractions Using Pattern Blocks

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can download pattern block grid paper or cutouts for class activities. Included is an activity comparing the relationships of fractional parts called, "What's My Number?" Links available to other pattern block and fraction...
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Curated OER

Working With Fractions Using Pattern Blocks

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can download pattern block grid paper or cutouts for class activities. Included is an activity comparing the relationships of fractional parts called, "What's My Number?" Links available to other pattern block and fraction...
Graphic
Curated OER

Pattern Block Applet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can download pattern block grid paper or cutouts for class activities. Included is an activity comparing the relationships of fractional parts called, "What's My Number?" Links available to other pattern block and fraction...
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Curated OER

How to Use the Pattern Block Applet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can download pattern block grid paper or cutouts for class activities. Included is an activity comparing the relationships of fractional parts called, "What's My Number?" Links available to other pattern block and fraction...
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Word Search: Easter Word Search

For Students 1st - 5th
Whether reviewing vocabulary or looking for a light activity during the Easter season take advantage of this Easter word search template. Choose from a ten or fifteen word grid and select paper or virtual.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Geometric Quilts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find out how quilting and math go hand in hand when you visit this comprehensive resource. This resource provides a lesson plan for integrating geometry concepts with quilt making.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Soak It Up [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Compare three prototypes of paper towels using strategies to find the best value in terms of cost and quality. Determine the surface area of a water stain on a paper towel using a transparent grid.

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