Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Similarity and Dilations - Discover Properties of Similar Figures

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate properties of similar figures. In this properties of similar figures lesson, pupils construct similar figures using Cabri Jr. They dilate their figure to create a similar one, and discuss the relationships between...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Ratios and Proportions with Congruent and Similar Polygons

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Investigate how similar and congruent figures compare. Learners understand congruent figures have congruent sides and angles, but similar figures only have congruent angles — their sides are proportional. After learning the...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Regular Tessellations of the Plane

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Bringing together the young artists and the young organizers in your class, this lesson takes that popular topic of tessellations and gives it algebraic roots. After covering a few basic properties and definitions, learners attack the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometry and Measurement Pre-Test

For Students 6th - 10th
Use this comprehensive pre-instruction assessment tool to focus your teaching where your class needs it most. Multiple choice questions assess your budding geometers' conceptual and vocabulary knowledge, but they do not solve any...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Transformations in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners connect the new concepts of transformations in the coordinate plane to their previous knowledge using the solid vocabulary development in this unit. Like a foreign language, mathematics has its own set of vocabulary terms...
Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Which is Bigger?

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
To take the longest path, go around—or was that go over? Class members measure scale drawings of a cylindrical vase to find the height and diameter. They calculate the actual height and circumference and determine which is larger.  
Worksheet
Math Mammoth

Similar Figures

For Students 7th - 9th
For this similar figure worksheet, students identify objects that are similar. They draw polygons according to instructions and determine their similarity. This one-page worksheet contains four multi-step problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometric Shapes and Angles

For Students 10th
In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders review polygons and solve for the missing angles of trapezoids and isosceles triangles. There are 10 questions on this instructional activity with an answer key.
Worksheet
Mt. San Antonio Collage

Properties of a Parallelogram

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
More than just a worksheet, the resource provides a thorough guide to navigate through the land of parallelograms. Filled with definitions and theorems, the resource supports learners through problems such as proofs and finding missing...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shapes and Designs

For Students 10th
In this shapes and designs worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 6 different types of problems. First, they fill in the first two columns of the table show with their shapes. Then, students measure the interior angles of each...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Similarity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students find the factor of proportionality in similar polygons. In this similarity of polygons lesson plan, students measure the sides and angles of polygons and derive a factor of proportionality between corresponding pairs of sides...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interior Angles of Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate the interior angles of a triangle. In this geometry lesson, students create the formula to calculate the angles inside a triangle. They observe the total sum of a triangles angle on the navigator.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Construction Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners investigate the process necessary to construct regular polygons. They explore the degree measures of the angles in a regular polygon. Using this information and technology in the form of Cabri Jr., your pupils will construct...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Side to Side

For Teachers 6th
Congruent figures: two figures that want to be just like each other. Individuals learn to distinguish between figures that are congruent and those that are not. Measuring the lengths of line segments and angles helps in this endeavor.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Around The Stop Sign

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze a drawing of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle to determine angle measures, using knowledge of properties of regular polygons and the sums of angles in various polygons to help solve the problem. They use...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Properties of Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 11th
For this properties of quadrilaterals worksheet, students use the properties of quadrilaterals to find the perimeter, angle measurement or length of a missing side of a given polygon. Examples and explanations of the properties are...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Three- and Two- Dimensional Geometry

For Students 7th
In this three- and two- dimensional geometry learning exercise, 7th graders solve 12 various problems related to geometric shapes and measurement. They first use paper and a pencil to sketch the front, side, back, top and bottom views of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Characteristics of Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students draw triangles and explore the classification of each using the measures of interior angles and lengths of sides. They investigate the sum of the interior angles of various triangles and conjecture and prove the theorem: The...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Similar Polygons

For Students 10th
In this similar polygons worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 20 various types of problems. First, they solve each proportion. Then, students write a ratio expressing the slope of a line through each pair of points. In addition,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangle Fundamentals

For Students 8th - 12th
In this geometry worksheet, students observe a triangle marked with three angles and are given two measures to find the missing third measure. A second diagram is given with six angles. There are 20 questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Similar Polygons

For Students 10th
In this similar polygons worksheet, 10th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining various similar polygons. First, they determine the perimeter of a second triangle given the measures of all angles in the first. Then,...
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Circles: A Geometric Perspective

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Circles are the foundation of many geometric concepts and extensions - a point that is thoroughly driven home in this extensive unit. Fundamental properties of circles are investigated (including sector area, angle measure, and...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Common Geometric Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
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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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 5)

For Students 5th Standards
Acute angles, nets, and vertices are only a few terms that a set of flash cards includes. Among the 108 cards, two types are available; word cards printed in bold-faced lettering, and corresponding definition cards equipped with an...