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Triangle Inequality Theorem

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use the inequality theorem to solve triangles and their properties. In this geometry lesson, students are given spaghetti of different lengths and asked to create triangles. They conclude the necessary length needed to make a...
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The Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders apply the Pythagorean Theorem as they determine the length of the missing leg or hypotenuse in right triangles.  The one page worksheet contains twelve questions.  Answers are included. 
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The Truth About Triangles And Proofs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson plan that is about the classification of triangles and the mathematical proofs involved in working with them. They work on a variety of problems that are created by the teacher with the focus upon the...
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Geometry in the Real World

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a unit of lessons on basic geometry concepts. They participate in a variety of activities, culminating in a project that involves publishing a booklet or a poster that presents the major geometry concepts from the...
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Quilt Squared

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study West Virginia quilts. For this mathematics lesson, students use symmetry, geometric shapes, and patterns to create their own quilt square.
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Geometry Library

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write and illustrate books to make a class library of math term books. They utilize vocabulary associated with geometry to make their books. For example, one character may be, Mr. A Cute.
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Shape Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore differents types of triangles and quadriaterals. In this polygon lesson, students  model identify and compare two and three dimensional geometric figures. Students create tangrams and discover the difference between...
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Triangles

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners identify triangles in the real world and construct their own triangle using drinking straws. They explore abstract triangles and find additional geometric shapes such as trapezoids. Students discuss similar shapes and examine...
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Barge Building: What Floats Your Boat?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students construct aluminum foil boats that float while holding the greatest number of pennies. They investigate the concept of water displacement, record their results, and watch a Bill Nye video on buoyancy.
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Roundball for Remembrance

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view a segment of Futures With Jaime Escalante showing the application of math in basketball, and they try to find some of these applications in a tape of a game played by their home school. This fun lesson should be very...
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Where in the World

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the global grid system. In this globe lesson, students identify latitude and longitude lines and how these can tell the coordinates of any place. They use the Internet to find the exact coordinates for their town. 
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Quandaries, Quagmires, and Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students classify, flip, slide, and turn a quantity of quadrilaterals.
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The Building Blocks of Geometry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore geometric building blocks in the real world in order to describe the characteristics and relationships of points, lines, line segments, rays, and planes. This is the first lesson plan in a series of lessons in...
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Pass It On

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a class activity that helps them learn some geometric terms along with their definitions. They describe relationships between two and three-dimensional shapes and analyze attributes and properties of...
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Ovals, Rectangles, Squares, and Triangles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify geometrical shapes displayed in photographs of everyday objects in a metropolitan setting.
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Equilateral Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the attribute of equilateral triangles. For 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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TAKS 4th Grade Daily Upkeep 10

For Teachers 4th
In this math worksheet, 4th graders look for the answers to basic review problems that focus upon the skills of reading simple word problems, and applying the interpretation of data.
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Studying Special Segments in Triangles

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners investigate special segments in triangles. In this geometry instructional activity, students graph, compare, estimate and predict findings based on their data. They differentiate between similarity and congruence of triangles.
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More Bait for Your Buck!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students determine where to buy the heaviest earthworms as they study invertebrates. They create a double bar graph of the results of the weight data.
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The Plane! The Plane!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work with polygons.
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The Centroid : Balancing the History

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discover the centroid of a triangle based on Euclid's constructions. They explore locus of points of a median. They understand properties of the segments that form the median and areas of the smaller sections formed by the median.
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Triangle Classification

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the properties and idea of the Pythagorean Theorem. For this algebra lesson, students identify the different parts of a right triangle and relate it to the Pythagorean Theorem. They do a robotic experiment to...
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Fashion Day

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice using basic measurements to solve word problems.They also investigate finding the perimeter of different polygons and define the characteristics to classify the shape as a polygon.

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