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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 4.7 Theorems About Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use quadrilateral properties that are unique to parallelograms to prove that the given shape is a parallelogram.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Transmographer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Shodor Education Foundation provides an applet that "allows the user to explore the world of transformations, reflections, and rotations. It allows the user to translate triangles, squares, and parallelograms on both the x and y-axes."
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Simple Constructions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this skill activity, students can use the Constructions Tools Menu in Cabri Jr. to contruct a parallelogram. They will also construct an altitude, an angle bisector and a median of a triangle.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Area Formulas App

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the definition and area formula for the rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Polygons and Vectors

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students understand the concepts of vectors and their resultant. They get acquainted with the parallelogram law of vector addition.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Perimeters, Areas, and Slopes Oh, My!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students create geometric figures, and use analytic and coordinate geometry to investigate their attributes. They go through the process of proving that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
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The Math League

The Math League: Area and Perimeter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial provides a brief introduction about what area is, then gives the formulas for area of a square, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, triangle, and circle. Examples of each formula are provided.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Quadrilaterals

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of concepts utilized in Geometry. The multiple choice questions test students on quadrilaterals. Topics include rhombus, parallelogram, and interior angles.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: An Introduction to Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Quadrilaterals-parallelograms, rectangles, and trapezoids-are thoroughly introduced in this lesson plan for upper elementary and middle school students. Lots of resources are linked to it to help support the teacher and students....
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With Area Formulas App

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Calculate the Area of a Trapezoid This Concept Handheld Software Application reviews the definition and area formula for the rectangle, square, parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: Vector Resolution

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit, students learn two basic methods for determining the magnitudes of the components of a vector directed in two dimensions. The two methods of vector resolution students will examine are the parallelogram method the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Quadrilateral Types

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Identify quadrilaterals based on pictures or attributes. Quadrilaterals included are parallelograms, rhombuses, rectangles, and squares. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Measure Areas

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Demonstrates how to calculate the area of two-dimensional shapes using formulas. Covers parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle. Includes a video modeling how to find the area of a circle and a triangle. [0:59]
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Vector Addition

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you'll learn how to add two vectors with either the triangle method or the parallelogram method.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Characteristics of Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners will begin unit on quadrilaterals with basic overview of characteristics of parallelograms, rectangles, squares, rhombi, and isosceles and non-isosceles trapezoids. After the word wall is made, the teacher can use interactive...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Area of Triangles

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
To find the area of a triangle, try to make a parallelogram using a copy of the triangle.
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Area of Triangles

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
This lesson presents the idea that the area of any triangle is exactly half of a certain parallelogram -- thus we get the familiar formula of multiplying the base and the altitude and taking half of that. The lesson contains varied...
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OER Commons

Oer Commons: Diagonals of a Rhombus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity, young scholars learn how the diagonals of a rhombus are related. They use interactive sketches to learn about the properties of the angles and diagonals of squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms,...
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OER Commons

Oer Commons: Shape Characteristics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this instructional activity, students discuss what they know about shapes and their characteristics through a paper-folding activity that results in a parallelogram. Included are examples, discussion questions, and a reflection...
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Area of Parallelograms

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
This lesson plan presents the idea that the area of any right triangle is exactly half of a certain rectangle, and contains varied exercises for students.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to quadrilaterals including squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and rhombus. It provides definitions and interactive activities that enhance further explanation.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice using your graphing calculator for constructing a parallelogram, a rhombus, a kite, a trapezoid, an isosceles trapezoid, a rectangle, and a square. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Using Geoboards in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
A thorough look at the extensive uses of geoboards in the classroom. Links are listed which give introductory information on geoboards - for teachers new to using them. Then, lesson plans are provided for using geoboards in teaching...
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Perimeter of a Rectangle

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Students are taught how to calculate the perimeter of a parallelogram. Extra practice drill problems are also included.

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