Activity
Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Math Activity: Select the Shape (Part 2)

For Students 3rd
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of identifying shapes. Immediate feedback is given.
Activity
Expansion Learning

Expansion Learning: Math Activity: Know Your Shapes (Part 2)

For Students 3rd
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of identifying shapes. Immediate feedback is given.
Unit Plan
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: The Facts Please, Mr. Mumble

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
This interactive web lesson teaches students about two-dimensional shape attributes.
Unit Plan
Other

Ic Teachers: Shapes Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introductory site on polygons, with exercises on the basic ones.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Two Dimensional Shapes Identify and Match

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to analyze and compare various two-dimensional shapes according to the vertices, sides and parallel lines. It features "containers" created in Version 3 (can be used with...
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Shapes Platonic and Archimedean Solids

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The 'Platonic solids' are three-dimensional shapes formed by putting together identical regular faces. Every corner and every edge is identical to every other corner and edge. There are five such 'solids': the tetrahedron, cube,...
Graphic
Curated OER

Ic Teachers: Shapes: Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
The properties of the four different types of polygons--pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, and octagons--are discussed here. Some practice questions are also given to test your knowledge.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Equilateral

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn all about the basic properties of equilateral. This lesson targets the meaning of equilateral, shows how to construct equilateral shapes, explores some of the equilateral shapes and properties, and how to apply them while solving...
eBook
Mathigon

Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on polygons; a polygon is a closed, flat shape that has only straight sides. Polygons can have any number of sides and angles, but the sides cannot be curved.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Diagonal Trace

For Students 3rd - 4th
Develop problem solving skills working with pentagons and then check your results.
Interactive
SEN Teacher

Sen Teacher: Nets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Generate different "nets" for paper construction of common three-dimensional shapes: cube, cuboid, pyramid, cone, tetrahedron, cylinder, octahedron, rhombic prism, dodecahedron, pentagonal prism, and pentagonal prism.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Dynamic Paper

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from -18 to 32 by 5's? You can create all those things and more.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson Plan: Struts'n Stuff [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson engages students in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of diagonals...
Graphic
Curated OER

Ic Teachers: Shapes Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th
Introductory site on polygons, with exercises on the basic ones.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Football Path (Algebra)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fun game involving designing a football path around the high school using pentagons and hexagons.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Segments and Polygons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews segments, parallel and perpendicular lines and then introduces polygons including quadrilaterals. It has many real world examples of shapes and includes Activote assessment.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Polygons and Ellipses

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to look at images and identify ellipses and different types of polygons. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem...
Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides definitions of different types of polygons and figures.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Riksjas, Toek Toek: Polygons

For Students 5th - 6th
Explore polygons with Wang, a ricksha puller. Answer his questions and he will give you a free ride!
Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This website has basic definitions for most polygons, regular and irregular.
Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Plaque Made of Rock

For Students 9th - 10th
A plaque made of basalt, or a dark rock, in the shape of a rectangle is decorated with a pentagonal rose.