Lesson Plan
Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Basic Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
This review lesson about basic shapes (polygons)contains varied hands-on exercises and tilings about triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Angle Sums

For Students 9th - 10th
Students may use this computer applet to explore angle sums of triangle, quadrilaterals, pentagons and hexagons.
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.
Graphic
Curated OER

Ic Teachers: Shapes: Polygons

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn basic polygon shapes and their properties.
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.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which young scholars identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are...
Activity
University of California

Geometry Junkyard: Dissection Tiling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great and very informative article about dissection tiling or tessellation.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Architecture: Community Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Identify architectural structures and objects in the community that represent different figures and types of geometry and mathematics.