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Identify Similar Figures

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the concept of similar figures. For this similar figures lesson, students develop the idea that similar figures are a different size but the same shape by comparing similar rectangles. Students use patty paper to trace...
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Similar Figures

For Students 7th - 9th
In this similar figures worksheet, students identify corresponding sides and corresponding angles of given polygons.  They identify similar figures.  This three-page worksheet contains 18 problems.
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Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students draw triangles. In this shapes lesson, students discuss what they already know about triangles, what they are and what they are made up of. Students discuss the types of triangles and practice drawing each type.
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New York State Testing Program: Mathematics Test Book 1

For Students 7th - 8th
In this mathematics test bookelt, learners solve problems studied during the year.  They solve problems covering topics such as probability, angle intersection, commission, percent, exponents, similar figures, and reading and...
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Task: Grain Storage

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Farming is full of mathematics, and it provides numerous real-world examples for young mathematicians to study. Here, we look at a cylinder-shaped storage silo that has one flat side. Given certain dimensions, students need to determine...
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Measuring Angles

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe an amount of turn from a particular position to another using the 'circular' benchmarks of 0, ++, ++, ++, and full turn. Estimation language such as 'just about', 'between', 'not quite', 'just over', and similar...
Assessment
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Assessment For The California Mathematics Standards Grade 4

For Students 4th Standards
Have scholars show what they know with a 20-page assessment aligned to the California State Standards. The test covers concepts such as large and whole numbers, all four mathematical operations, fractions, decimals, geometric figures,...
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The Art of M.C. Escher

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Show your class one way in which art and math are related by teaching them about M.C. Escher. Class members read a brief passage and then respond to five related questions.
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Properties of Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 11th
In this properties of quadrilaterals activity, 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...
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Trigonometric Triangles

For Students 9th - 11th
In this trigonometry worksheet, students find the missing angle and sides given the 6 trigonometric values. There are 6 questions with an answer key.
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Honors Chemistry VSEPR Homework

For Students 9th - 12th
In this VSEPR worksheet, students are given 4 compounds. They write the name of each compound, the name of the shape it forms, the bond angles within the compound and the Lewis structure for each.
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Teaching Polygons using Technology

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders utilize different types of computer programs, such as Microsoft paint and Microsoft Word to study and create different types of polygons. They use PowerPoint to create a story about a shape and others that it meets during a...
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Look at It from the Right Angle

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate how geometry can be used in the field of fitness and physical performance. They view a video that demonstrates how doctors and therapists mention geometry as they treat sports-related injuries.
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Finding the Area of Regular Polygons

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students analyze relationship between the increase in polygons sides and a circle. In this geometry lesson, students relate the size of the central angle of a polygon, to a circle. They compare the formula for the area of a polygon and a...
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Triangles and Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore triangles and quadrilaterals. They rotate to various centers in the room to identify and examine triangles and quadrilaterals. After presenting a picture to the class, 2nd graders locate right angles, triangles...
PPT
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Twenty Questions: Fourth Grade Math Terms

For Teachers 4th
Questions related to math vocabulary from a large variety of categories for 4th graders are displayed throughout this Jeopardy game. Concepts covered include angles, shapes, computation terms, statistics, and place value.
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Exploring Geometric Mean

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Student identify the solution using geometric mean. In this geometry lesson, students create right triangles where the altitude of the triangle is the side containing the right angle. They modify shapes using Cabri software and observe...
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The Truth About Triangles And Proofs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson 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 importance of...
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Constructions and Loci

For Students 9th - 12th
In this constructions and loci worksheet, students create a scale drawing of a running track. They identify the starting positions for a given race. Students bisect angles. They construct an angle trisector. This three page worksheet...
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Polygons and Sketching

For Students 8th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, learners define and draw quadrilaterals. They differentiate between the different shapes. There are 3 questions with an answer key.
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Investigating the properties of a circle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use wax paper to look at different properties of circles such as chords, tangent lines, inscribed angles, and inscribed angles in a semi-circle, as well as finding the center of the circle, and use GSP to investigate cyclic...
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Geometry on a Grand Scalle

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students, in groups, construct different angles and shapes on a large scale using string and chalk.
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Calculating the shortest distance between two points

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders find the length of the third side of a right triangle.
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Classifying Triangles

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Building on young mathematicians' prior knowledge of three-sided shapes, this lesson series explores the defining characteristics of different types of triangles. Starting with a shared reading of the children's book The Greedy...