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Math is Everywhere: Part 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify shapes and measurements in everyday life.  In this measurement lesson, 2nd graders locate rectangles in their classroom and use standard and nonstandard forms to measure them.  Students view a video clip...
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Sculpture in Relief

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create an abstract wall relief that incorporates the use of free form shapes, lines, movement, & color. They use oak tag, toilet paper holders and glue to create their sculptures.
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Triangles Introduction

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore geometry by drawing various shapes in class. In this triangle characteristics lesson, students identify the attributes that classify a shape as a triangle and practice using their bodies to create triangles in class....
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Exploring Rocks

For Teachers K
Students recognize differences in the size, shape, texture, and color of different rocks. In this rocks lesson plan, students also learn and repeat back how a volcano erupts and make one out of a toilet paper tube.
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Polygon Necklaces

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore geometry by creating jewelry in class. For this polygons lesson, students identify different shapes and characteristics while creating polygon figures from construction paper. Students utilize a multitude of shapes...
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Geometric Solids

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify various shapes in everyday objects. in pairs, 1st graders go on a shape field trip to locate various objects of different shapes. They photograph the objects and later use the prints to write sentences describing...
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Shapes Show It

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars use art to express emotion.  In this visual arts lesson, students explore the use of various colors and shapes in an effort to express emotions displayed in the Twelve Labors of Hercules.  Young scholars use the...
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Bonus Activity: Build a House

For Teachers K
Students complete a building activity using their knowledge of geometrical shapes, tools, and how to follow a plan from previous lessons in this unit. In this following directions lesson, students study the basic building process as it...
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Tessellations

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students form repeating patterns using tessellations. In this tessellations lesson, students identify shapes and illustrate three types of transformations. A website is included with the lesson which provides extension activities and...
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Identifying Patterns

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the elements of a pattern.  In this geometry lesson, students identify different shapes in a pattern and discover which shapes are missing in order to extend it.  Students create their own patterns using...
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Investigation: Sorting and Classifying

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore geometry by creating shapes with construction paper. In this shape characteristics lesson plan, 5th graders identify the different attributes that make up specific shapes and create them using construction paper,...
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Geodesic Dome

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners build geodesic domes using newspaper after watching a video about the architectural concepts used in building domes. They decide which geometric shapes can be used to build the strongest building.
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Folding Puzzles

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this puzzle worksheet, learners imagine folding each shape along the dotted lines and name the solid figure that would be formed. They write this shape on the line provided.
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Landscape Book

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.
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Concrete Poems

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to several poems containing shapes as well as selected concrete poems. They brainstorm a list of their favorite things and then come up with ten words that relate to the top five things chosen by the students. They...
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Piece by Piece

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
What do your pupils know about quilting? Read and discuss the information included here before sending class members off to create their own quilt blocks using construction paper. When they have completed their blocks, provide some time...
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100 Patch Geometric Quilts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify geometric patterns in quilts. In this geometry lesson, students view various types of quilts and identify the geometric shapes. Students construct one hundred patch paper quilts using geometric shapes.
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19th Century Chandelier

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars discuss the lines, shapes, and patterns used to decorate a 19th century chandelier. In this visual arts instructional activity, students examine the lines and identify the patterns on the chandelier. Young scholars create...
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Creepy, Crawly Critters

For Teachers K - 4th
Students study characteristics of insects by creating models from an assortment of materials. They create rubrics showing what an insect must have and create an insect, using a bag of materials. They cut out the puzzle insects included...
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Falling Into Geometry Through Paper Art

For Teachers K Standards
New-to-school learners create a fall quilt consisting of three different paper geometric quilt squares. They use various geometric shapes that when assembled will form a scarecrow, pumpkin, and a crow. Assembly will require sorting...
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Vegetable Print Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Create a unique print using vegetable stencils and tempera paints applied to grid like pattern formed from cut pieces of paper. Your students will choose either a warm or a cool color scheme.
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The Shape of Things

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders develop their writing skills. For this paragraph structure lesson, 4th graders research natural disasters, compile their findings, create mobiles and write stories based on the mobiles.
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Dancing Polygons and Non-Polygons with Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study movements. In this dance lesson, 2nd graders draw patterns selecting one to represent through movement with their body.
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Describer-Drawer Game

For Teachers 4th - 12th
What's life with out a little fun and games now and then? This game helps kids practice many different skill sets. Child one takes a card then attempts to dictate how to draw the object to child two. Child two draws an object based on...

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