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Attributes & Nets of a Cube

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a lesson that focuses on the attributes and forming of a cube. They construct a cube using different combinations while comparing a square with only two-dimensions. Students fold paper while following the...
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Let's Think About Water

For Teachers K
Students explore the different forms that water can take and conduct simple experiments to demonstrate some of its properties in each state. They watch a short video that illustrates some of these concepts.
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Volume of Spheres

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find the volume of spheres. In this geometry lesson, students measure and derive the formula for each shape and solid. They use the correct terminology and units when solving these problems.
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Math: Shapes and More Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students locate lines of symmetry in regular polygons and predict the number of lines of symmetry in an octagon. In three different polygons, they construct all lines of symmetry and after making their prediction about the octagon,...
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What Shape Is Money? Money Doesn't Have to Be Round or Rectangular

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain that many kinds of objects have been used as money. After identifying qualities that make a good currency, they design a nontraditional currency and decide on its value.
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Investigating: Finding the Volume

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore geometry by utilizing colored cubes in class. In this volume lesson, 6th graders identify the different shapes they can create using their colored cubes and identify the formula for finding volume. Students create...
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Liquid Level

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars observe liquids in different containers and then explore the concept that liquids have level surfaces. They identify those who are not at the center to reinforce the concept of liquid levels with a representational puzzle...
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Scale Factor- Surface Area and Volume

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars calculate the surface area and volume of shapes. For this geometry lesson, students create different scales and calculate the volume and area for each shape. They compare and contrast between the different scales and shapes.
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2D Polygons and 3D Nets

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils compare and contrast two dimensional polygons and three dimentional nets by examining the differences in drawings. They create three dimensional shapes and label the faces, edges, and vertices. After creating the shapes, they draw...
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Cubic Unit Models

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the volume of solids. In groups, 4th graders use spinners to determine the dimensions of solids. They construct the shapes, creating a model of the figure Students count the cubes in the model to determine the...
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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the location of Earth's water and study the water cycle using a terrarium. In this water study lesson, students study a model globe for the Earth and find Alaska. Students locate the bodies of water and study an overhead...
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Polyhedra Book

For Students 9th - 12th
In this math worksheet, students are asked to read the book that focuses upon the creation and explanation of three dimensional shapes.
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More Prisms/Nets

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils calculate the volume and surface are of three-dimensional shapes. In this geometry instructional activity, students use the nets to prove their calculations of shapes. They identify the different parts of a solid using the nets.
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The Three States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify properties of solids, liquids, and gasses. In this states of matter lesson, the teacher demonstrates the properties of each state of matter, then students go on a scavenger hunt for items to represent each state...
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Density - To Float or Not to Float? That is the Question!

For Teachers 8th
Students investigate how to find the density of fluids and solids using math. Students also learn how to find the density of regular and irregular shaped objects.
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Traveling Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore how sound waves move through liquids, solids and gases in a series of simple sound energy experiments. They describe how sound needs molecules to move and that changing the medium that it travels through changes...
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Concept of Volume: the Unit Cube

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders are asked to find the volume of different polygons. They use the formula for volume dealing with the different shapes. There are 60 problems.
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Pyramids & Prisms: Guler's Formula

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare and contrast two-dimensional shapes to three-dimensional shapes. After watching a demonstration, they make their own shapes using nets printed on paper. To end the lesson, they use the shapes they made and...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 2, Lesson 6: Rhyme and Reason

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students listen to the poem "Shapes" by Shel Silverstein in order to accurately and specifically describe shapes' rules/traits in their journals. They illustrate the poem and take turns reading during a creative shared reading session.
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Marshmallow Geometry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create 2D and 3D shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks. In this geometry instructional activity, 3rd graders create their shapes and document the number of faces, edges, corners, angles, and sides. They share one shape...
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Cut It Out!

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners calculate the surface area of polygons. In this geometry lesson, students use spacial reasoning to find the answer to their problem. They analyze solids and create formulas to estimate the measurements of the area.
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Congruence with Robot Gobot

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners identify the properties of solids and polygons. In this geometry lesson, students identify the different measurements of a triangle. They use congruence parts and theorem to prove their answer.
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Study Buddies - Bar Graphs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this data collection worksheet, students work with a partner to make 3 small bar graphs after finding the proper number of circles on the first page. They look at a page of a variety of shapes and separate the circles into black,...
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Make A Comet

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make a comet out of corn syrup, ammonia, dirt, ice cream sticks, and more. In this comet lesson plan, students view how these ingredients turn from a solid to a gas.

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