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Perkins School for the Blind

Which One is the Square?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Children who are blind need to constantly be engaged in building conceptual understandings of the world around them. This activity will help them grasp the concept of shape, identify shapes, and consider shapes as they are used to...
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EngageNY

What Is Area?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What if I can no longer justify area by counting squares? Lead a class discussion to find the area of a rectangular region with irrational side lengths. The class continues on with the idea of lower approximations and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circus of Shapes: Squares

For Students K - 1st
In this shapes worksheet, students color all squares in a set of shapes that included rectangles, triangles, ovals, circles and squares. Worksheet includes a link to additional activities.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Circus of Shapes: Squares

For Students K - 1st
In this shape worksheet, students look at a set of shapes, coloring all squares in the set. Shapes given include triangles, rectangles, circles, ovals and squares. Worksheet includes a link to additional activities.
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American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture

Shapes on the Farm

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Whether you live in the city, the suburbs, or out on the farm, shapes are everywhere in the world around us. Presented with an illustration of a farm, youngsters are tasked with coloring in all of the triangles,...
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EngageNY

Ratios of Fractions and Their Unit Rates 2

For Teachers 7th Standards
Remodeling projects require more than just a good design — they involve complex fractions, too. To determine whether a tiling project will fit within a given budget pupils calculate the square footage to determine the number of...
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EngageNY

Solving Area Problems Using Scale Drawings

For Teachers 7th Standards
Calculate the areas of scale drawings until a more efficient method emerges. Pupils find the relationship between the scale factor of a scale drawing and the scale of the areas. They determine the scale of the areas is the square of the...
Assessment
Bowland

Fruit Pies

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Scholars use formulas for the area of a circle and the area of a rectangle to determine the number of pies a baker can make from a particular area of dough. They must also take into account rolling the remaining dough into a new sheet.
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Willow Tree

Perimeter of Common Geometric Figures

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Help learners understand that perimeter and circumference are one in the same. Learners apply their skills to determine the perimeter/circumference of triangles, rectangles, and circles. They then use the same strategy to find the...
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Balanced Assessment

Dart Boards

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Bulls eye! Design dart boards with specific chances of winning. Individuals determine the probability of hitting a circular and a triangular dart board inscribed in squares. They create dart boards that have a 50 percent chance of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dopey Dragon Shapes - square, circle, triangle, and rectangle

For Students K - 2nd
In this plane figures worksheet, learners identify the squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles by coloring and tracing them and determine understanding by drawing and printing the names for the figures. Students complete eighteen...
Interactive
Curated OER

Area and Perimeter of Rectangles Worksheet (II)

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders determine area and perimeter of rectangles, given the width and the length. The one page interactive worksheet contains ten questions. Answers and hints are included. 
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Math Mammoth

Finding the Area of Rectangles, Parallelograms, and Triangles

For Students 9th
In this area of polygons activity, 9th graders solve two area of rectangles, one area of parallelogram, and ten area of triangles problems.  The formulas for finding the area of these figures are provided.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Introducing the Concept: Triangles and Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Guide your geometers through the process of constructing polygons. They learn how to draw triangles, squares, parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, and trapezoids with specified angles using a protractor and a ruler. The lesson plan...
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Curated OER

Label the Shapes

For Students K - 2nd
In this geometric shapes worksheet, students examine and label a square, a rectangle, a circle, and a triangle. Students also respond to 4 questions that require them to draw the shapes.
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Curated OER

A Rectangle in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A quadrilateral is drawn on the coordinate plane, and eighth grade geometers find the length of each side and the diagonals by applying the Pythagorean theorem. 
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Curated OER

What a Square

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine the painting "Old Man With A Gold Chain" by Rembrandt. They identify geometric shapes in the painting, measure these shapes and compare the relationships of these measurements.
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Curated OER

Area and Perimeter Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Read this article before you begin teaching geometry! It gives teachers some insight into the world of teaching geometry to young learners, and four area and perimeter lessons are attached. 
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Curated OER

Rectangles and Squares

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars identify two dimensional shapes in the school environment. For this basic shapes lesson, students watch a video about rectangles and squares. Young scholars find examples shapes in their classroom and draw them. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Rectangles That Are Related

For Students 4th
In this rectangles worksheet, 4th graders draw a rectangle with the same area as one displayed on the worksheet and then find the perimeter of each.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tracing and Coloring Rectangles

For Students K - 1st
In this geometry worksheet, students examine 14 rectangles of different sizes which are shown with dotted lines. Students trace the rectangles and "colour" in the shapes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometric Shapes: Square, Rectangle, Circle, Triangle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students learn to recognize the square, rectangle, circle and triangle and discover the attributes of each. There are 15 pages available here.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Circling the Square: Boxing Ring Match

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the specifications and construction of modern boxing rings. They calculate the area of circles and rectangles by different methods. They compare and contrast different areas in the ring used for attack and defense.
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Curated OER

Applied Science - Science and Math (K) Lab

For Teachers K
In this shape lesson, learners cut out tangram shapes and create different pictures with them. They look at 3-D shapes as well. There is a nice, hands-on component built into this lesson.

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