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Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Shadows

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Can you judge an object by its shadow? Use your mental rotation skills to determine if a shadow can be produced by a particular shape.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Visualizing

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is seeing believing? Explore visualizing and spatial reasoning with three dimensional shapes in this challenge from the NCTM Math Challenge for Families collection. Discover why visualization is essential skill in real world situations.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Summing Differences

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students apply their understanding of geometric properties and relationships. Students use geometric properties and relationships to describe, compare, and draw two-dimensional shapes...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Impossible Objects

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students use math to create two dimensional illusions in the form of impossible objects. Students use the drawing and measuring tools to create mathematical art.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: A Shard or Two

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Archaeologists have just uncovered an ancient plate. They need your help to determine the original size of the plate. Try this challenge where you use concepts of symmetry and estimation to uncover the solution. An activity from the NCTM...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Shape Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Two and three-dimensional geometric shape are explored in these exercises. Each activity has teacher notes, activity instructions, and a worksheet when necessary.
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US Department of Education

Helping Your Child Learn Math: Math in the Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An excellent compilation of activities that engage parents and children in math explorations at home. Detailed lessons covering a wide range of math topics such as fractions, measurements, money, data collection, and math in newspapers....
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Classifying Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this flipchart students will learn how to classify two-dimensional shapes and discuss the attributes of polygons.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Pre Algebra: Measure Areas

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Demonstrates how to calculate the area of two-dimensional shapes using formulas. Covers parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, and circle. Includes a video modeling how to find the area of a circle and a triangle. [0:59]
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History is Fun

Jan Brett: Geometric Shapes Flashcards Pdf

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Print out these colorfully illustrated PDF file pages to practice learning your basic two dimensional geometric shapes. Fold them in half and one side shows the shape while the other side shows the shape with the correct name. Put them...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Lesson: Mr. Z's 5 Minute Game of Geometric Pandemonium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Students make a series of geometric drawings of points, obtuse angles, rays, polygons, and the like. Each child is given one but not allowed to show anyone else. The drawing is then taped to the back of the child in front of them. The...
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Identify Shapes I

For Students K - 1st Standards
This interactive media source asks students to determine which picture shape matches the name of the shape that is displayed in each question.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Seven Sticks

For Students K - 1st Standards
On this one page website sharpen your logic, triangle properties, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Street Orchestra: 3 D Space

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Join Allegro in his street orchestra and learn about 3D shapes.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Net Cuts

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this enrichment game, the nets for nine solids are displayed. The twist is that each net has been cut into two pieces. The challenge is find the pieces that go together.