Curated OER
Storefront Signs
Learners practice finding the areas and patterns within a square and explore the concept of quadratic functions. They observe and record the area values in a table, plot a graph of Area versus Distance and complete a variety of student...
Curated OER
Classifying and Constructing Corners
Fifth graders, after seeing Honeycomb examples, complete a Classifying Angles worksheet, Clock worksheet, and Defining Angles worksheet.
Curated OER
Investigating Nets and Polyhedra
Fifth graders create a net for a given polyhedron. They determine the corresponding polyhedron for a given net. Students investigate several polyhedra (cube, tetrahedron, and one of their choosing) and their corresponding nets. They...
Curated OER
Tri this Angle!
First graders draw and describe various types of polygons. they investigate their own environments for examples of polygons. After reading the book, The Greedy Triangle, they discuss everyday objects that are polygons. They create shape...
Curated OER
Design an Apartment
Young scholars are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Using Geoboards in the Classroom
A thorough look at the extensive uses of geoboards in the classroom. Links are listed which give introductory information on geoboards - for teachers new to using them. Then, lesson plans are provided for using geoboards in teaching...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Geoboard Activities
Math Forum provides a set of links to sites that are related to geoboard activities. There are several great links to lessons using geoboards. The links provide insight into how to use them, including how to perform various measurements...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Virtual Geoboard
Use this virtual geoboard to explore the attributes of various polygons. This would work well on an interactive whiteboard.
Cut the Knot
Cut the Knot: Geoboard
Students can use the interactive geoboard to create different types of quadrilaterals and investigate the properties of quadrilaterals. Requires Java. The geoboard can also be downloaded for offline use.
University of Waterloo (Canada)
University of Waterloo: How to Use the Geoboard
Four worksheets are linked which deal with area and perimeter of shapes constructed on the Geoboard. Additionally, a link is given to an online Geoboard so students may play with the model on their own.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Geoboard and Area
In this activity, students find areas of figures which are displayed on a grid. They also use the Geoboard application to find areas of figures they draw.
Rice University
Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Hidden Irrationals (Geoboard Lesson)
This site provides a lesson on finding possible irrational numbers using a geoboard.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Geoboard App
Students use the Geoboard App to measure arcs, line segments, area, and perimeter, as well as rotate, reflect, and translate objects.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Pick and Choose! Using Pick's Theorem!
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the area of any polygon using Pick's Theorem.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Geometry and the Geoboard
This site is a lesson plan for using a geoboard in a sixth grade geometry class. The lesson serves as an introduction to the geoboard and its uses in geometry. Some topics the lesson covers include helping to visualize shapes and and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Making Shapes on Geoboard
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the lines (rubber bands) to make a shape modeled by the teacher using a Geoboard.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Geoboards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Geoboards bring challenge into the classroom as the student uses methods to measure length, area, and perimeters of polygons.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Area of Rectangles: A More Efficient Way?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will connect the concepts of counting each square unit and multiplying the side lengths to compute the area of a rectangle. They will extend this knowledge by computing a side...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Slates, Slide Rules and Software
Did you learn to calculate using a 7-foot-long slide rule? Did you learn about the properties of numbers using brightly colored Cuisenaire rods? Ever wonder who invented the graph paper you used in geometry class? Go back to the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Congruent and Similar Figures
Lesson plan where students learn about congruent and similar figures by viewing models and by using geoboards, pattern blocks, and the Internet. (Note: Lesson cited in the procedures cannot be found at the link provided.)
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Walking the Fence Line
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the perimeter of polygons. They learn to picture square roots visually as the side length of a square.
George Mason University
Handmade Manipulative Instructions
At this personal site, you will find pages of math manipulatives and different types of graphing paper to print out and use in your classroom.
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