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Buildings in Our Community: What Do You See?

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Students investigate the architecture in their hometown by visiting buildings.  In this geometry lesson, students examine buildings through photographs and explain the different geometric shapes found in the architecture.  Students take a field trip with their class and investigate the shapes of a church while studying the different geometric vocabulary.

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K
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Math
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