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Geometric Solids Lesson Plan

Geometric Solids Lesson Plan

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Geometric Solids

Students identify and create simple geometric shapes and describe simple spatial relationships. Through discussion, hands-on activities and show and tell, they identify geometric solids in real life and create graphs of commonly found geometric solids.

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3-d figures, 3-d

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geometric solids

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