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Seeing Shapes

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Pupils study a variety of geometric shapes by taking pictures of items representing the shapes with a digital camera. They identify the shapes by using software to paint on the image.

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digital photography, geometric shapes, shapes, octagons, polygons, rectangles, quadrilaterals, squares, triangles

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digital camera, geometric shapes, octagon, rectangle, square, triangle, math
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Resource Details

Grade
K - 1st
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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Technology
Ed Software

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