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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Tool

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This tool allows you to create any geometric shape imaginable. Squares, triangles, rhombi, trapezoids and hexagons can be created, colored, enlarged, shrunk, rotated, reflected, sliced, and glued together.
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Handout
Geometry Help

Geometry Help: Squares

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains the basic concept of a square with step-by-step instructions and methods for solving specific problems on your own relating to this topic.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: So Many Squares! Red & Blue Sort It Out

For Teachers K Standards
SWBAT sort squares by color into 2 sets or groups.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Exponents and Radicals: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on exponents and radicals as they apply to problems involving squares, perfect squares, and square roots.
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Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Rectangles

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to rectangles then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Handout
Quia

Ixl Learning: Rhombuses

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to rhombuses then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Interactive
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: 2 D Shapes and Patterns

For Students K - 1st
On this interactive site, students learn to identify squares, circles, and triangles.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nearpod: Perimeters of Polygons

For Teachers 3rd Standards
For this lesson on finding the perimeter of rectangles, 3rd graders learn key vocabulary, explore grid paper, and apply their learning to a real-world situation.
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Activity
Harvey Mudd College

Mudd Math Fun Facts: Difference of Squares

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Using algebra, learn how to do fast math in your head!
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Activity
University of California

Geometry Junkyard: Dissection Tiling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great and very informative article about dissection tiling or tessellation.
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Activity
Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Square Laminas

For Students 6th - 9th
Solve this square lamina problem using your visualization skills and other mathematical prolem solving strategies.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Soak It Up [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Compare three prototypes of paper towels using strategies to find the best value in terms of cost and quality. Determine the surface area of a water stain on a paper towel using a transparent grid.
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Unit Plan
Other

George W. Hart: Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This personal site presents some general information about polygons.
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Unknown Type
Mr. Martini's Classroom

Mr. Martini's Classroom: Evaluate Squares

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Determine the squares with this interactive practice and assess learning with a quiz. Click the question mark for hints.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding Area With Squares: Lesson 3

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Step by step, this video lesson [2:41] will show you how to add up the number of squares that cover an object in order to find the area of a figure. It is 3 of 7 in the series titled "Finding Area with Squares."...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Squares: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine, from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral, if the shape is a square in a coordinate plane. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for an early childhood classroom and focuses on circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. Opportunities provided for student participation include drawing plane shapes,...
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Graphic
Wyzant

Wyzant: Perfect Square List

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
WyzAnt provides a list of numbers and their squares. The user decides how many perfect squares to be displayed and in what fashion. The table makes a good reference sheet for students and teachers.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Difference of Squares (Algebra)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Pythagorean triples described using a number of triangles. Pythagorean Theorem reinforced using squares and triangles. Assessment built in.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Squares and Square Roots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The learning activity examines squares and square roots. Topics include perfect squares, how to square a number, and the square root symbol. The resource consists of explanations and examples.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Three Squares

For Students 3rd - 4th
Students can sharpen their logic and spatial relationship skills while working on this challenge on this one page website. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Little Squares

For Students 3rd - 8th
What are square numbers? Use tiles at this one page website to discover the pattern of square numbers. See if you can solve the challenge. Once you have your solution you can check the solution given right at the website.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Making Squares

For Students 3rd - 4th
On this one page website sharpen your logic, spatial sense, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geoboards

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Geoboards bring challenge into the classroom as the student uses methods to measure length, area, and perimeters of polygons.