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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Investigating Properties of Trapezoids

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students draw trapezoids and investigate their properties. They derive the area formula for a triangle from the area formula for a trapezoid. They also investigate the terms: Isosceles trapezoid and Tessellation. Numerous supplementary...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Investigating Properties of Trapezoids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity uses the graphing calculator to investigate trapezoids. Numerous supplementary materials are included. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to quadrilaterals including squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and rhombus. It provides definitions and interactive activities that enhance further explanation.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Trapezoids: Lesson 3

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 is a trapezoid in a coordinate plane. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Coordinate...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Trapezoids Grades 8 10

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Apply the properties of trapezoids.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Trapezoids Grades 9 10

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept will teach students to use and apply the properties of trapezoids.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Visually Identifying Quadrilaterals

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cursor down if needed to locate the video "Visually Identifying Quadrilaterals (Trapezoids, Parallelograms, Rectangles, Squares, Rhombi)." Students watch a video and...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Unknown Angles in Trapezoids

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video overview and attempt practice problems on finding the missing angles in a trapezoid.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Finding the Area Review and Assessment

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders find the area of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids by using formulas or by composing into rectangles or triangles.
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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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OER Commons

Oer Commons: Gallery Problems Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students who have a clear understanding of the previous lessons can work on gallery problems of their choosing. This can be used as a good review or assessment.
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Activity
Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: No Matter What Shape Your Fractions Are In

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Four basic geometric shapes - the triangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, and hexagon - are examined to determine how many of one shape fits "inside" another. For instance, how many triangles are "in" a hexagon. Ten questions with solutions...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Architecture: Community Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Identify architectural structures and objects in the community that represent different figures and types of geometry and mathematics.
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Handout
Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Geometry, Section 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Geometry concepts are briefly discussed at this site, including volume of a cylinder, parallelograms, circles, trapezoids, and triangles. Sample problems and applications are included for practice.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Count the Trapeziums (Trapezoids)

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
The challenge at this one page website, is to see how many trapezoids (British-trapeziums) you can find in the figure. When you have your results, you can easily check it right at the website.