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Standard Treehouse Lesson Plan
Seventh graders investigate the concepts related to the geometry of treehouses that focuses on angles that are similar and congruent. They conduct class discussion in terms of looking at three dimensional shapes that are represented in...
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Volume Of Tetrahedron With Congruent Faces
Ninth graders investigate the concept of a tetrahedron and how it is formed with its congruent faces. They practice making the shape by practicing the folding paper to create the shape. Students continue the lesson with the estimation...
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Math: Shapes and More Shapes
Students locate lines of symmetry in regular polygons and predict the number of lines of symmetry in an octagon. In three different polygons, they construct all lines of symmetry and after making their prediction about the octagon,...
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Angle Pairs
Students practice identifying right, vertical, and adjacent angles using a Smartboard. They then determine measurements of all of the angles when only one measurement is given.
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Congruent Figures
Learners read "Congruent Figures," by Takahashi Takako. They conduct small group discussion using the role sheets and their reading logs.
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Congruent Triangles - Is This Enough Information?
Seventh graders examine congruence postulates and apply knowledge to triangles in the world around them.
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Figure This
Second graders identify congruent figures and match shapes using transformation. They work in groups, utilizing a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice identifying congruent shapes.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 24: Read All About It!
Students listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.
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Similar or Not?
Fifth graders define the meaning of similar and congruent using concrete objects. They make similar and congruent figures using geoboards. They draw their figures on dot paper, and color their designs.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Similarity and Congruence
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how the math concepts of similarity and congruence are utilized in the making of road signs. The accompanying interactive component asks students to manipulate triangles by dragging,...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill: Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes: Congruent and Similar Figures
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of congruent and similar figures. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Comparing and Explaining Transformations
Given rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations, students will be able to develop algebraic representations for rotations and generalize and then compare and contrast the properties of congruence transformations and...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Geometry Vocabulary Resources
A list of geometry definitions and a matching activity.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Applying Triangle Congruence Relationships
Given congruent triangles, the student will justify and apply triangle congruence relationships.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Middle School Math 8 for Ccss
A complete CCSS Grade 8 Mathematics course that includes interactives in every lesson, plus videos, hands-on activities, and questions with immediate feedback. Every lesson also has specifically chosen 'Related Modalities' that teach the...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Median of a Triangle
This lesson explores the equation of the median of a triangle formula, sum of medians of a triangle, altitude of a triangle, median of equilateral triangle formula, and median of a triangle definition while discovering the interesting...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Angle Side Angle
Learn all about the basic properties of a cone. This lesson targets the ASA congruence theorem using real-life examples and has interesting interactive practice questions.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Congruence
Get independent practice working with congruence. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Translations, Reflections, and Rotations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan introduces a variety of motion geometry concepts such as translations, reflections, and rotations. Lots of interactive support for students.
SEDL
The Timss Mathematics Segment: Geometry
This site explores the area of congruent triangles and how it is a difficult area to understand.
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Nova Scotia Dept. Of Education: Mathematics 8: Geometry Diagrams
A collection of diagrams that complement Mathematics 8, a Grade 8 Math text, have been posted here. The diagrams were created using The Geometer's Sketchpad,
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Geometry: Congruent Figures
Explore step by step how to determine if figures are congruent?
Other
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics: Congruence and Similarity
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics: Congruence and Similarity provides a teacher learning module, on how to effectively teach similarity and differences between congruence and similarity which is used to develop mathematical...