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Shape and Form in Art

For Teachers K - 4th
Introduce youngsters to the important role shape and form play in art with this extensive collection of activities and projects. From teaching first graders how to create mandalas to engaging third and fourth graders in the design of...
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Talking About Your Name in Math Terms

For Teachers K - 12th
Add imagination and creativity to your math lesson. Young mathematicians investigate ways to express their names in mathematical terms. For instance, they can count the number of letters, analyze the geometric shapes of the letters, or...
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Sew, You Want To Quilt?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students become familiar with the achievements of the artist Faith Ringgold. They take notice of the patterns in their environment. They connect the mathematical concept of patterns to create a class quilt.
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Introduction to Curve Stitching - Line Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop their awareness that straight line segments can produce the illusion of a curve and helps them recognize and describe number patterns and geometric fundamentals.
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The "Art" of Baseball

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the art of baseball. In this sports lesson plan, students discuss their thoughts about the sport of baseball and create a baseball word list. Students use pattern blocks and drawing paper to create a simulated...
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That's So Square

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students familiarize themselves with the three most common geometric shapes: circles, triangles and parallelograms. They sketch, sort, and name the shapes.
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Hands on Essays

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders relate the concept of individuality of geometric shapes to the individuality of topic sentences. They write and revise a persuasive argument essay using an established rubric.
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What Shape am I?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars analyze characteristics of geometric shapes. They find shapes in their environment, and communicate why it is like the shape of their choice and not like another shape.
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African Mask

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make masks. In this African art lesson, students review background information about African art and the use of masks. Students use geometric shapes and other designs to create their masks.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 9: Bringing It To A Fine Gloss-ary

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils create a glossary of geometric terms while exploring tangram manipulatives.
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Sort it Out

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify and sort a variety of two- and three-dimensional objects and compare and contrast their attributes. They identify shapes, locate shapes on the faces of solids, sort real objects and explain the sorting rule, and...
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The Function Box

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore arithmetic and numerical patterns. After observing a teacher created function box, students describe a pattern and predict what will "come out" of the function box. They explore patterns such as geometric shapes,...
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Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students will explore the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly by raising their own. They will incorporate math, science, and language arts as they graph, pattern, journal, observe, and artistically create.
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Crayograph Quilts

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a quilt-like fabric swatches using Crayograph crayons, emery paper and rubbing plates.
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Patchwork Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars recognize and identify shapes in their environment. They investigate why objects can be composed of several different shapes. They follow a pattern to recreate designs using various shapes.
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Poems Have Shapes, Too!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the world of geometric shapes by writing poetry. They use the Diamante Poetry worksheet. They select one geometric shape and, using the template, create their own poem.
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Internet Field Trip on Fractions and Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students take an Internet field trip to research fractions. ESOL strategies include using pattern block manipulatives and pairing ESOL and non-ESOL students on computers.
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Medieval Mathematicians and Whimsical Windows

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate their mathematical knowledge of symmetry and reflection using congruent geometric shapes while working as an artist and mathematician looking at a medieval-styled stained glass window.
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Calder's Balancing Acts

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students learn the vocabulary of contemporary sculpture and distinguish between abstract and realistic sculpture, mobile and stabile, biomorphic and geometric. They write equations using Calder's mobiles
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Physical Education Meets Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create geometric shapes with a jump rope. For this interdisciplinary lesson, students review the different shapes while getting some physical activity.
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Food Pyramid - Daily Diet Diary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students keep a daily diet diary and discuss the Food Pyramid. They investigate other geometric shapes as a way to display daily food guidelines. In groups, they design a menu for the Food Pyramid Restaurant.
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Sequences and Exponents

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice multiplication sequences and multiplying with exponents. They study how a sequence is a set of numbers which follows a mathematical rule and can be used with all four operations and with combinations of operations.
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ARE YOU A TRIANGULATEER?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore about triangles and their relationship to the worlld around them. They are able to identify triangular shapes in their environment. Students are able to communicate to one another their understanding of triangles outside...
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Fractions of a Set

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use fractions to describe part of a set. In this fractions lesson, 3rd graders are introduced to fractions through a book and use pattern blocks to describe a fraction as a part of a set. This lesson includes a scripted...

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