Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Max's Fantastical Zoo
Use this rhyming description of Max's Fantastical Zoo to make some amazing animals from geometric shapes. There is a teacher's guide for easy lesson planning.
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University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Don's Shapes [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the attributes of two-dimensional shapes.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Which Shape [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of geometrical attributes to identify and describe shapes.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Quilt Making [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of the concept of two dimensional shapes and their properties.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Sorting Shapes [Pdf]
This task challenges a students knowledge of 2-dimensional geometrical shapes to sort shapes and to design a shape that has a given set of attributes.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Look and Find the Shapes
A book about shapes in the world around us. Includes audio narration in 9 additional languages with text in English.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Isometric Drawing Tool
This site includes an interactive math tool to create drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes. Rotate and color your drawings, and view them in 3D or 2D.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Cutting Corners
Students will use their knowledge of plane figure attributes to create and view shapes by cutting and rotating shapes to stimulate discussions on names and attributes of various shapes they do not regularly encounter.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Module K: Shapes
In this series of STEAM activities, students will discover the concepts of geometry through shape exploration and the creation of choreographic sequences. Another activity in this module will allow students to identify shapes by applying...
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Moving Shapes [Pdf]
These activities will allow learners to discover the concepts of geometry through shape exploration and the creation of choreographic sequences.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Self Portraits With the Touch of a Finger [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will explore self-portraiture by looking at classical portrait paintings, such as Diego Velazquez's La Infanta Margarita or Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione. A close look at these works reveals...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: Polygons and Temperature
Learn about 2D shapes and temperature with King Toot.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: 2 D Space
At the Food Market there are a lot of shapes. Help Afia find and name the shapes.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Wizards: Shape: 2 D Shapes and Symmetry
Can you help Wally the wizard practice some of his tricks while you learn about symmetry and 2D shapes?
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Classifying Real Life Objects as Basic 2 D Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to classify a real-world object as a circle, triangle, square or rectangle. The video is followed by additional practice problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Count the Number of Different 2 D Shapes in a Composite Figure
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video defines a composite figure and describes how to determine how many triangles are within the given composite shape. The video is followed by practice problems.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Counting Different 2 D Shapes Within Complex Composite Figures
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to determine how many triangles are needed to create the complex composite shape.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Regular 2 D Shapes
This tutorial provides illustrations for regular 2-D shapes as well as a definition for polygons and for regular polygons.
Other
Kinderweb: Educational Children's Games
Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 2.g Polygons
This lesson plan has students identify shapes by coloring the given shape a specific color.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Pyramid Panic: Basic Shapes to Advanced Geometry
Guide a mummy safely through the burial chambers of a pyramid as you solve length and area problems in basic to advanced geometry. There are four game zones that deal with circles and triangles, quadrilaterals, the Pythagorean Theorem,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpreting Scale Drawings
Students practice interpreting scale models, receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Inscribed Angles in Circles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Apply inscribed angle theorems.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Compose Shapes
Practice combining shapes to make other shapes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.