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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: School Bus: 2 D Space

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Students will play learning games to explore parallel lines and two-dimensional shapes.
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: World of Fish: Space

For Students 4th - 6th
Join Otto at the Phantasia construction site. Will you help him build a new playground?
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Activity
George Mason University

Area Formula Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
In this set of worksheet activities, students will be guided to discover formulas for area of polygonal shapes and circles.
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Activity
NumberNut

Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols, and Colors: 2 D Shapes

For Students K - 1st Standards
Did you know that two-dimensional shapes are also called polygons? This lesson describes the various 2-D shapes and includes two interactive games to reinforce skills.
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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
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Tops

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson make a spinning top to explore the concepts of shape, color, spinning, and optical illusions.
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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Tans

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson make a tangram and experiment with it to make new designs and pictures.
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Graphic
History is Fun

Jan Brett: Geometric Shapes Flashcards Pdf

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Print out these colorfully illustrated PDF file pages to practice learning your basic two dimensional geometric shapes. Fold them in half and one side shows the shape while the other side shows the shape with the correct name. Put them...
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This website has basic definitions for most polygons, regular and irregular.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson: Geometry, It's a Perfect Fit [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This two-part geometry lesson plan has students identify, describe, and classify two-dimensional shapes. Students engage in hands-on activities including identifying shapes in the classroom, creating patterns with shapes, identifying...
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Interactive
Other

Bright Productions Web Designs: Shape Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
You will enjoy this shape game. It tells you the name of a shape and all you have to do is click on the correct shape. If you get confused you can have another try.
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Website
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Recortando Geometria

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In Spanish. In this site you will find different activities involving geometric plane figures.
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Activity
Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Despega Sin Despegar

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In Spanish. In these activities you can develop the concept of trajectory. Try to trace the figures without lifting your pencil.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Two Lines Tangent to a Circle: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how if two segments from the same point outside a circle are tangent to a circle, then they are congruent. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Two Lines Tangent to a Circle."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Triangles to Examine Quadrilaterals: Lesson 5

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how to determine properties of quadrilaterals by using triangles. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Using Triangles to Examine Quadrilaterals."
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Shape Sorter

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Students learn how to categorize plane figure polygons using Venn Diagrams with this computer based tool.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Using Triangles to Find the Sum of Interior Angles: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how to use triangles to determine the sum of the interior angles of a polygon. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Using Triangles to Find the Sum of Interior Angles."
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Solid and Plane Figures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn the 6 solid figures and characteristics, including face, edge, and vertices. Students will learn the plane figures when looking at the solid figures. Students will then take a 10...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Two Dimensional Shapes Identify and Match

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students to analyze and compare various two-dimensional shapes according to the vertices, sides and parallel lines. It features "containers" created in Version 3 (can be used with...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geometry 2 D Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces basic geometric shapes and gives students practice finding geometric shapes in everyday objects.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geometry Plane Figures

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The teacher will use this lesson plan flipchart to review geometry plane figures.
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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Area of Plane Shapes

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
The resource consists of area formulas and diagrams for a variety of shapes.
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Activity
NumberNut

Number Nut: Shapes, Symbols and Colors: Two Dimensional Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Describes, with illustrations, the basic two-dimensional shapes students will encounter in elementary Math.
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Unknown Type
That Quiz

That Quiz: Figuras

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This interactive activity is designed for the student to review different geometric planes figures.