Curated OER
Cylinder: Student Worksheet
Pairs of geometry whizzes work together to determine which of three differently shaped cylinders will have the greatest volume. Pupils cut out the three rectangles embedded in the plan, and tape them together to form a cylinder. From...
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Geo Shapes
Invite your first graders to compose and decompose two and three-dimensional figures with this fun, hands-on lesson. They investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart two-dimensional shapes with rubber bands...
Curated OER
Sorting 3-Dimensional Shapes
Three-dimensional shapes can be categorized based on their attributes, and scholars learn more about six figures through this sorting activity. They examine six shapes: sphere, cylinder, cone, cube, prism, and pyramid....
Curated OER
Living in a Geometrical World
Learners participate in a series of hand-on, online, and multimedia activities to examine 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes. They describe common geometric solids. They construct rectangular prisms using straws and ribbon.
Curated OER
Can You Name That Shape?
Learners use materials to build, investigate, and draw two-dimensional shapes (polygons). They combine the shapes they have built and draw from the pile to begin a round-robin activity to name and determine the attributes of a selection...
Curated OER
Sorting 3-Dimensional Shapes
The sorting is simple here: Does this three-dimensional figure have a curved surface or not? Scholars review an example before trying this on their own with nine figures including a sphere, cylinder, prism, cube,...
Curated OER
It's a 3-D World Out There!
Young scholars construct polygons. They identify attributes of three-dimensional shapes. Students name common three-dimensional shapes. They draw three-dimensional shapes, and sort three-dimensional shapes. Young scholars use K'NEX...
Curated OER
Cubes Everywhere
Students use cubes to construct and visualize two-and three-dimensional shapes to develop spatial thinking and review basic geometric principles through real-life applications. They are given the opportunity to build and build and take...
Curated OER
Pass It On
Fifth graders participate in a class activity that helps them learn some geometric terms along with their definitions. They describe relationships between two and three-dimensional shapes and analyze attributes and properties of...
Curated OER
Artistic Angles
Fifth graders explore angles by using protractors. They recognize, describe and determine the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes. Students recognize the right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle and vertex. They identify...
Curated OER
Don't Box Me In
Students explore the relationship between flat and three-dimensional shapes. They identify the names of 3-D shapes and construct cubes from squares.
Curated OER
Space Shapes
Students read "Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes" by Stuart Murphy and view a PowerPoint presentation on shapes. They identify shapes presented in the book and then identify shapes found in their classroom.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Surface Area, Volume, and Nets
Investigate the concepts of area, volume, 3D shapes, and nets using this interactive Learn Alberta math. The solid shapes focused on this exploration include rectangular and triangular prisms, rectangular and triangular pyramids,...
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: The Facts Please, Mr. Mumble
This interactive web lesson teaches students about two-dimensional shape attributes.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Shape It Up Activity Plan
Get your spy glasses ready! In this weeklong adventure, children will explore shapes and their attributes and use this knowledge to decode a secret message. Children will learn about two-dimensional (flat) and three-dimensional (solid)...
NumberNut
Number Nut: Colors and Shapes
A succinct overview of colors and shapes with links to two shape games. In Shape Name Memory Challenge you match the shape with its name. In Three-Dimensional Shape Quiz, you must answer the quiz question by clicking on the correct color...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Copying an Angle
Explore relationships (including congruence and similarity) among classes of two- and three-dimensional geometric objects, make and test conjectures about them, and solve problems involving them.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Architectural Model
An architectural modeling instructional activity that first demonstrates how architects combine forms to create buildings and then provides instructions for building architectural models. Includes links to architectural terms and to...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Geometric Solids
The instructional tool explores various geometric solids and their properties. Student can manipulate and color the different shapes. Learners examine the edges, faces, and vertices of the different solid figures.
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Different Types of Geometric Shapes
A comprehensive list of 2D shapes and 3D solids with everything from a triangle to a dodecahedron. Includes illustrations and short descriptions of attributes for each.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Guess My Shape
The students will make the connection between 2-D and 3-D shapes using modeling clay and geometric solids and participate in an interactive web lesson. Students will make predictions about what 2-D shape they think will be made when they...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Two Dimensional and Three Dimensional Shapes
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
Other
Nearpod: Shape Attributes
In this lesson on shape attributes, students learn key vocabulary, explore bases, and apply their learning to a real-world situation.
NC State University
The Engineering Place: Shapes
A lesson in creating 3-D solids using toothpicks and marshmallows.