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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Opposite Angles in a Cyclic Quadrilateral

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity uses Cabri Jr. to discover that opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Special Midpoint Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Midpoint Quadrilaterals are quadrilaterals that are formed when consecutive midpoints of a quadrilateral are connected. This activity will use Cabri Jr. to investigate what properties an exterior quadrilateral has if its midpoint...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Classifying Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students receive two Cabri Jr. files of quadrilaterals on a coordinate plane. They use their knowledge of quadrilaterals to give each one the most precise name. They may find the length and/or slope of the sides using the measuring tools...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Perimeters, Areas, and Slopes Oh, My!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students create geometric figures, and use analytic and coordinate geometry to investigate their attributes. They go through the process of proving that a quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Geometry Slice Special Test

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A succinct test for assessing geometry concepts. Assessment is scored online giving immediate feedback. An excellent assessment tool.
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Handout
The Math League

The Math League: Figures and Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides definitions of different types of polygons and figures.
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Lesson Plan
Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Quad Squad

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
This interactive instructional activity investigates quadrilaterals and provides learners with an opportunity to practice describing their attributes.
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Lesson Plan
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Los Cuadrilateros

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Interactive resources and activities that could be used in the classroom either as an introduction or review to a unit dealing with area and perimeter of quadrilaterals.
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Areas Y Cuadrados

For Students 9th - 10th
Reinforce your knowledge of the area of a quadrilateral by practicing with theses interactive activities.
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Handout
Jim Loy

Jimloy.com: Saccheri

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains the Saccheri quadrilateral and the importance of his work in geometry.
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Unit Plan
Other

Ic Teachers: Shapes Polygons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introductory site on polygons, with exercises on the basic ones.
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Activity
Other

Gvsu: Quadrilateral Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
The learning activity asks students to identify quadrilaterals by characteristics rather than appearance. Learners drag the vertices of the shape to reveal the true shape of the quadrilateral. [Requires Java.]
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Activity
Other

Generalization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to construct convex polygons and the mathematical foundations of symmetry on this site.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Polyatomic Ions Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives you a little Quiz about how much you really know about polygons.
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Activity
Cut the Knot

Cut the Knot: Geoboard

For Students 4th - 6th
Students can use the interactive geoboard to create different types of quadrilaterals and investigate the properties of quadrilaterals. Requires Java. The geoboard can also be downloaded for offline use.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Constructing Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will construct different types of quadrilaterals from the quadrilateral hierarchy. This activity asks for constructions based on a minimal definition of the quadrilateral. The activity will reinforce the...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Slide Along

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students use the Geoboard to determine the areas of quadrilaterals between parallel lines. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Geometry: Classify Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
After you explore the step by step lesson to classify quadrilaterals sing some karaoke and then test your knowledge.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to quadrilaterals including squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and rhombus. It provides definitions and interactive activities that enhance further explanation.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 2.g Representing Half of a Rectangle

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this lesson plan, 2nd graders are to determine what half of a rectangle is.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This task is a natural follow up for task Rectangle Perimeter 1. After thinking about and using one specific expression for the perimeter of a rectangle, they now extend their thinking to equivalent expressions for the same quantity....
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This tasks gives a verbal description for computing the perimeter of a rectangle and asks the students to find an expression for this perimeter. They then have to use the expression to evaluate the perimeter for specific values of the...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Rectangle Perimeter 3

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The purpose of this task is to ask young scholars to write expressions and to consider what it means for two expressions to be equivalent. Aligns with 6.EE.A.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Shape: The Angles Inside a Quadrilateral

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Test your knowledge of the sum of angles inside a quadrilateral.