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Curated OER

Discovering Art-Huntington Gallery Shape

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study geometric, naturalistic, and abstract shapes. They discuss how various shapes are used in art. They study The Young Fortune Teller by Joshua Reynolds to find various shapes.
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Curated OER

Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Shape

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Ask elementary learners to explore shapes in everyday objects. They will discuss the elements of design and describe the shapes they see in visual images. Students will then design and "build" a new 3D shape. Finally they will show and...
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Curated OER

Shape Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore the world of shapes! After free tangram exploration and pair share time, learners describe various patterns and shapes in both the natural and designed world. They investigate the use of tangrams to create patterns and shapes.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Find the Shapes in a Picture

For Students K - 1st
Use coloring to remind young learners that geometry is all around them! A simple image of a house, sun, and tree becomes the format for several basic shapes. The instructions direct scholars to trace and color each shape using a...
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Curated OER

Shape In Dance

For Teachers K - 5th
Students engage in a lesson that is about the concept of shapes. They practice moves that are used to illustrate different types of shapes. Students participate in body movements that are focused around the directions of the body like...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometric Shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
Your mathematicians can find geometric shapes anywhere! Help them practice by examining this shape-identification instructional activity, in which they look at 3 images and find the shapes they recognize in a house, a snowman, and a...
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PPT
Curated OER

Shapes and Colors: Beginning ESL Lesson

For Teachers K - 9th
Helpful for beginning ESL classes as well as any elementary class working on colors and shapes, this presentation is clear and easy to understand. Each slide features one shape that is also one color (white circle, yellow square, purple...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Identify Geometric Shapes

For Students 5th - 6th
Practice identifying quadrilaterals, triangles, and closed curves with this learning exercise. Given a series of shapes, learners check boxes next to each shape to indicate whether it under the correct label. Possible shape types are...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Values of Geometrical Shapes: How Many?

For Students 3rd - 6th
Practice analyzing shapes using this shape breakdown worksheet. Your scholars examine 2 shapes and 2 figures, identifying the number of faces, vertices, edges, and sides each has. The instructions remind students that an answer of "0" is...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crossword: Geometric Shapes

For Students 6th - 8th
Using a word bank, mathematicians fill out a crossword puzzle using 9 clues. Each clue describes a shape, using details such as the number of sides, angle degrees, and the shape category. For example: "A quadrilateral with four equal...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Shapes Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this shapes puzzle, students identify names of polygons and circular shapes. A list of 18 shapes are listed for identity.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Recognizing Geometric Shapes

For Students 2nd - 4th
Comparing shapes can be integral to shape recognition- use this multiple-choice worksheet to help scholars know which is which...and which is not! In 4 questions, students observe multiple figures and identify the quadrilateral,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Circus of Shapes: Triangles

For Students Pre-K - K
Guide your class in learning the triangle with this coloring worksheet. Learners identify triangles among a variety of different shapes and color in each triangle. This worksheet has color pictures in a circus theme that makes it more...
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App
NFPA

Sparky's Birthday Surprise

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Fire safety is a hot topic for kids! With this resource, little ones will read, color, draw, and play as they are learning about prevention and, as an added bonus, practice naming shapes, counting, and adding numbers! Reading, math, and...
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What Shapes Can You See?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students investigate shapes in art. In this visual arts lesson, students examine the ancient Panamanian "Plaque" and identify the geometric shapes in the art piece. Students combine basic shapes to make an artistic picture of their own.
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Activity
North Carolina State University

Shapes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Expose youngsters to 3-D objects in a hands-on learning activity involving marshmallows and toothpicks. Engage your young mathematicians by introducing them to 3-D shapes by means of a story book. Explore 3-D shapes by manipulating...
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Shapes of Molecules—Geometry of Central Atom

For Students 6th - 12th
How is a molecule's shape determined? Explore bond angles, lone pairs, and VSEPR theory through a logic-based activity. Chemists pull together information about the major molecular shapes, then use it to solve puzzles.
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Printables
PreKinders

A World of Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
There are shapes everywhere you see! Use a presentation about shapes to encourage young learners to find squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles in a series of pictures. One slide shows kids what the shapes look like, and then a...
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Activity
K-State Research and Extensions

Crystal Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Of quartz I love geology! The chapter offers five activities at three different levels. It features hands-on activities that cover crystal shapes, cleavage and fracture, hardness scale, specific gravity, and mineral identification....
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ESL Kid Stuff

Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Work on shapes and body parts at the same time with a fun set of activities. Kids sing and read about Mr. Shape Head, who has shapes on his face, before making their own Mr. Shape Head.
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Fayetteville Public Schools

I've Seen That Shape Before

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
The objectives in the resource allow students to explore the characteristics of simple solid shapes. Youngsters learn to recognize the face shapes, corners, and edges that make up 3-D figures by filling in a chart. Lastly, learners look...
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Curated OER

Shapes in Our World

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Help your students explore shapes. They classify shapes and identify them in their everyday world. Plane shapes are explored, and they classify and identify the plane shapes.
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Roundup Shapes

For Teachers K
Shapes are all around us! Kindergartenrs identify shapes in their world and guess the shape being described. They participate in a shape hunt.
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Curated OER

Shapes

For Teachers K
Learners participate in a number of hands-on shape-related activities. They match and sort shapes by attribute, read books about shapes, complete shape art projects and explore and compare parts of shapes.

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