Curated OER
Chopping Cubes
Middle schoolers work in small groups to make various geometric solids with Play-Doh. They use fishing line to make cuts and observe the shapes of the cross-sections. Pupils complete an assessment in which they answer questions such as:...
Mathematics Vision Project
Geometric Figures
Logical thinking is at the forefront of this jam-packed lesson, with young mathematicians not only investigating geometric concepts but also how they "know what they know". Through each activity and worksheet, learners wrestle with...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 3)
A set of 49 math vocabulary cards ranges from angle to irregular polygon to parallel lines. Each sheet contains two cards: one with the word printed in bold text and the other with the definition.
EngageNY
Searching a Region in the Plane
Programming a robot is a mathematical task! The activity asks learners to examine the process of programming a robot to vacuum a room. They use a coordinate plane to model the room, write equations to represent movement, determine the...
Wordpress
Parallelogram Foldable
Reinforce the properties of parallelograms with a foldable activity. Kids follow the lines to fold the definitions, examples, and additional sides of the foldable, creating a fun review activity for any math learner.
Curated OER
Pattern and Shading
Students dentify patterns in their everyday environment. They create several types of pattern, including hatching, crosshatching, and stippling and discover that hatching lines may be drawn horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Curated OER
Toothpick Art
Students review primary colors and practice making straight lines. In this visual arts lesson, students paint simple shapes as large as a toothpick, using specific primary colors. During the construction of the shapes students are...
Curated OER
Right Triangles
In this right triangles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 12 different types of problems. First, they solve for a variable given each of the right triangles with the sides as indicated. Then, students determine the shorter...
Curated OER
Discovering the Area and Perimeter of Triangles
Eighth graders identify how to find the area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles. They discuss their understanding of area and perimeter and how the two concepts are applied in the real world. Finally, 8th graders determine the...
Curated OER
Integer: Tic-Tac-Toe Four In a Row!
Young scholars explore the concept of the coordinate plane. In this coordinate plane lesson, students discuss integers and their place on the number line. Young scholars discuss locating points on the coordinate plane. Students play...
Curated OER
Math Square Puzzle
In this addition puzzle worksheet, students fill in 10 blank spaces on a math puzzle grid. Students make each row and column add up to be the sum at the end of each line of the puzzle.
Curated OER
Using Symmetry to Create a Community Quilt
Students create a class "quilt" made of paper. In this hands-on symmetry lesson, students fold paper to create symmetrical figures then work in groups to color quilt patches that will form together to make a symmetrical class quilt.
Curated OER
Number Block 1
In this number puzzle instructional activity, 4th graders try to fill in the missing numbers in the number block game. The missing numbers are integers between two and six. The numbers in each row have totals on the right, with the...
Curated OER
Diamonds
In this math puzzle activity, learners review the grid shown to locate a number of hidden diamonds. Then they determine the positions of each of the diamonds in the grid. Students also find the number of adjacent squares that contain...
Curated OER
Reflection: Student Worksheet
In this math worksheet, students will work independently to trace a stencil on an x-axis. Then students will follow a procedure to trace the image on the horizontal line of reflection. Students will observe that reflections and rotations...
Inside Mathematics
Quadrilaterals
What figure is formed by connecting the midpoints of the sides of a quadrilateral? The geometry assessment task has class members work through the process of determining the figure inscribed in a quadrilateral. Pupils use geometric...
Incredible Art
1, 2, and 3-Point Perspective
Introduce drawing high schoolers to perspective with a series of instructional activity that detail how to draft images in one-, two-, and three-point perspective. Each exercise includes step-by-step, illustrated directions and examples.
Union County Vocational Technical Schools
Engineering Drawing
Knowing the basics of drafting allows individuals to create drawings that show all the views and measurements necessary to allow others to visualize the original object. Pupils gain experience by drawing three orthographic views of an...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Sneaking Up on Slope
Pupils determine the pattern in collinear points in order to determine the next point in a sequence. Using the definition of slope, they practice using the slope formula, and finish the activity with three different ways to determine the...
Curated OER
Durango and Silverton Railroad
In this word search activity, students search and find vocabulary
words as they relate to the Durango and Silverton Railroad lines. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
RHL School
Using Like Fractions
On an online math learning exercise that can be printed, math wizards read and solve five story problems that involve fractions with like denominators. The fractions are written with diagonal lines. Since it is such a compact assignment,...
Curated OER
Logical Relationship of Postulates & Theorems
In this postulates and theorems instructional activity, students explore a concept map containing information about angles and sides, alternate interior angles, and diagonals of a parallelogram. They use the concept map to prove...
Key Curriculum Press
Properties of Special Parallelograms
Rhombuses, rectangles and squares are have special properties. In this lesson plan, young geometers investigate and make conjectures about diagonals, angles, and parallel lines of parallelograms.
Curated OER
Hello My Name is . . . Helvetica
Students play various games to help create a classroom community. In this name recognition lesson, students combine their name recognition skills with newly learned art and geometric vocabulary. First students discover vocabulary that...