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Heart-y Creatures

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research the historical background of Valentine's Day. They identify symbols and examine how this occasion is celebrated today. They create imaginative creatures made out of chenille sticks and paper hearts or other geometric...
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Visual Art: Mola Designs

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners create replicas of mola art , a fabric applique process of the Kuna Indians. After discovering Mola designs include the natural world, dreams, geometric shapes, imaginary monsters, and contemporary images, they design their...
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Patchwork Quilt

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students compare and constrast fiber arts from a variety of cultures and time periods. They draw a patchwork quilt using irregular geometric shapes and bright colors. Students display their quilts as part of an exhibit. They are told...
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More or Less

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this comparison worksheet, students count clip art pictures in 10 boxes. They circle the group that has less in each box. They see pictures of animals, geometric shapes, and birds.
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Developing the Concept: Triangles and Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Exact narrative and examples make this lesson on polygons easy to implement. Through it, your class will learn how to use a protractor and ruler to construct triangles and quadrilaterals according to your directions. Your class will be...
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Identifying Faces, Edges, and Vertices

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine faces, edges, and vertices. In this geometry lesson, 4th graders participate in classroom activities that require them to compare geometric shapes, figures, and models.
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Exploring Geometric Mean

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems using geometric means. In this geometry lesson, students create altitudes in right triangles. They use Cabri software to move the triangle around and observe different sides and angles.
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Shapes...the Beginning of Geometry

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify and name basic shapes and points. In this elementary geometry lesson, students use printable cut outs to name circles, triangles, and squares before playing a game with them. They play a game of "Pin the Tail on the...
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Measurement

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders measure surface area. In this geometry lesson, 7th graders find the surface area of various geometrical shapes. Using a computer program, students compute the area of 2-D and 3-D shapes.  Students use graph paper to trace...
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Twice as Nice

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this patterns worksheet, students analyze a series of geometric shapes and determine the pattern. Students use numbers or letters to represent each pattern.
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Second Grade Geometry

For Students 2nd
In this second grade geometry worksheet, 2nd graders answer 10 multiple choice questions about geometric shapes, with the answers available online.
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Count, Color and Write!

For Students Pre-K - K
In this counting and coloring worksheet, students complete 8 questions in which geometric shapes are counted and colored according to the label. Students write the number and color name. Example: One gray triangle. Note: The style of...
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Shapes and Vertices

For Students 5th - 6th
In this shapes and vertices worksheet, students determine shapes that have more or less vertices and name shapes. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Shape and Figure Descriptions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this shape and figure description worksheet, students read a description of a shape, name the shape and draw it, 2 total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Identifying Shapes and Their Features

For Students 5th - 6th
In this shapes instructional activity, students identify shapes and the number of  edges and vertices of each. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Exploring 3-D Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians on an exploration of the world of 3-D geometry with this seven-lesson unit. After first defining the terms perimeter, area, and volume and how they apply to the real world, students continue on to learn the...
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Pass It On

For Teachers 5th
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...
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3-D Paper Sculpture

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore characteristics of geometric shapes. They participate in a paper folding activity to create various geometric shapes. Students design a mobile of the shapes they have created.
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I Walk the Line

For Teachers K
Students walk, run, jump, and hop all over and around geometric shapes. They identify the shapes by running to and standing on the called out shape.
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Hidden Jewels of Geometry

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners identify different geometric shapes, and arrange them artistically in original jewelry designs.
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Puzzled?

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying simple geometric shapes. As a class, they discuss positional words and review the words for simple shapes and their characteristics. They work together to create their own puzzle using the shapes.
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NASA

Next Generation Spacecraft - Orion

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Emergine space engineers discover the area of complex geometric shapes. They find that, just as a spacecraft is composed of many smaller parts, so can polygons be broken into smaller shapes.
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Which Word Matches the Image? #2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math activity, students learn to match the name of a geometric figure with the picture. Students examine a drawing of a geometric shape, then circle the word that matches it.
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Powerful Polygons

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students scan the classroom to find different common shapes. They listen as the teacher defines polygon and regular polygon. The teacher demonstrates regular polygons via the Internet and the "Math is Fun" web site. Students go outside...

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