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Incorporating concepts in algebra, number sense, patterning, data collection, and geometry, this lesson engages students in various hands-on activities to explore the relationship between regular polygons and the number of diagonals (struts) needed to make the figure rigid. A detailed lesson for students in grades 3-5. Lesson includes extension activities, exerts from online teacher discussion, related resources, and student worksheets.
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algebra, analyze data, analyzing patterns, attribute, attributes, conclusions from patterns, coordinate pairs, description of a pattern, diagonals, extend a pattern in sequence, extending patterns, finding patterns, geometry, identifying a pattern, pattern generalization, pattern identification, pattern identify, pattern predictions, pattern relationships, prediction, recognize a pattern, reproducing patterns, rigid, spatial, spatial patterns, struts, pbs mathline lesson plan: struts'n stuff [pdf], graph, hexagon, pentagon, polygon, rectangle, regular polygon, rule, triangle
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)