Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shapes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore shapes. They recognize and name two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. Pupils discuss the properties and criteria for each shape they find in real life and construct a Kid Pix project using pictures of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tetrominoes Cover-Up

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are given square tiles and participate in a demonstration on how to arrange them. Using the tiles, they work with a partner to discover how many two-dimensional tetrominoes they can create. To end the lesson, they must...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Decorating Boxes

For Students 9th - 10th
How do you print a ribbon on a box? The challenge is to figure out which of the patterns can be folded into a box with an orange ribbon printed all the way around it?