Challenge the spatial thinking of your young mathematicians with this printable tangram puzzle. Using different sized triangles, squares, and parallelograms, children must figure out how to fit all the shapes together to create a square.

Third graders research the Internet to locate geometric designs in familiar buildings. They review shapes, solids, angles and symmetry as they research websites of familiar buildings in Louisville. They record the information they see...

Fourth graders use triangle paper to design patterns using geometric figures and find the areas of those figures by counting units. Students are assessed by determining which figure has the greatest area and explaining their reasoning.

Learners make art based on the ribbon work of the Woodland Indians. Background information on the art form and procedure are laid out in an easy to follow step-by-step format. 

Students identify the types and characteristics of geometric figures. In this lighthouse geometric lesson plan, students review shapes that represent plane or solid.  They select items that could be used to construct a lighthouse...

Students explore the characteristics of geometric shapes. For this geometric shapes lesson, students use tiles to draw pentominoes. Students participate in various learning center activities focused on configuring pentominoes.

Students imagine they are animals in the Palace Facade painting. In this Palace Facade lesson plan, students observe and discuss the geometric and organic shapes in the painting shown to them.

Learners recognize and demonstrate the patterning of numbers and objects in our environment. They create a pattern using geometric shapes and find a missing number in a sequence.

Students demonstrate how to alphabetize animal names. In this word study lesson, students identify animals that live on the farm and conduct a favorite farm animal survey. Students order animal pictures in alphabetical order.

In this math worksheet, students learn to recognize the square, rectangle, circle and triangle and discover the attributes of each. There are 15 pages available here.

In this geometric shapes practice instructional activity, students respond to 6 geometry questions that require them identify spheres, cubes, rectangles, and pyramids.

In this color in the shape rocket worksheet, students utilize the primary colors to color the three different shapes that form the shape rocket.

In this thinking skills worksheet, students read three clues to figure out which of three pictures of geometric shapes is the correct one. Students draw an X on each shape that doesn't fit the clues. Students circle the correct shape....

Second graders create a shape garden. In this polygons lesson, 2nd graders practice making shapes using a geoboard and read the book The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns.  Students also design a shape garden using construction...

Students recognize the features of geometric shapes.  In this geometric shapes lesson, students listen to Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes. Students create solid figures with marshmallows and toothpicks.  Students create...

In this math worksheet, young scholars cut out 12 geometric shapes and put them together to create a picture of a snowman like the one shown on the page.

Young scholars listen to the book Mouse Shapes and identify the shapes in the book as it is being read. In this shapes activity, students identify the shapes in the book, and then play with cut out shapes that they can hold in their hands.

Students listen to the book Shapes Sally Snake Can Make while they hold their own snake made out of a pipe cleaner. In this shapes lesson plan, students develop their listening skills while the book is read to them, and then they...

In this recognizing a square, ovals, rectangle, and triangle worksheet, students observe boxes containing various shapes and follow the directions to identify and color each specific shape. Students color 8 shapes.

Develop young mathematicians' knowledge of two- and three-dimensional shapes with this geometry workbook. From learning about the classifications of different shapes and figures to calculating their area, perimeter, and volume, this...

Students research tall buildings and identify the geometric shapes used in the construction of the buildings. They compare shapes and infer why some are better than others in building. They produce a multimedia presentation of geometric...

Sixth graders identify and use area formulas for finding the area of geometric shapes.

Fourth graders combine geometry and language arts skills while examining quilt-making. After identifying the geometric shapes contained in quilts, they write stories to encompass the quilt border. Students conclude by creating and...

In this recognizing a square, circle, rectangle, and triangle worksheet, students trace each geometric shape. Students trace 8 shapes.