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Curated OER

Perimeter – Calculate in Units

For Students 5th - 7th
In this geometry skills practice worksheet, students solve 4 problems that require them calculate the perimeter of 4 geometric figures.
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Calculate Surface Area

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geometry skills learning exercise, students solve 3 problems that require them to calculate the surface area of geometric figures.
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Sorting Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the geometric concept of quadrilaterals. They are given a set of shapes and asked to sort the quadrilaterals from the others. Then working in pairs they discuss the characteristics and write down the description...
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EdHelper

Patterns #2

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this pattern worksheet, students choose the shape that comes next in a pattern. Worksheet is from a subscription site with links and is labeled as a sample.
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Patterning Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Open the eyes of young mathematicians to the patterns that are found everywhere in the world around them. After a shared reading of I See Patterns by Linda Benton, children complete a series of hands-on activities that teach them...
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Mrs. Burgess

End of the Year Geometry Projects

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Geometry students will be ecstatic about these engaging and enlightening end-of-the-year projects! Types of project ideas include interviewing a geometer, an ABCs of geometry poster, an engineering lab report, and origami work. 
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Curriculum Corner

7th Grade Math Common Core Checklist

For Teachers 7th Standards
With so many math standards to fit into a school year, it can be difficult keeping track of what you have and have not covered. This collection of Common Core checklists allows you to maintain a running record of when each...
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Seeing Solar Storms in STEREO-I

For Students 8th - 10th
For this geometric calculations of solar storms worksheet, students use a diagram indicating the location of 2 STEREO satellites, the earth and the sun to calculate the distance between a Coronal Mass Ejection and the Earth. They use...
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Fall Plowing: Drawing to Scale

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore coordinates and scale drawings. In this drawing to scale lesson plan, students discuss symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes, geometric, shapes and estimation of size.  Middle schoolers recreate a portion of a...
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Identify Different Types of Triangles

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geometry activity, students identify different kinds of triangles. Students are given four triangles with their measurements and are to determine which triangle it is by choosing from six different kinds.
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Mandalas, Polygons and Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars create a geometric pattern using mandalas, polygons and symmetry. In this geometry instructional activity, students analyze the mathematics involved in making the mandalas, including the shapes and symmetry. Young scholars...
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Let's Play Mathematical Baseball

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of spelling geometric terms and words with number prefixes. In this spelling geometric terms and words with number prefixes lesson, students play a game of baseball. Students spell words correctly to advance...
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PBS

Geometry: Hide and Seek

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
A geometry game that resembles Battleship is the foundation for hide and seek where "hiders" draw shapes on coordinate planes and "seekers" must guess the shape and its location based on questions and clues. Reproducible, paper-sized...
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Marshmellow Geometry

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore a variety of geometric shapes, name them, and list their characteristics. The shapes are transposed into structures and checked for accuracy.
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Positive/Negative Bugs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a design using a detailed drawing reversing positive and negative space. They explain organic shape and geometric shape.
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Math/Quilt Connection

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore quilting. In this math patterns lesson, students define the perimeter of a quilt border, create tessellations using geometric shapes, and detemine the area of a quilt.
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Marshmallow Figures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars enjoy making 3-D figures while learning about rectangular prisms, pyramids, vertices, edges, and faces. After a lecture/demo, students use marshmallows, toothpicks and a worksheet imbedded in this lesson to create 3...
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Cafeteria Mayhem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design a cafeteria floor plan. In this area and perimeter lesson, groups create an efficient lunchroom layout on poster board by using geometric shapes and formulas as the basis for their designs. In the accompanying...
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Western Education

Math Poems

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The logic, rhythm, and beauty of math sometimes get lost amidst numbers and variables. Amplify math's lyricism with a poetry project that uses metaphors and similes to compare mathematical concepts to other images.
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Polygons and Angles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders estimate the measurement of angles and then measure the exact distance using an angle ruler. In groups, they explore shapes and recognize the characteristics acute, obtuse and right angles. Students sketch required shapes,...
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Geometry in Tessellations

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine tessellations and their geometric properties. Students explore the concept of tessellations and lines, planes, angles, and polygons. Students experiment with the area and perimeter of polygons. Students analyze...
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Perimeter and Area

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop strategies for finding the perimeter and area of large geometric figures. Through lecture and guided practice, 7th graders practice the strategy of dividing a geometric shape into smaller more manageable shapes...
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The Function Box

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore arithmetic and numerical patterns. After observing a teacher created function box, students describe a pattern and predict what will "come out" of the function box. They explore patterns such as geometric shapes,...
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Imagination Travel

For Teachers K
Students watch video segments on shapes and patterns. They create their own pattern within shapes.