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| Classifying Shapes: | Students are asked to classify quadrilaterals and trapezoids by their properties. |
| Shape Clues: | Using shape attribute clues, the student will determine shapes that fit these clues and describe a category to which they both belong. |
| Where Do They Belong: | Students are asked to sort shapes using a Venn diagram and to determine the label for each section of the diagram. |
| Guess My Shape: | Using shape attribute clues, the student is asked to determine two shapes that fit these clues and describe a category to which both belong. |
| Classifying Squares: | Students discuss the attributes of squares and rhombuses and consider how these two shapes are related. |
| Classifying Quadrilaterals: | Students are given a diagram of quadrilaterals that have been sorted and are asked to determine how the shapes were sorted. Then, students are given two additional quadrilaterals and asked to place them into the appropriate region on the diagram. |
| What Do You Know About Rectangles?: | Students are asked to describe the defining attributes of parallelograms and to consider the relationship between rectangles and parallelograms. |
| Trapezoids: | Students are asked to consider how the hierarchy of quadrilaterals would change based on the two different definitions of trapezoids. |
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| Coding Geometry Challenges #1-7, 14 & 15: | This set of geometry challenges focuses on creating a variety of polygons as students problem solve and think as they learn to code using block coding software. Student will need to use their knowledge of the attributes of polygons and mathematical principals of geometry to accomplish the given challenges. The challenges start out fairly simple and move to more complex situations in which students can explore at their own pace or work as a team. Computer Science standards are seamlessly intertwined with the math standards while providing “Step it up!” and “Jump it up!” opportunities to increase rigor.
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| States of Matter and Their Properties - Lesson #1 : | Matter exists in three different states. Depending on factors such as temperature and pressure, matter can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas. Under specific conditions, matter has precise freezing, melting, and boiling points. This is the first lesson in a unit about matter. |
| Polygon Park: | In this lesson students will use standards-based quadrilaterals and triangles to design a roller coaster tower. Students will use the Engineering Design Process to work through the processes in this lesson. |
| Go TRI a Kite!: | In this lesson, students will identify and classify triangles. In addition, students will demonstrate how to solve problems requiring attention to approximation, selection of appropriate measuring tools, and precision of measurement using triangles. |
| Calling All Quads!: | In this lesson, students will practice classifying and naming quadrilaterals. Students will take notes and use the notes to complete a quadrilaterals Venn diagram. Students will be asked to name and classify quadrilaterals using all applicable names. |
| Where in the Venn are the Quadrilaterals?: | "Where in the Venn are the Quadrilaterals?" is an activity that helps the student to develop a better understanding of classifying two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties. |
| Triangles are Plane Easy: | The student will be engaged in a paper plane making activity while discovering the attributes of different triangles. The students will learned the similarities and differences of the following triangles: scalene, isosceles, equilateral, right, obtuse, and acute. |
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