Geometry Lessons!

The pages below are links to teacher made lessons about geometry. Select a topic and you will be taken to it. Use your pack button to return to this site!

Block Designs - A lesson plan with reproducibles. Students cover pictures with correct pattern blocks, then sort blocks according to shape	Bubble Geometry - Bubble experiment from the Science Museum of Minnesota. Links to bubble formula and additional activities
Building Viewpoints - Using printable cubes, students explore shapes in both two and three dimensions	Degrees: Circles, Triangles, Rectangles, Squares - Angle properties of basic geometric shapes
Design and Math - Three lesson plans use real world examples to teach geometric concepts about angles, symmetry, and the quadratic formula	Exploring Shapes - Students use jump ropes to make shapes, then work cooperatively to build larger shapes
Film Canister Kaleidescope - A lesson plan for teaching about geometric symmetry by creating a kaleidescope from recycled materials	Geoboards in the Classroom - Lesson plans for teaching about lines, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and right triangles using geoboards. Examples and printable dot paper are provided
Geometric Shapes - A lesson plan for a game which reinforces names of geometric shapes and basic operations	Investigating Polygons - Two lesson plans with printable worksheets for teaching about polygons. Students learn how to measure central, interior, and exterior angles
Plane Geometry - Students use hands-on and real world activities to explore two-dimensional shapes	Shape Mobile Craft - A printable activity for learning about geometric shapes
Symmetry Surprise - Students use fingerpaints and paper to learn about symmetry	Geometric Shapes - In this activity, students identify the shapes and recognize the names of circle, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, and oval.
Matching By Size And Shape - This activity teaches students about comparing objects by size and shape.	Pattern - In this activity, children will identify triangles, circles, and squares and will show their understanding of patterns by continuing a pattern that contains three different elements
Present Hunt - In this game, children will move around a gameboard by spinning a spinner and moving to the next place on the board whose shape matches the one they spun.	Simply Shapes - Designed as an introduction to shapes, this unit will develop the concept of geometry in an interesting manner for six and seven year olds.
Tangram - The activity reinforces children's ability to identify the equal parts of a region and to recognize the ways in which shapes can be divided and joined to make new shapes.	I C Shapes - When students visit this site they click on the image of a circle, square, or triangle. Once they make a choice, they are presented with a page full of small inline images of shapes in the real world.
Farm Shapes - At this site, students are presented with a picture of a farm scene, an example of a shape, and the written name of the shape. Students are encouraged to find these shapes as they appear in the picture.	Geometry Ideas - The geometry strand helps children to describe, compare, classify, represent and relate to objects in their environment.
Shapes - In this Shapes Activity, you and your class will view pictures of a building shaped like a sphere (a geodesic dome) and some city buildings with shapes that look like rectangles. Children will practice identifying spheres, triangles, and rectangles	Three Dimensional Shapes - In this activity, students will identify what shapes architects use to build houses. Students will then explore these shapes by building a model of their "dream" home.
Plane Geometry - This site provides a variety of geometry activities designed to help students.	Constructing Platonic Solids in the Classroom - This page describes how to construct Platonic solids out of toothpicks and gumdrops.
Building on Geometry - This site is part of a larger help resource for grade 4-8 math league teams. It explains the concepts in easy-to-understand language and provides supporting graphics.