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Let’s find how the diameter and circumference of famous circles are related.
How has the volume of laptops changed over time? You know you want to check out how huge those first versions were!
What odd and interesting shapes can your students find in this geometric image?
Which are trapezoids and which are not?
How many 2 liter bottles could you fill up using the water in an olympic-sized pool?
What if this triangle pattern just kept repeating… forever!?
A lesson about lines, line segments, and rays that avoids dull memorization. Instead, we ponder this delightful question: Which is longer, a ray or a line? Then, kids consider what these different geometric concepts would think about each other.
How many times could you fill up a jet plane using the fuel that would fit in an olympic-sized pool?
There can never be just one angle.
Which shapes go together based on parallel and perpendicular lines?
We’re looking at regular vs irregular polygons.
You could keep zooming in on this snowflake forever!
Using patterns, students try to deduce where that area formula came from.
Let’s group letters by their symmetry, then create symmetrical words, and then symmetrical sentences!
How many pounds of pasta could you cook using the water in an olympic-sized pool?
Can two rectangles have the same perimeter but… different areas!?
Your special friends sure have some unique gift needs!
Can we classify quadrilaterals like we classify living things?
Why tell a kid the rules of a triangle when they can discover them!?
Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?
Pi is mysterious and strange! Why not let students discover it on their own?
