Mathematics — Grade 7

Geometry Charades

The students will physically act out and demonstrate the meanings of various given geometric terms.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Timothy Kenney.

Noodles Away

This lesson will assist students to see angle relationships and the relationship of parallel lines and transversals. This exercise is good for visual and tactile learners since it is of a concrete nature. Students of all academic levels can enjoy this.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Melda Bullock.

Post-EOG Activities: Student Products

In this project, students will become entrepenuers. They will have a business that makes items with 3-Dimensional shapes. They will receive various tasks that will require that they make decisions as any other business owner would have to do.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Geneva Williams.

Surface area of rectangular prisms

In this lesson for grade seven, students calculate the surface area of flattened cardboard boxes and discuss how the concept of surface area is important in various careers.

Format: (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.

Lesson plans on the web

Another view

Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Are they possible?

In this lesson, students examine the method used by Dutch artist M.C. Escher to create isometric drawings that seem to be impossible. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Building a box

This Illuminations lesson uses a real-world situation to help develop students' spatial visualization skills and geometric understanding. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Building a shape

Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Building from the front-right-top views

Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Building using the front-right-top view

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore drawing the front-right-top view when given a three dimensional figure built from cubes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Creating A firewise defensible space

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students learn about creating defensible space around a home using a series of fire protection zones. Students then draw the zones that surround a house and estimate the area of each zone. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Do they match?

Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Do they match?

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use three dimensional figures they have constructed to determine when two isometric drawings can represent the same shape. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring front-right-top views

Students explore polyhedra using different representations and perspectives for three dimensional block figures. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring histograms

In this lesson, from Illuminations, students create their own sets of data using an interactive data analysis tool. They then examine how various statistical functions such as mean, median, and standard deviation depend on the choice of data. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring the isometric drawing tool

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore using an isometric drawing tool and gain practice and experience in manipulating drawings. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Fill'r up

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students can manipulate the scale factor that links two three-dimensional rectangular prisms and learn about the relationships between edge lengths and volumes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding satisfactory solutions

Students apply creative solutions to problem solving in the context of a story problem. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Finding surface area and volume

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an isometric drawing tool to build three-dimensional figures and then find the surface area and volume of each figure. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Go with green rectangles

In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students manipulate 2-dimensional rectangles using an online interactive applet. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics