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Comparing & contrasting real & make-believe bears

Student pairs create a Venn Diagram in their Bear Research Journal listing things that are the same and different about real and make-believe bears.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

By Susan Lovett.

Hula hoop sorting

Students will use two large hula hoops to form a Venn Diagram. Then, using various colored paper shapes, they will recognize, and identify circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, trapezoids, and parallelograms.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Diane Jackson.

Introduction to Venn diagrams

Students will learn how to use a Venn diagram to categorize data. This activity is done as an introduction to Venn diagrams.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)

By Melissa Bancroft.

Is it a duck? Is it a chick?

Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of a chick and a duckling by using a Venn Diagram.

Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)

By Debbie Beeson.

Using a Venn diagram to compare & contrast two types of bears

Students use their research on black bears and one other bear (panda, polar or grizzly) to complete a Venn Diagram.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)

By Susan Lovett.

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Classifying numbers

Students use Venn diagrams to represent the relationships between the factors or products of two numbers. Illuminations provides helpful activity sheets and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. Students will: Review multiplication... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Sorting time

In this lesson, the second of a nine-part unit from Illuminations titled “Powerful Patterns,” students sort objects and symbols and make patterns with sorted objects. They make Venn diagrams and use their sortings to make linear patterns. They... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations