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- Tangrams
- While reading Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert, students will be using tangrams to create the animals that the fox fairies are turning themselves into in this story.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Dawn Coleman.
- Inside, outside, and all around
- Students will distinguish between perimeter, area, and volume. They will use tangrams and graph paper to create two-dimensional figures that will be measured for area and perimeter. By creating layers of centimeter cubes, the students will explore the concept of volume.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
- By Angeli Jarman.
- Multicultural cross-grade level unit plan
- This unit of study integrates reading, writing, math, and social studies. It is designed to help first and third grade students relate to other cultures of the world. They will understand and compare the similarities and differences of children, families, and communities in different times and places. They will analyze religious and other cultural traditions. They will apply basic geographic concepts.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
- By Shirley Young.
Resources on the web
- What's in a Shape?
- By using tangram shapes children learn the relationships between shapes that two identical right isosceles triangles fit together to form a square. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
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- What's in a shape?
- The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to explore characteristics of shapes by making and using tangram sets. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)
- Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Developing geometry understandings and spatial skills through puzzlelike problems with tangrams
- This two-part tangram example demonstrates the potential for high-quality experiences provided by computer “shape” environments for students as they learn concepts described in the Geometry Standard. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Puzzling Relationships
- Students use concrete materials to develop the skills needed to work with interactive Tangram puzzles in Lesson Seven. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Tangram Puzzles
- This activity helps students to develop their spatial memory and spatial visualization skills, to recognize and apply transformations, and to become more precise in their use of vocabulary about space. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Shape hunt
- The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to give students opportunities to recognize, describe, build, and explore shapes in many different contexts. In this investigation, students look for examples of patterns and shapes in both the natural... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
- Provided by: Science Netlinks
