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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
- Going Beyond with Triangles
- Students create a class triangle book and work with tangrams. (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
- 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
- Traveling Along: Measuring and Mapping -- Looking Back and Moving Forward
- Students are provided with non-standard measuring tools such as paper clips, pencils, and Tangrams and are instructed to create and label a treasure map that leads to a special play area, a hidden treasure, or a favorite toy. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Social Studies)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- 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
- Invention at Play
- Explore the playful side of invention and the inventive side of of play in Invention at Play, a traveling exhibit. Learn how play - the ordinary and everyday "work of childhood" – connects to the creative impulse of both historic and contemporary inventors. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: Smithsonian Institution
