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Peer reviewedEricksen, Donna; And Others – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
Describes a two-person game based on the Pythagorean Theorem. Includes game board and question cards. (MKR)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Geometry, High Schools, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedShaw, Jean M.; And Others – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1995
Diagrams that illustrate characteristics that are always, sometimes, or never present in a concept can be categorized as examples or nonexamples to broaden students' understanding of basic geometric concepts. (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Geometry
Peer reviewedLitwiller, Bonnie; Duncan, David – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1996
Shows how geometric truths can be reinforced by simple exercises with lines and dots. (MKR)
Descriptors: Geometry, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedLindquist, Mary Montgomery; Dana, Marcia E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
Wallpaper is presented as a source for problems and activities involving geometry, statistics, measurement, and estimation. Sample questions and examples are discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry, Instruction
Peer reviewedWestwood, Jack R. – Mathematics Teacher, 1978
Detailed instructions are given for the construction of a line segment of length cube root of two. A proof is also given. (MP)
Descriptors: Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials
Peer reviewedMathematics Teacher, 1985
Included in this section are brief articles on drawing altitudes of triangles, sketching parabolas, and visualizing variability. (MNS)
Descriptors: Algebra, Geometry, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedAustralian Mathematics Teacher, 1984
Presents an activity in which students estimate the weight and volume of one million dollars in notes and coins of various denominations. Also presents several geometry activities. Student worksheets for the activities are included. (JN)
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Geometry, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedMathews, John H.; Leonard, William A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1977
A proof is given concerning the intersection of the medians of a triangle, then the problem is generalized and discussed. (DT)
Descriptors: Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedEasterday, Kenneth E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1977
Different methods for doing five basic geometric constructions are described. (DT)
Descriptors: Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedOlson, Melfried; Aichele, Douglas B. – School Science and Mathematics, 1979
This activity involved constructing parallelograms on the sides of an arbitrary triangle and discovering a relationship between the areas of the parallelograms. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Instruction
Peer reviewedMartin, Dennis S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1976
Calculation of the percentage of work completed when the edges of jigsaw puzzles have been assembled provides interesting problems. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometry, Learning Activities, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedLulli, Henry – School Science and Mathematics, 1976
Descriptors: Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials
Peer reviewedLulli, Henry – School Science and Mathematics, 1976
Descriptors: Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials
Peer reviewedWahl, M. Stoessel – Mathematics Teacher, 1978
Detailed instructions are given for the construction of the rhombic dodecahedron templates. A discussion of symmetries is included as background information. (MP)
Descriptors: Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCostello, John – Mathematics in School, 1985
Shows how to construct a cube using Origami techniques. Also shows how, by identifying analogous features, to construct an octahedron. (JN)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Constructions, Geometry, Learning Activities
