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Housinger, Margaret M. – Mathematics Teacher, 1996
Presents a geometric discovery involving the use of a trapezoid as a base for a pyramid. Includes reproducible student worksheet to be used as a group-discovery exercise. (MKR)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Group Activities, Plane Geometry, Secondary Education

Speer, William R.; Dixon, Juli – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Includes lesson plans and worksheets that deal with transformational geometry, specifically reflections. The lesson for grades three to four focuses on angles of incidence and reflection and that for grades five to six involves mirror images. (MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Manipulative Materials

Fosnaugh, Linda S.; Harrell, Marvin E. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Presents an activity in which students use geometric figures, rep-tiles, to design a tile floor. Rep-tiles are geometric figures of which copies can fit together to form a larger similar figure. Includes reproducible student worksheet. (MKR)
Descriptors: Design, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Middle Schools

Laing, Robert A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
Three worksheets are provided to help secondary students explore relationships among the areas of a variety of similar figures constructed on the sides of right triangles. The activity is extended to include the relationship among the lengths of the sides of the right triangle. Included are several student worksheets. (DC)
Descriptors: Area, Class Activities, Discovery Processes, Geometric Concepts

Siegel, Steven L. – Mathematics Teacher, 1982
A problem involving the search for an equivalence class of triangles is viewed to provide several exciting and satisfying moments of insight. After solving the original problem, there is a brief discussion of a slight variation and several notes regarding related theorems and ideas. References for additional exploration are provided. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Geometric Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Instruction

Lamphere, Patricia – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1995
Presents activities which use patterns on geoboards or dot paper to develop geometry and measurement concepts. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities

Miller, William A.; Clason, Robert G. – Mathematics Teacher, 1994
Presents lesson plans for activities to introduce recursive sequences of polygons: golden triangles, regular pentagons, and pentagrams. The resulting number patterns involve Fibonacci sequences. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Lesson Plans, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Curriculum
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Instructional Technology. – 1992
This guide is support material for geometry teachers in middle schools or high schools in South Carolina. The guide describes the content of each program in the television series and suggests further learning activities for the students. The geometry that underlies the world around us is presented through applications. Contents of the series…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Educational Television, Experiments

Trojan, Arthur; And Others – 1973
This module, designed to help students find and identify various geometric shapes and solids, contains 26 worksheets. Topics covered by these worksheets include: identification and grouping of objects with particular patterns, work with pentagons, hexagons, spirals, and symmetry. Teaching suggestions are included. (MK)
Descriptors: Activities, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts