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)

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)

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)

These exercises explore both square and nonsquare rhombi constructed on dot-paper grids. The materials are designed to provide reinforcement of geometric concepts, construction of figures from their symmetric properties, and discovery of figures related to each other by transformations. Student access to geoboards is encouraged as helpful. (MP)

Almost-Regular Polygons (ARPs) are viewed as interesting, but hardly ever noticed. The growing availability of computers means that such figures can be examined. A program written in BASIC which was developed to generate and test large blocks of cases is presented and described. (MP)

The proof is given that, if three equilateral triangles are constructed on the sides of a right triangle, then the sum of the areas on the sides equals the area on the hypotenuse. This is based on one of the hundreds of proofs that exist for the Pythogorean theorem. (MP)

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)

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)

Presents activities which use patterns on geoboards or dot paper to develop geometry and measurement concepts. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)

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)

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…

This is one of a series of student booklets designed for use in a bilingual mathematics program in grades 6-8. The general format is to present each page in both Spanish and English. The mathematical topics in the booklet include points, lines, planes, space, angles, and intersection and union of sets. (MK)

One of a series of pre-apprenticeship phase 1 training modules dealing with math skills, this self-paced student module covers computation of areas of plane figures and volumes of solid figures. Included in the module are the following: cover sheet listing module title, goals, and performance indicators; introduction; study guide/check list with…

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)