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Shape Starters:Area Two: How many different shapes with an area of 2 square units can you make by joining dots on this grid with straight lines? Christmas Ornaments: A Maths Starter activity requiring students to arrange Christmas ornaments in a square box. Christmas Tables: Which of the two shapes has the largest area? Flowers: Can you draw 4 straight lines, without taking your pencil off the paper, which pass through all 9 roses? Hexagon: On a full page in the back of your exercise book draw a perfectly regular hexagon. How Many Rectangles?: Count the number of rectangles in the diagram. How Many Squares 1?: Work out how many squares are there altogether in the given pattern. How Many Squares 2?: How many squares can be found by joining four dots on the grid? How Many Triangles? 1: How many Triangles can you find in the diagram? How Many Triangles? 2: How many triangles are hidden in the pattern? What strategy might you use to count them all to ensure you don't miss any out? How Many Triangles? 3: Count the number of triangles in the given diagram. Match Fish: A traditional match stick puzzle. Mathterpiece: Memorise a picture made up of geometrical shapes Missing Square Puzzle: The missing square puzzle is an optical illusion used to help students reason about geometrical figures. Oblongs: Find the dimensions of a rectangle given the perimeter and area. Pentagon: On a full page in the back of your exercise book draw a perfectly regular pentagon. Polygon Riddle 1: Solve the riddle to find the name of the polygon then sum the interior angles. Polygon Riddle 2: A "My first is in..." type riddle leading to a polygon interior angle calculation. Polygon Riddle 3: Work out which mathematical shape the riddle describes. Quads: Calculate the areas of all the possible quadrilaterals that can be constructed by joining together dots on this grid. Square Angles: Find a trapezium, a triangle and a quadrilateral where all of the angles are square numbers. Square Circle Kite: Write down the names of all the mathematical shapes you know. Squared Animals: Separate three rows of three animals using three squares. Two Squares: Using six matches can you make two equal sized squares? Wrapping Paper: Find the order of rotational symmetry of the repeating pattern.
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Shape Teacher Resources:Polygons: Match the shapes to the names. Shape Activities:Christmas Ornaments: A hands on activity requiring students to arrange Christmas ornaments in a square box. Faces, Edges and Vertices: Calculate the number of faces, edges and vertices on 3D Shapes. How Many Squares?: How many squares can be found by joining four dots on the grid? Oblongs: Find the lengths of the sides of rectangles given their areas and perimeters. Quad Areas: Calculate the areas of all the possible quadrilaterals that can be constructed by joining together dots on this grid. Shape Investigations:How Many Rectangles?: How many rectangles can be found on a grid of squares? Polygon Areas: Investigate polygons with an area of 4 sq. units. Investigate polygons with other areas. Tessellations: Which shapes tessellate? Shape Videos:Circle Song: This song helps students remember circle terminology (radius & diameter) and the formulas for area and circumference. Complete with pictures from an industry that manufactures lots of circles. Parallelogram: Instructional video showing how the area of a parallelogram can be determined. The activity you are looking for may have been classified in a different way from the way you were expecting. You can search the whole of Transum Maths by using the Google 'Custom Search' box below. Most Popular Lesson Starters
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