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Students will analyze examples and non-examples to deduce the topic: regular and irregular polygons.
First, students get a set of items categorized in two groups.
Then they get a set of ungrouped items. Which columns will they go in?
Finally, I reveal the topic: regular vs irregular polygons.
Students will spot the number of parallel and perpendicular lines in shapes and then form groups of shapes.
First, students will identify the number of sets of parallel and perpendicular sides in various shapes.
Next, they create three or four groups based on their findings in step one.
Finally, students venture to the third dimension and look for parallel and perpendicular lines in a cube. For the final question: there are 18 sets of parallel lines in a cube and 24 sets of perpendicular lines. Although technically, we’d call them “edges” instead of lines.
Students will analyze the shapes and determine the pattern: we’ve got trapezoids!
First, students guess the topic by looking at examples and non-examples, and then discuss their ideas with peers.
Next, students will decide which of three items are examples and which are non-examples of the given topic.
Finally, students identified and classified three shapes based on their parallel sides to distinguish between trapezoids and non-examples.
Students analyze the similarities and differences of several quadrilaterals.
Students note that living things, as well as quadrilaterals, can be grouped in a variety of different sized categories. They consider how one quadrilateral is similar to and different from two others.
Students learn several criteria for grouping quadrilaterals (right angles, parallel sides, and congruent sides), then revisit their worksheet to increase their level of precision.
Students develop a hierarchy using the criteria from the previous video.
Students divide equilateral triangles over and over to create a Sierpinski Triangle.
Students learn to create their own Sierpinski Triangle by starting with an equilateral triangle.
Then, they create Sierpinski Carpets by starting with a square.
Finally, they experiment with three-dimensional versions, perhaps creating a Menger Sponge using Lego or in Minecraft.
Students will create a fractal known as The Koch Snowflake.
Students first create a Koch Curve – a simplified version of the Koch Snowflake.
They’ll take their curve from step 1 and extend it to become a snowflake.
Finally, students will create new versions of the Koch Snowflake by experimenting with different starting shapes.