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Chapter 7: 3-D Objects and 2-D Shapes

Lesson 5: Exploring 2-D Shapes

Use these interactive activities to encourage students to have fun on the Web while learning about 3-D objects and 2-D shapes. Students can try these activities on their own or in pairs.

Goals
Identify and describe 2-D shapes using the senses.
Sort a set of 2-D shapes by one attribute and explain the sorting rule.

[C, R, V]

 

Instructions for Use

Buzzing with Shapes allows students to identify shapes by number of sides.

The goal of this 2-player game is to be the first player to fill a row, column or diagonal. Spin the spinner. The number that the spinner lands on represents the number of side the shape has. Drag the number counter over a shape that has that number of sides. Remember, you want to try to have 3 counters in a row, column or diagonal.