Teacher+Resources

= These are some great web resources about Geometry for teachers =

Banfil, J. (2009). AAA Math This website includes a variety of Geometry topics. It has links that bring you to Geometry facts and information. There is also a wide variety of Geometry lessons, including lessons about polygons and classifying triangles.

Beard, Jeanne. [|Shape up with geometry] This website includes Geometry lessons created by teachers for teachers. These lessons utilize technology very well and they include the use of KWL charts.

Bright Productions. [|Kinderweb Games] This is a simple game of identifying shapes. A voice recording asks which of the objects is the one mentioned. You click the right answer, then move on to the next question.

Longpre, Linda. Geometry Ideas This is a website that has a large amount of ideas to help students understand Geometry concepts. It is a collection of activities and experiments to do with your students.

Moore, Varnelle. (2009). Primary Math Activities This website include lesson plans and activities for Geometry concepts. Some of the subcategories include Symmetry and Describing Shapes.

Science Museum of Minnesota (1997). Thinking Fountain, Shape Clusters On this website there is a variety of ideas of activities to do with your students to help them understand different shapes. One of the ideas is a Shape Walk, which involves a teacher taking a walk with students and taking pictures of different shapes.

Utah State University. (2007). National Library of Virtual Manipulatives This is a great site that has an index of virtual manipulatives. It includes everything from a Virtual Geoboard to Attribute Blocks.

Waycik, Peter. (2009). [|Free Geometry Worksheets] This website includes a list of free Geometry worksheets. It includes worksheets for both 2 dimensional geometry and 3 dimensional geometry.

(2005). Instructor Web This is a great Geometry lesson plan. It has an extensive list of relative vocabulary terms and it has a review of Geometry Concepts. There is also a Geometry car sheet that is a great tool for students.