Higher Education Geometry Activities

The task: Draw 4 points such that when you connect each point to the other 3 points for a total of 6 line segments, there are exactly 2 distinct lengths of line segments. You must connect each point to every other point.

This product includes

• examples and non-examples to use when introducing this task to kids
• questions to support struggling and advanced groups
• a detailed two page answer key that demonstrates each solution visually

This worked really well with my honors Geometry students, it led perfectly into the symbols we use to show congruent side lengths and the definition of point, line segment, etc and many other geometry topics. It has also been a good challenge for my more advanced 6th and 7th grade students.

My Other Thinking Classroom Tasks

Noncurricular Task: Estimating Rational and Irrational Numbers

Rectangle Area and Perimeter Thinking Problems

Writing Equations from Tables Thin Slicing Task

Interested in a fun activity for your students on Valentines Day that is a learning experience? Try this Valentine / Heart Tangram Set

This is a 20 page pdf document.

Contains 28 different images in both colored and grey colored. I have also included 3 sized hearts so you can have your choice on what size of tangram you want your students to use. The grey tangram hearts have white lines on them so they are easy to see the pieces and cut out.

Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 card on a page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color.

Please note that this product uses custom tangram shapes and will not work with your standard tangram sets. You will need to use the printable that is included to print out and cut the shapes to build the heart.

Keywords:

geometric concepts, Visual-spatial awareness, problem-solving skills, early finishers, math, mathematical concepts, shapes, hands on, puzzle, problem solving, critical thinking, fun, geometry, valentine's day, valentine, cupid, heart, February, February tangram, tangrams, puzzle, geometry, holiday, seasonal, candy, rose, romantic, fun, printable

Here are 35 different Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The tangram cards will go with any sized tangrams. They aren't made to line up directly with the tangrams / aren't sized to any particular tangram set size, but were created give the students challenge cards to work with.

I have also included 3 different sized tangram squares for you to print out in both color and black. The black tangram squares have white lines on them so they are easy to see the pieces and cut out.

The Tangram Square contains:

2 large right triangles

1 medium right triangle

2 small right triangle

1 square

1 parallelogram

Keywords: geometric concepts, Visual-spatial awareness, math, mathmatical concepts, shapes, hands on, puzzle, problem solving, critial thinking, tangrams

Interested in a fun activity for your students on Valentines Day that is a learning experience? Try this Valentine / Heart Tangram printable. This is a sample of the full 28 different Valentine's Day / Heart Tangram set. This set contains 4 different images in both colored and grey colored. I have also included 2 different sized hearts so you can have your choice on what size of tangram you want your students to use. The grey tangram hearts have white lines on them so they are easy to see the pieces and cut out. Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 card on a page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. Keywords: geometric concepts, Visual-spatial awareness, problem-solving skills, early finishers, math, mathematical concepts, shapes, hands on, puzzle, problem solving, critical thinking, fun, geometry, valentine's day, valentine, cupid, heart, February, february, tangram, tangrams, puzzle, geometry, holiday, seasonal, candy, rose, romantic, fun, printable

Asymmetric Graph Paper 8.5 x 11 inches 200 pages