Quadrilateral art project

Projected based learning using quadrilateral robots to engage and teacher students about quadrilaterals while they invent their own robot.

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I have just finished the quadrilaterals unit with my Geometry Honors class. I have found several things on Teachers Pay Teachers that have been very helpful for me. So, I would like to feature my top five here. 1) Students need to learn the properties of quadrilaterals to be successful in this unit. There seem to be many types of lessons on TPT that help students to learn the properties. The one I liked was by Brenda Callaway. It had students graph points, connect the dots, and then make…

Tumbler scrap quilt of many cotton prints, about 1880-1900 One of the reasons I've been indexing charm patterns or tessellations is that I am looking for a charm quilt pattern for my never-ending hand sewing project---some kind of a tessellation, a single pattern piece. My criteria: It has to work easily into a 90 degree quilt. I am too geometrically challenged for the alternatives. I can chat and sew (even drink wine and sew) and not have to rip. So I am exploring geometry---the only school…

Can't you tell how much we just loooove alliteration?! This week we reviewed quadrilaterals but added in how to classify them based on sides (equal? parallel?) and angles. Now too much to share about the activity but I did have a friend "connect" quadrilateral with the quad he has always wanted to ride! and how many wheels does this quad have!? "FOUR!" and how many sides do quadrilaterals have?! "OOOOOOH! FOUR!". Love moments like this! I had them make posters to help them study/review and…

Project based learning can help you transform your 3rd grade geometry unit into the most memorable math unit of the school year. Your students are going to love applying their knowledge about the characteristics of quadrilaterals as they complete the project Quadrilateral City! Rather than spending time on worksheet after worksheet trying to memorize the […]