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Shapely Sea Creatures

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Purpose: 

This is a level 2 geometry activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

Achievement Objectives:

Achievement Objective: Identify and describe the plane shapes found in objects.

Specific Learning Outcomes: 

identify two dimensioanl shapes in drawings

Required Resource Materials: 
FIO, Level 2-3, Theme: Under the Sea, Shapely Sea Creatures, page 5
Pattern blocks
A classmate
Activity: 

Activities One and Two

Students will need to know or be familiar with the names and properties of the shapes found in a pattern block set:
properties.
Pattern blocks are designed with equal side lengths so that they can be used for tiling
(tessellations). Students may notice that some blocks are composites of others:

composite blocks.
This structural feature becomes more apparent when students trace around the silhouette of their sea creature and then give the silhouette to a partner to complete.

Answers to Activities

Activity One
a. Triangles and a rhombus
b. Triangles and an octagon
c. Triangles and a hexagon
d. Triangles and a trapezium
e. A hexagon
f. Triangles and a square
g. Trapezia and a triangle
Activity Two
Answers will vary.


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