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Showing posts with label rectangle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rectangle. Show all posts

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Students Finding And Analyzing Geometry Shapes In The Real World



Heard some interesting conversations among the students as I was facilitating this lesson on the discovery of different shapes they can find in the real world.  One student asked a question, "What's is the difference between a square and a rectangle?"  He answered his own question as he discovered various different items that were squares and rectangles.  He noticed that 2 sides were the same length than the other side.

They also found out that shapes turned different directions/angels.  

Students helped each other look for real world shapes, cut and organized shapes into 4 different categories:  circle, triangle, square and rectangles.

Below are some  image samples one can find in newspaper clippings: