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Angle Sum of Triangle using your IWB
How to instructions to set up a fun angle sum of triangles activity on your Interactive White Board. Students love building the triangles once they have seen you do it once and will try many different triangles to test the idea. Easy to extend to quadrilaterals.
My Triangle, James Blunt on Sesame Street
Singer James Blunt, with Telly Monster, sings about his lost triangle.
Sesame Street: Two Headed: What’s a Rectangle
The Two Headed Monster make a rectangle
And, along the way shows that two identical triangles form a rectangle.
Tangram Games
Based on a five or seven piece Tangram set. Complete four shapes (short game) or ten shapes (long game).
Tangram Puzzle
A Geogebra version of the ancient Chinese puzzle. Instructions included within the worksheet.
Tessellation Interactivity
Use the interactivity to investigate tessellations.
The alternative link takes you to the instruction page.
The Nonagon
From the band, They Might Be Giants – a fun song about plane shapes, focusing on the nonagon.