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"Create and Describe Shapes"

"Create common two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes, and describe their physical and geometric attributes, such as color and shape."
1. A+ Math -- Games -- Matho-Geometry Version
  In this site, students can use their knowledge of geometric shapes to play the game called Matho. Appropriate for students in grades 3-5. If the answer is correct the space is filled with an "X", if the answer is incorrect the student is given another shape to find. Immediate feedback is given the student.
2. A+ Math -- Flashcards -- Geometric Shapes
  Students are shown a specific geometric shape and asked to recognize it from a large list of choices. Immediate feedback is given to the student. Appropriate for grades 3 -5.
3. About Symmetry and Pattern (Field Patterns)
  This site is appropriate for upper elementary grades. Examples of shapes and letters are shown and how they create patterns and how rotating the letters create a change in the pattern.
4. BBC School's MegaShapes
  Outstanding Excellent geometry site for ages 4 to 11. Follow the Investigate link for student activities that involve multiple choice questions about familiar regular shapes and irregular shapes. While students complete these activites, they have access to a shape book that provides drawings and information about each shape. Click on the bouncing triangle for interactive java activities that allow students to use their knowledge about shapes, symmetry, and transformations. Follow the teacher link for information about the skills that are covered at this website, along with printable activities and resources.
5. Beacon Learning Center New
6. Geometry and Measurement
7. Making Triangles and Electronic Geoboard
  This is a teacher directed site that would be good for K on up. With teacher direction the child can use an electronic geoboard to make, change, transform and explore shapes.
8. MathsNet Interactive Shape Version 1.0
9. Study the Shapes
  Outstanding - Grades 3 and up. This interactive site allows students to explore and manipulate geometric shapes. Students are encouraged to compare and describe shapes according to their attributes.
10. The Mysterious Tangram
  This is a very student friendly and fun site. Students build shapes by turning, flipping, and combining others to fill patterns. The site gives clues and encourages children by using positive sayings. Good for children 1st grade through 6th.
11. Virtual Manipulatives Geometry
"Describe relative position of objects on a plane and in space, using words such as above, below, behind in front of."
1. Billy Bug
2. Interactive Mathematics-Geometry
3. Shape & Space in Geometry
  Using coordinate geometry, students play "Taxicab Treasure Hunt," a game in which they make moves on the grid to reach the treasure. This game reinforces ordinal numbers, and map skills. Open-ended questions are given at the end of the activity for students to practice constructed response.
4. Symmetry
  Students will be asked to find the line of symmetry when given a plane fiqure. The computer encourages them to keep trying if they are not correct. There are also many other interactive games to explore.
5. The Mysterious Tangram
  Outstanding - This is a very student friendly and fun site. Students build shapes by turning, flipping, and combining others to fill patterns. The site gives clues and encourages children by using positive sayings. Good for children 1st grade through 6th.
"Create and Describe Patterns Involving Geometric Objects"

123 Order
Outstanding - This site is a number game where students need to click on the next number in the number line. Web site requires a fee. Recommended for grades pre-K-1.
Aol at School

This site provides students K - 4 with the opportunity to play math games. Teachers are provided with general information and other teacher resource sites.

Aplusmath
This site has many online activities for the early elementary group, however if upper elementary students are struggling with math facts then this site would also facilitate these groups.
Complete the Pattern

This site contains a random pattern generator. It gives children the chance to practice creating color patterns.

Erich's Puzzle Palace
Students are able to choose from a variety of options, solve a problem, and create or complete a puzzle. This is recommended for middle-upper elementary grades.
Guess My Button

The computer has secretly picked out one of sixteen buttons. The student must use skills in sorting and classifying to discover the button.

Max's Math Adventures
This site has K-3 skills patterning, relationships and functions of numbers. The site has a level of difficulty to click on so that the learners can build upon their skills at their own pace. There are some solve the rhyme activities to keep the student involved and interested in the practice portion of patterning.
Pattern Builder
This is an interactive site where children are asked to create patterns using musical notes. The program gives children a chance to a real life application of patterns. Recommended for elementary grades.
Patterns and Picture Books
This site allows teachers to connect children's literature with the concept of patterns and their relationships.
Patterns, Algebra, and Functions

This is an interactive site that has activities for sequencing for K-5.

Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere
This is a unit which follows a ten day lesson plan. It involves the student in collecting and organizing real-world items into patterns. The student should be able to design a plan to solve problems using manipulatives, organizing and interpreting data, and using patterns. The unit involves station work, ideas for assessment techniques, and integration of Patterns Across the Curriculum. The student activities are not computer interactive, but are classroom activities.
People Patterns

If you see a line of people do you think that you could discover a pattern and figure out who should come next?

Proteacher - Patterns and Relationships
This site provides teachers with many resources and lesson plans pertaining to Patterns and Relationships. Activities range for grade levels K-6. The activities provide many opportunities for students to represent and record patterns and relationships in a variety of ways. This site contains teacher lesson plans.
Strange Elevators: Creating & Extending Patterns
Students use "an elevator" to recognize, create, and extend knowledge of patterns. this is a lesson plan designed to help students explore patterns and relationships. A 100's chart is utilized to help students visualize the concept.
Symmetry and Patterns
This site is appropriate for upper elementary grades. Examples of shapes and letters are shown and how they create patterns and how rotating the letters create a change in the pattern.
The Hand Squeeze
This lesson is an activity that provides experiment to determine how fast a hand squeeze will pass around a circle. The students collect and analyze data and then make predictions about the data they have collected. This is easily adaptable to younger or older students.