Teacher Lesson Plan

You have read and followed the directions to the activity called Quad Squad on page 4 in Glencoe's Interactive Mathematics text. The main objective of this activity is as a team builder, however, now that you have been working with geometric shapes you might find some of the following resources of interest.

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Dr. Math Archives:

Is a Square a Rhombus?
Quadrilateral Area Given Side Lengths
Polygon Angles
Definition of a Trapezoid
Naming Polygons
Quadrilaterals
The Six Quadrilaterals
Who Was Hero (Heron)?

Guess the Quadrilateral - Geometry Problem of the Week, April 18-22, 1994
The Mystery Polygon - Geometry Problem of the Week, February 24-28, 1997

Japanese Middle School Geometry Java Applets

90 applets to explore a variety of mathematical concepts.

Naming Polygons and Polyhedra - Ask Dr. Math FAQ
Using Pattern Blocks - Java Applet by Jacobo Bulaevsky

Animated Crystallographic Polyhedra - Steffen Weber

Use interactive java applets to explore polyhedra.

The Isometric (Cubic) Crystal System - John N. Huffman

Explore the shapes of crystals.