Math Giraffe

Basic Introduction to Perimeter and Area: "doodle notes" - When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less math anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheets, complete a few examples, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Content includes:

Students are guided to discover that prisms have two parallel bases and additional rectangular faces, while pyramids have a single base and additional triangular faces. Two versions are provided. Version A has extra guidance and helps students to make observations through additional questioning and instructing them to color the faces in the nets. Version B allows students to use a true inquiry process to make their own observations and discoveries. They develop their own definitions for pyra

Students find and photograph examples of Geometry terms represented in the world (acute angle, perpendicular lines, isosceles triangle, vertical angles, etc.) List of terms is editable so you can adapt it to include the terms that you have covered in class. In this project, students compile their photos into an album or scrapbook of Geometry in their life. Zip file includes a PDF and also an editable power point with the following pages: - cover page - contents - student direction sheet to ha