Station 11: Computer Station
Website Choices: Working with Shapes
Name that Shape
This game will provide students with lots of practice evaluating shapes and sorting them. Students need to see many examples of shapes, this game offers that while keeping the student engaged in categorizing shapes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/shapes/play/popup.shtml
Baseball Geometry
This great website gives students a chance to play baseball while learning geometry shapes in the process. Students will remain engaged and will find their competitive spirit while gaining knowledge about polygons.
http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw41556
This great website gives students a chance to play baseball while learning geometry shapes in the process. Students will remain engaged and will find their competitive spirit while gaining knowledge about polygons.
http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw41556
Fling the Teacher: Geometry
This is one that I see all the time. Fling the Teacher! Students get to dress up their own teacher and answer questions on polygons and shapes. Students will love to show the teacher their successes in this game!
http://www.math4childrenplus.com/geometry-shapes-fling-the-teacher-game/
This is one that I see all the time. Fling the Teacher! Students get to dress up their own teacher and answer questions on polygons and shapes. Students will love to show the teacher their successes in this game!
http://www.math4childrenplus.com/geometry-shapes-fling-the-teacher-game/
Station Description
- Skill/Content and Objective: S.O.L 4.12 - Students will identify and analysis the different geometric shapes while interacting with the computer.
- Description of Station: This station will provide students with great interactive websites that will give them lots of practice using and seeing different geometric shapes.
- Ideas for Differentiation: Students may be able to record what they learned from the computer station or complete the Polygon Sort Sheet.
- Formative Assessment: Observe to make sure they are playing the games properly and ask further follow up questions such as: What do you now know about shapes? Did you learn anything? You could also have the students record on paper what shapes they learned and have them write down one characteristic of each shape and collect it.
- References:
- Name that Shape Game. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/shapes/play/popup.shtml
- Baseball Geometry. Retrieved from: http://www.factmonster.com/math/knowledgebox/player.html?movie=sfw41556
- Fling the Teacher. Retrieved from: http://www.math4childrenplus.com/geometry-shapes-fling-the-teacher-game/