Geoboard
A wonderful teaching resource for exploring shapes. Choose from three different geoboard designs and stretch out the bands to make your shapes.
Classifying Triangles by Angles and Sides
A video tutorial from PBS on how to classify triangles according to angle measurements and side lengths. It is likely to appeal to pupils because it is presented by a student.
Geoboard by Didax
You can create all sorts of 2D shapes with the bands on this Geoboard. There are two grids to choose from: circular and rectangular.
Sorting Shapes on a Venn Diagram
Sort a variety of 2D shapes on a Venn diagram. Sort by one or two conditions. The site works well on an interactive whiteboard.
Finding the Area of Compound Shapes
A good site on finding the area of a shape based on rectangles on a grid. Estimate first and then compare with the actual area of the shape. Good as an IWB demo tool for teaching how to apply the formula to compound shapes based on rectangles.
NASA Kids' Club
NASA provides a safe website for children to play as they learn about NASA and its missions. Content includes images, games and activities on space including all the Solar System and missions. Download free app too.
Sorting 3D Shapes on a Venn Diagram
An activity where you use a Venn diagram to sort a variety of 3D shapes according to their properties, including: whether they are pyramids or prisms, the number of faces, edges and vertices and whether they have a curved surface.
Shape Puzzle
A jigsaw puzzle with a difference. You need to fill in the missing shapes to complete the picture.
Caterpillar Ordering
A flexible game for ordering numbers and for number sequences. Fantastic on an interactive whiteboard. Levels range from ordering and sequencing numbers to 5 up to decimals.
Cube Nets
See if you can predict which of these nets form into a cube. Make your prediction and then watch the animation to see if you were right.
