Presents a six-week unit of study for the first and second grade classroom to help students understand the fundamentals of geometry, how shapes relate to one another, and more, and contains reproducible activities.
Discusses the properties of different groups of polygons and explores formulas for perimeter and area, covering such concepts as the use of a rectangle to solve the area of any triangle.
Discusses how simple shapes are the building blocks of complex patterns and structures, and describes shapes that appear in objects made by people and objects made by nature.
The Zills family visits Egypt to help find an ancient pharaoh's mummy. Twins Matt and Bibi and their dog Riley get trapped in the pyramid and use their math skills to interpret the geometric hieroglyphics on the walls to find both the burial chamber and a way out.
The characteristics of circles as well as how to find the radius, diameter, circumference, and area of a circle are explained and illustrated in this geometry picture book.