In this lesson students will explore characteristics of quadrilaterals.
Students to explore various geometric solids and their properties in this student interactive, from Illuminations. Students can virtually manipulate and color each solid to investigate properties such as the number of faces, edges, and vertices. Students can explore tetrahedrons, cubes, octahedrons, dodecahedrons, icosahedrons, and irregular polyhedrons by toggling between solid and net to see different views of the selected shape.
Students create a Hierarchy Diagram using several terms related to two-dimensional figures. They are to cut out the diagram, place them in the appropriate section and list the properties specific to each quadrilateral.