Plane Figures

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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• What is a plane shape?

It's not something that looks like an airplane. It's a shape that has only two dimensions.

A dimension is a measurement, like length, width, thickness, and height. Plane figures have no thickness, They are flat.

Get ready to make some plane figures. (No, they won't fly!)

1. First, download and print the Shape Sheet from Downloadable Resources in the right-hand sidebar.

2. Now, gather some gumdrops or marshmallows and toothpicks.

• What shape can you create with three toothpicks if the ends of the three toothpicks touch?
• Did you make a triangle?

3. Putting a marshmallow at each corner, push the toothpicks inside to keep the shape together.

Look at the picture to see what it should look like.

4. Try now with four toothpicks.

Make sure all the ends of the toothpicks are touching so it is a closed shape.

• Is the shape a square or diamond?

You can see the difference by looking below.

5. Try making both the square and the diamond.

6. Now, just use marshmallows.

• Can you make a circle?
• What other shapes can you make?

Be sure that all shapes are closed in, meaning each end of a toothpick is touching another end.

Great work!

• Do you want to play with your food some more?

Find someone to help you with this next activity!

1. Put a layer of salt in a pie pan.

2. Draw different shapes, like triangles, squares, rectangles, diamonds, circles, and ovals, using your finger.

3. When you are finished, have your partner draw different shapes, and you name them!

When you are done, move to the Got It? section to go on a shape hunt!