ALEX Learning Activity

  

Geometric Figures Goose Chase

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  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: Ginger Boyd
System:Geneva County
School:Samson Middle School
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2009
Title:
Geometric Figures Goose Chase
Digital Tool/Resource:
GooseChase
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

In this learning activity, students will collaboratively play an interactive online scavenger hunt for geometric figures including quadrilateral, trapezoid, rhombus, parallelogram, rectangle, square, right triangle, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, angles (right, acute, and obtuse), parallel lines, and perpendicular lines using the GooseChase app.  

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
Mathematics
MA2019 (2019)
Grade: 4
28. Identify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.

a. Describe right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles.
Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
  • Sort two-dimensional figures based on angle sizes or presence of parallel and/or perpendicular lines.

    • Example: Given a group of regular polygons, sort shapes into categories based on angle size as well as presence of parallel lines.
  • Classify and name shapes using more than one characteristic.
  • Identify a right triangle by labeling the right angle.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • Two-dimensional figure
  • Parallel lines
  • Perpendicular lines
  • Angle
  • Right triangle
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • Two lines are parallel if they never intersect and are an equal distance apart.
  • Two lines are perpendicular if they are at right angles to each other.
  • A right triangle is a triangle that has one right angle.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines.
  • Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.
  • Identify right triangles.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • shapes are categorized based on attributes they possess in common such as angle size, side length, side relationships (parallel and perpendicular).
Diverse Learning Needs:
Essential Skills:
Learning Objectives:
M.4.28.1: Define right angle.
M.4.28.2: Recognize that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals).
M.4.28.3: Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
M.4.28.4: Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces.
M.4.28.5: Identify triangles.

Prior Knowledge Skills:
  • Recall the vocabulary of shapes (labels, sides, faces, vertices, etc.).
  • Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes such as a given number of angles.
  • Build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.
  • Sort shapes into categories.
  • Define side, angle, face, closed, and open.
  • Use vocabulary related to shape attributes.
    Examples: sides, angles, face, closed, open.
  • Trace shapes.
  • Sort triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.
  • Explore triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
M.AAS.4.28 Using vocalization, sign language, augmentative communication or assistive technology, describe the defining attributes of two-dimensional shapes (e.g., number of sides, number of angles).
Learning Objectives:

The students will identify geometric figures including quadrilateral, trapezoid, rhombus, parallelogram, rectangle, square, right triangle, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, angles (right, acute, and obtuse), parallel lines, and perpendicular lines in real-world figures.
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
After/Explain/Elaborate
Activity:

This learning activity is best if used after teaching a lesson on geometric figures.

Introduce this learning activity by reviewing geometric figures including quadrilateral, trapezoid, rhombus, parallelogram, rectangle, square, right triangle, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, angles (right, acute, and obtuse), parallel lines, and perpendicular lines and their definitions.  

Place students into groups. Each group will need an internet connected device. (For this scavenger hunt, the groups will need to be larger depending on the number of students in your class because the free version of the GooseChase app is limited to only three teams.) The students will work collaboratively in their groups to complete this interactive online scavenger hunt to find real-world geometric figures.  

Choose one item in the hunt that students must draw or define on paper and upon completion of the scavenger hunt have each group share their item with the class. These may also be posted on the class bulletin board.
Assessment Strategies:

The students will be assessed on accurately completing the scavenger hunt. 

The GooseChase app will allow the teacher to choose the number of points to assign for each item on the scavenger hunt. The app will then assign the points when the team completes that item during the hunt.
Advanced Preparation:

The students will need an internet connected device (one device per group of students).

The teacher should be somewhat familiar with the GooseChase app prior to the activity. - Please see Variation Tips for further information regarding this app.

The teacher will need to create a free account in the GooseChase app. After creating your account, you may add a new mission. The GooseChase app allows students to complete missions created by teachers. The missions include a list of instructions they must follow to receive points. Sometimes they will submit a photo or video, while other times they might check-in to a specific location or solve a puzzle or riddle about a specific object or subject. Students receive the points immediately, but some submissions can be reviewed by the organizer as well allowing for bonus points if they are extremely impressive!

Examples of items for a mission on Geometric Figures:  

(1) Video one member of your group defining a parallelogram.

(2) Draw a picture of a rhombus and submit.

(3) Find something in your classroom that forms a right angle and snap a photo.

(4) What geometric figure is described in the following riddle?

       I am a type of shape

       The number of sides I have is four

       I am not a square or a diamond

       Instead, I am the shape of the door.

(5) Make up a song with the other members of your group about a geometric figure and video your group singing your song.

(6) Find the green quadrilateral in the room.  What word is written under it?

(7) Use your arms to make a geometric figure and snap a photo.
Variation Tips (optional):

The GooseChase app is free. However, the free version is limited to five teams. This means larger classrooms will need to be divided into larger groups or will need to alternate this scavenger hunt. To solve this problem, this scavenger hunt can be used as a "station" activity and students can even alternate station days.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):
 
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