Geometry

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Brainpop's [|Introduction to Geometry]: History of geometry, introduction to terms: point, line, dimensions, plane, line segment, compass, protractor,

Lines
Brainpop's [|Parallel & Perpendicular Lines]

Angles
TV411's [|Angles on the Move]: students use an online protractor to measure angles Brainpop's [|Measuring Angles]: vertex, naming angles, rays, acute, right, obtuse, straight angles, supplementary angles, complimentary angles Math Playground's Alien Angles [|Alien Angles] :students estimate angles to launch space blobs and defeat aliens.

Polygons
Brainpop's [|Polygons]: Intro to polygons, using vocab: line segment, vertices, regular vs. irregular polygons Brainpop's [|Types of Triangles]: triangles classified by sides or angles; equilateral, isosceles, scalene, hypotenuse, legs, acute triangles, obtuse triangles Brainpop's [|Similar Triangles]: Intro to "indirect measurement" using similar triangles

Transformation of Polygons
BBC's Bathroom Tiles: 3 levels of games teaching transformations Brainpop's [|Transformation]: Introduction to Translation, rotation, reflection

Perimeter & Area
Brainpop's [|Area of Polygons]: area of rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids

Circles
Brainpop's [|Measuring Circles]: center, diameter, radius, circumference, area of a circle Brainpop's [|Pi]: history of pi, explanation of pi and how it is used

Surface Area/Volume
Brainpop's [|Volume of Prisms] Brainpop's [|Volume of Cylinders]

Polyhedrons
Brainpop's [|Polyhedrons]: cubes, tetrahedrons, octahedrons, dodecahedrons, icosahedrons