IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

Last week we began discussing geometry in class. We reviewed the basic shapes and specifically focused on the attributes of each. This week we are exploring how many triangles fit in a square. I posed this question to the children today and it was quite interesting to see what the children thought was “right.” There were many different answers and the conclusion of our discussion today was that no one person was right because depending on the size of the square and the way you made your triangles told you how many triangles you had. We are going to explore this the rest of the week focusing on different triangles on Friday.

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