Interactive Tangram Activities

[Eliecer Brathwaite]

Aninvigorating math puzzle designed for Third Grade kids to help them build and enhance their critical thinking and spatial reasoning skills. In this game, kids would have to rearrange the given seven geometrical shapes to form various shapes. This game requires them to think critically and analyze, so building their analytical skills. Also, it will sharpen their cognitive skills.

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In this activity, students assemble a tangram as a square and then reassemble the tangram incorporating an additional piece they are given. Parallels are drawn to particular aspects of the nature of science.

Understanding Science is an educational website for teaching and learning about the nature and process of science. It has an interactive flowchart that represents the process of scientific inquiry, with links to relevant teaching and learning resources.

The purpose of this puzzle is to use all seven pieces or tans to create a picture or design. The ancient rules dictate that the pieces must lie flat, they must touch and they are not allowed to overlap.

There are many benefits to using tangrams asinstruction. Not only are tangrams fun, but important skills can bedeveloped. Spatial reasoning is fosteredas you rotate, flip and project how different pieces willfit together. Tangrams are great for developing critical thinking skills, you have to think rationally when you join shapes to createpictures and designs.

Let us show you how to make a Tangram, with or without a template, it is very simple.This page is filled with tangram activities - the shapes, puzzles and designs, solutions, a little history, printable patterns, images and templates.You will also find links to tangram games, other great tangram patterns, interesting facts and books.

A tangram can be made out of thick cardboard, felt, foam sheets, magnetic sheets, wood and more, the choice is yours.You need a square sheet of the material you choose to use: 12 x 12 cm is fine, a marker and a scissor.The Chinese made them from these ordinary materials as well as precious metals, mother of pearl or ivory.

The second page, a bit more difficult, now you are no longer guided by the spaces between the images (the way it should be). Can you solve these tangram pictures? Which shapes were placed where to create these images?

B) Create your own tangram images and pictures with these printable tangram puzzles. There is a blank tangram puzzle to color in and create your own favorite colored version, a black tangram puzzle to replicate the images shown above and plenty of other colorful ones to make it all more fun. Remember to post some pictures to our website, you'll find instructions further down!

We are always on the lookout for the best deals, you can find the besttangram puzzles and books at this link. Remember when you go to thispagethere are a lot of options to choose from in the left column, simplytick the type or age related boxes to find exactly what you want.

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Several collections of basic 2D two dimensional, solid 3D three dimensional geometric shapes to print. Designs, patterns to cut, 3D math nets to fold paper models, printable coloring, math worksheets.

In its simplest form, geometry helps us understand how the angles and lengths of sides make up the forms we see in our world. We use geometry to engineer structures, design products, build machines, create art and more!

Download the interactive Google Slides version of this activity to use in your shapes lesson. All difficulty versions are included in the Google Slides version. Choose the slides you want your students to do and delete the rest. Project a tangram design for your class and call up students to place a tangram and build the design as a group.

My students LOVE magnetic tangrams. I have 2 filing cabinets pushed against each other back to back so it makes a great big magnetic center. Here is a picture of it with kids using it for an activity using parts of a plant. But tangrams and pattern blocks are some of their favorite magnet activities.

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Many people are familiar with the interactive whiteboard as a tool used to draw or present something, but there is a deeper meaning hidden under all the myths and stereotypes. Today, we would like to go above and beyond by showing you some surprising ways to use a digital whiteboard in the classroom.

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Teach your students how to tell time with this interactive clock, where they can learn about hours and minutes from its movable hands. Create your clock in a minute flat, then feel free to change the colors, background and animation to make the lesson engaging and interesting.

Puzzles can be beneficial in the classroom to develop some skills such as teamwork, problem-solving, communication and collaboration. Make all that possible by creating your tangram puzzles. The only thing limiting you is your own creativity, Explain Everything takes care of the rest!

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Studies have shown that incorporating technology into the classroom enhances both teacher performance and student engagement. Learning with an interactive whiteboard develops autonomous learning, self-competence and the student-teacher dynamic during classroom lessons.

The students were able to do an activity today that was really hands on. I was only at the school during the morning today, as I had a mandatory student teacher meeting to attend at the University from 1:15- 4:00pm. However, the time I did spend with the students this morning was so much fun and they did an excellent job! We started math with the meeting board as usual and the students were able to find the answer to my somewhat tricky pattern of the day which ended up being add 1, add 2 and repeat. So their problem looked similar to 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, etc.. For the main lesson we went over how to write a number in expanded form. So for example the students learned that to write 473 in expanded form means to write 400+70+3= 473. This concept really helps students understand place value and that when reading a number you really are just putting together the digits in each place from the ones to hundreds in order to create a number.

Using the tangrams we talked about what fraction of one shape was to another. Such as the small triangle being 1/4 of the large triangle and the medium triangle being 1/2 of the large triangle. The students discovered that the small triangle was able to fit into each one of the shapes so we eventually found out that the seven total tangrams could be separated into 16 equal parts. We then worked together to find out how much each piece was worth. The image below shows the fractions each piece represents out of the whole set. Most of the fractions have been simplified rather than being out of 16. So math was pretty exciting for the students today and I am sure they cannot wait for the next lesson that uses tangrams.

For parents, fellow teachers and friends, I have posted some links to tangram templates and activities for you to use at home. I have also left a link for videos that show how to teach different math concepts using tangrams. Tangrams can be used for creating designs, shapes, pictures, fractions, games and so much more. If you want to make a set to use, you can either print out the tangram template on colored paper, on white paper for the student to color or even cut out the template and draw it onto construction paper and cut it out. There are a ton of activities and lessons that use tangrams and having manipulatives for students to use is one great way for them to get a real hands on experience for learning. I hope that many of you at home will try out some of the activities with your students or children and find out how fun learning can be using tangrams. Till tomorrow, I hope you all enjoy the rest of your evening!

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