A geometry activity where students explore their environment to discover and identify 2D shapes, developing spatial awareness and geometric thinking skills.
Shape Hunt is an engaging geometry activity that transforms students into shape detectives as they explore the classroom and school environment to find examples of different 2D shapes. This hands-on approach helps young learners develop spatial awareness, recognize geometric properties, and understand how shapes are used in the real world. Students create visual collages of their discoveries, building a concrete understanding of geometric concepts.
ELO 6: Learners will use mathematical language and symbols to communicate mathematical thinking.
ELO 7: Learners will use spatial relationships to solve problems.
Send students home to find shapes in their home environment and create family shape collages.
Use tablets to photograph shapes and create digital shape galleries with captions.
Use found shapes as inspiration for creating original artwork and designs.
Extend the hunt to include 3D shapes and discuss the relationship to 2D shapes.
