Online games and resources for shapes, quadrilaterals, triangles, and polygons
This is an annotated and hand-picked list of games and other online resources related to shapes, quadrilaterals, triangles, and polygons, suitable for grades 1-5.
Shapes & polygons Quadrilaterals Triangles
Shapes / Polygons
Buzzing with Shapes
Tic tac toe with shapes; drag the counter to the
shape that has that amount of sides.
www.harcourtschool.com/activity/
Patch Tool
An online activity where the student designs a pattern using geometric shapes.
illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=27
Polygon Matching Game
Learn all the common polygons by playing this fun, timed matching game.
www.mathplayground.com/matching_shapes.html
Shapes Identification Quiz from ThatQuiz.org
An online quiz in a multiple-choice format, asking to identify common two-dimensional shapes. You can modify the quiz parameters to your liking.
www.thatquiz.org/tq-f/math/shapes
Star Polygons Worksheets
Free worksheets for creating different star polygons by connecting the vertices of regular polygons. Also includes a few worksheets with blank regular polygons.
www.childrensbestactivities.com/
Math Mammoth Geometry 1
A textbook/workbook together for grades 3-5, written by the owner of this site. You will learn geometry by drawing. Topics covered include angles, rectangles, parallelograms, polygons, circles, area, perimeter, and volume. Price: $6.90 download, $12.70 printed.
www.mathmammoth.com/geometry_1.php
Looking at Polygons
An interactive lesson with explanations and quiz from Absorb Mathematics course written by Kadie Armstrong, a mathematician.
www.absorblearning.com/mathematics/
Polygon Sort
Drag and drop the polygons in the correct place in the diagram.
www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/
Interactivate! Tessellate
An online, interactive tool for creating your own tessellations. Choose a shape, then edit its corners or edges. The program automatically changes the shape so that it will tessellate (tile) the plane. Then push the tessellate button to see your creation!
www.shodor.org/interactivate/
Polygon Playground
Drag various colorful polygons to the workarea to make your own creations!
www.mathcats.com/explore/polygons.html
Tangram puzzles for kids
Use the seven pieces of the Tangram to form the given puzzle.
Complete the puzzle by moving and rotating the seven shapes.
www.abcya.com/tangrams.htm
Interactive Tangram Puzzle
Place the tangram pieces so they form the given shape. Uses Java.
nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/
Logic Tangram game
Note: this uses four pieces only. Use logic and spatial reasoning skills to assemble the four pieces into the given shape.
www.mathplayground.com/tangrams.html
Tangram
Interactive tangram pieces. Build your own shapes or try to make the given shapes.
www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/
Math Mammoth Early Geometry
A self-teaching worktext for 1st - 3rd grade that covers basic shapes, right angle, symmetry, area, perimeter, and solids.
Download ($5.95). Also available as a printed copy.
Quadrilaterals
Interactive Quadrilaterals
See all the different kinds of quadrilateral "in action". You can drag the corners, see how the angles change, and observe what properties do not change.
www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/
Dynamic Rectangle and Parallelogram
Drag the sides of a dynamic parallelogram or a rectangle to explore these concepts.
www.nctm.org/standards/content.aspx?id=25040
Classify Quadrilaterals Worksheets
Make free printable worksheets for classifying (idenfitying, naming) quadrilaterals. There are seven special types of quadrilaterals: square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, kite, scalene, and these worksheets ask students to name the quadrilaterals among these seven types.
/worksheets/
Quadrilaterals Quest
First, the quest asks you to choose all the quadrilaterals with the given properties. After several of those types of activities follows a quiz.
teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/
Quadrilateral Properties
Investigate the properties of square, rectangle, rhombus, an isosceles trapezoid, and a non-isosceles trapezoid in this dynamic, online activity.
www.glencoe.com/sites/texas/
Quadrilateral Classification Game
A virtual manipulative that challenges students to "draw" quadrilaterals with specific characteristics by moving vertices on a coordinate grid. Includes some challenging vocabulary, which is explained below the activity, such as orthodiagonal quadrilateral, cyclic, or convex quadrilateral.
www.uff.br/cdme/jcq/
Properties of Kites
Investigate the interior angles and diagonals of kites with these interactive tools.
math.kendallhunt.com/x19428.html
Math Mammoth Early Geometry
A self-teaching worktext for 1st - 3rd grade that covers basic shapes, right angle, symmetry, area, perimeter, and solids.
Download ($5.95). Also available as a printed copy.
Triangles
Triangle Explorer
Practice calculating the area of a triangle using this interactive tool.
www.shodor.org/interactivate/
Classify Triangles Worksheets
Make free printable worksheets for classifying triangles by their sides, angles, or both.
/worksheets/
Triangle Classification at Cut The Knot
A tutorial and an applet about classifying triangles by their sides and angles. In the applet, you can drag any of the vertices of the triangle, and the applet tells you whether your triangle is acute, obtuse, or right, or equilateral, isosceles, or scalene.
www.cut-the-knot.org/triangle/
Rags to Riches: Classify Triangles by Sides and Angles
Answer multiple-choice questions about the angles of a triangle and classification of triangles in a quest for fame and fortune.
www.quia.com/rr/457498.html
Identify Triangles Quiz
A simple multiple-choice quiz about identifying (classifying) triangles either by their sides or angles. You can modify some of the quiz parameters, such as the number of problems in it.
www.thatquiz.org/tq-A/?-j1-l34-p0
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Triangles & Quadrilaterals Classification Game
Look at the shapes as they go past, and drag them into the right groups (equilateral, isosceles, or scalene triangles, and quadrilaterals with 4 congruent sides, 2 congruent sides, or no congruent sides).
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/
Classifying Triangles Game
A fast-paced game where you drag triangles into the correct basket as fast as you can (acute, obtuse, right).
www.math-play.com/classifying-triangles/
