5.G.B.3

AstroShape 2D

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Game Info for Teachers

COMBINED RATING

4.4 Stars

TEACHERS (6)

4.5

STUDENTS (4606)

4.2

LENGTH

18 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Asteroids have been detected on a collision course for Earth! Choose your ship and use its lasers to destroy the 2D-shaped asteroids before they cause disaster. Learn about the properties of each shape and use your expertise to complete your mission!

Vocabulary Words

quadrilaterals

vertices

triangles

parallelograms

adjacent

equal

opposite

angles

sides

rectangle

rhombus

right angle

trapezoid

squares

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Common Attributes of 2D Figures. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Relate categories for similar properties and create subclasses of other categories.

Analyze properties of two-dimensional shapes.

Infer that if a shape fits into a category then its properties are also similar to those in its sub-categories.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

Can you name four different types of geometric shapes? How many sides does a quadrilateral have? What are the vertices of a shape?

After the Game

What are two things that are used to classify a shape? What were some of the shapes that you encountered in the game and what were the properties that identified them? How did you distinguish between a parallelogram and a quadrilateral? Which shape(s) you encountered in the game cannot be considered a quadrilateral?