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** Introduction: ** What better way to learn about shapes than to go on a quest to find them? This webquest offers you the chance to learn shapes in a new way- through interactive activities rather than through reading a geometry lesson and filling in worksheets. Think about it. Which one do you rather do? Since knowing and differentiating between various geometric shapes is an important concept that you must come to understand, I will allow you to play interactive games, solve puzzles, and practice your understanding of shapes in various activities, with the hope that this will help you learn the shapes and be able to identify them.The goal of this webquest is for you to get a better understanding of shapes. In addition, after completing the interactive activities, my hope is that you will begin liking mathematics even more than before and you would be able to identify the basic shapes that you will discover on the webquest.


 * The Tasks: **

If you have any questions about any of the activities or the directions, you may ask a teacher or a parent for help. While having fun on this webquest, you will become an expert on shapes and gain some skills and knowledge in the following:

You will be able to follow directions when working on webquest.

You will be able to identify different shapes.

You will be able to create a book of shapes.

You will be able to draw your favorite shape and explain why it is your favorite.



So, everyone, are you ready to learn about shapes? The shapes really would like to meet you and are waiting for you at Step 1. Once you complete step 1, move on to step 2. If you follow the steps properly, you will meet all the shapes. To begin the activity, click on the underlined words. If you are not sure how to get to the place where the shapes are waiting for you, ask someone to help you. Have fun!
 * The Process: **

Step 1: You will begin by looking at Draw Me Shapes. Please, click on the play button on the page to view the video. This activity will help you see how easy is to draw shapes. Step 2: Look around. Can you see shapes in your classroom? You can practice looking for shapes by looking at Can You See the Shape interactive book?. Click on the forward arrow on the keyboard to turn the pages of the shape book.

Step 3: Have fun with shapes by doing a puzzle and playing a game about shapes. For the puzzle activity, click on the puzzle pieces and place them. When playing the game, you will be asked to identify a shape. After you have made your choice of a shape, click the underlined words that spell out __next game__. Step 4: You can continue learning about shapes by playing various Sesame Street Shape Games ! Push the red button with the shapes on it and pick a shape game to play. Have fun and ask questions if you are confused.

Step 5: You can make your very own Book of Shapes by clicking on the different shapes and printing the pages. Click on a shape and then ask your when to print.

Step 6: After you have completed the activities, you are to put your artistic skills into practice. You can pick any shapes...any shapes that you want and used them to create a picture of yourself. Yes, that is right. You are to draw a Mini-Me using only shapes. You can color the Mini-Me and decorate it. And don't forget- have fun with shapes!



I know you might be frightened when learning that there would be a grading rubric. Don't be. This is just for me to see how good of a detective for finding shapes you have become by the time you have finished the shapequest.
 * The Evaluation: **





So, do you think you learned the shapes? Look around and see if you can find shapes in your environment- the classroom, outside, or at home. By completing this webquest and meeting the shapes, you have had a lot of practice identifying them. I suppose, that will make you a detective for finding shapes. I hope you had a great time completing this webquest.
 * Conclusion: **




 * Sources: ** Thanks to A Kid's Heart for the Types of Shapes banner on the top of the webquest page and to Carson Dellosa' website for the shape train picture banner.