few_shots: Example:
Problem/activity:
Narrative
The purpose of this activity is for students to create composite shapes and compose new shapes from composite shapes. For example, students may find that a rectangular prism can be made from four triangular prisms or from eight smaller cubes. Students then discover that they can combine two of the composed rectangular prisms to make a new rectangular prism.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
Geoblocks
Launch
Groups of 4
Give each group geoblocks.
Display a large cube.
“This cube can be built from other shapes. See how many ways you can build a cube using other shapes.”
3 minutes: partner work time
Share responses.
Activity
“Choose a different shape. Try to find smaller shapes you can use to build that shape.”
5 minutes: partner work time
Student Response
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Activity Synthesis
Display a cube and a composite cube—for example, a cube composed of four small cubes and one rectangular prism.
Demonstrate putting the shapes together.
“What new shape did I make with the cube and the cube I made?”
“Put your shapes together to make a rectangular prism.”
Display a rectangular prism and two triangular prisms.
“Find these shapes. Put them together. What new shape can you make?” (a cube, a rectangular block)


Mathematical concept/skill options: 
A. Reason with shapes and their attributes.
B. Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations.
C. Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically.
D. Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section.
E. Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
F. Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.
G. Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).
H. Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions.
I. Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
J. Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.
K. Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems.
L. Prove theorems involving similarity.
M. Prove geometric theorems.
N. Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.
O. Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles.
P. Apply trigonometry to general triangles.
Q. Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.
R. Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.
S. Make geometric constructions.
T. Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.
U. Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
V. Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
W. Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
X. Understand and apply theorems about circles.
Y. Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
Z. Experiment with transformations in the plane.
AA. Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.


Your response, in json format:
{
  "explanation": "This activity asks students to reason how shapes can combine to make other shapes.",
  "answer": "A"
}

Now, assign the following problem or activity to one or more relevant mathematical concepts/skills it teaches.
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options: Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.

Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.

Experiment with transformations in the plane.

Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems.

Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.

Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes.

Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles.

Make geometric constructions.

Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.

Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).

Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically.

Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.

Reason with shapes and their attributes.

Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.

Prove theorems involving similarity.

Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.

Prove geometric theorems.

Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions.

Apply trigonometry to general triangles.

Understand and apply theorems about circles.

Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations.

Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.

Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.

Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section.
problem_activity: In Class Launch
Use after Unit 4, Lesson 9
Display an image of the flag of Nepal, such as this one, for all to see.
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Tell students that this is the flag of Nepal, which is a country in South Asia that borders India and China. Ask students “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
Students may notice:
It looks like it’s made of triangles.
I could break it up into a rectangle and three triangles.
The bottom left corner looks like a right angle.
Students may wonder:
What shapes is the flag made of?
Why does it look like this?
How could we break up the white symbols into simpler shapes?
If it does not come up during the discussion, ask students how they might break up the shape of the flag into simpler shapes so that they could, for example, find its area.
Then tell students that in this task they will see how to construct this flag, and investigate its shape. They will also investigate the shapes involved in a flag of their choosing.
Teacher Instructions
Students will not have seen how to trisect a line segment, which they will need to do in order to construct
\(AC\)
. They can measure first to see where the points that trisect the line should go. Instructions for trisecting a line segment can be found online. There are many ways of doing it, and some are easier than others, so if students find the instructions themselves they should be encouraged to compare several methods before deciding which one they prefer. If students try different methods, it could be beneficial to invite selected students to show the class what they did. The other steps for constructing the flag should be familiar. Having access to geometry software can streamline the construction process.
If students have trouble getting started with finding the angles, they can try giving
\(AB\)
a specific value and calculating the other side lengths.
Once students have completed the task, invite them to share the flags they chose and show how they adapted them to fit on the triangular banner.
Student-Facing Statement
The constitution of Nepal includes instructions for constructing the flag. Here are the instructions:
Step 1: Draw a line
\(AB\)
of the required length.
\(AB\)
will be the bottom edge of the flag.
Step 2: Draw a line
\(AC\)
perpendicular to
\(AB\)
so that the length of
\(AC\)
is
\(\frac43\)
the length of
\(AB\)
.
Step 3: Mark the point
\(D\)
on the line
\(AC\)
so that
\(AD\)
is the same length as
\(AB\)
. Then join the points
\(D\)
and
\(B\)
with a straight line.
Step 4: Mark the point
\(E\)
on the line
\(BD\)
so that
\(BE\)
is the same length as
\(AB\)
.
Step 5: Draw a line
\(FG\)
that goes through
\(E\)
, is parallel to
\(AB\)
, and is the same length as
\(AB\)
.
\(F\)
should be on the line
\(AC\)
.
Step 6: Join the points
\(C\)
and
\(G\)
with a straight line.
Construct the flag according to the instructions. You can make it any size you want.
Find the measure of each of the angles in the flag.
Imagine that there will be a parade featuring the flag of Nepal. For the parade there will be small flags and large flags. Decide what the sizes of each type of flag should be.
How much material would you need to make each type of flag?
If you made the border of the flags by sewing a ribbon along the edge, how long would the ribbon have to be for each type of flag?
Imagine that there will be a parade featuring a flag that is meaningful to you. (Choose a flag or design your own.) At the parade there will be small flags, large flags, and triangular banners like this:
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How will you adapt your flag to fit on the triangular shape?
How much material of each color will you need for each kind of flag?
Teacher Instructions
Students who want an extra challenge can find the areas and perimeters of both the small and large flag in the second question, and then compare the areas to see the effect of the scale factor. The relationship between scaling lengths and scaling areas will be a topic in the next unit, so students do not need to have a full understanding of it at this time, but this is a good opportunity to preview the concept.
Another opportunity for an extra challenge is to try describing the exact ratios between the side lengths using radicals. An especially interesting thing students may notice is that the ratio between
\(AF\)
and
\(AD\)
is the same as the ratio between
\(AD\)
and
\(BD\)
,
\(\tfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\)
.
Having access to geometry software can help students visualize the shapes they are working with.
Once students have completed the task, invite them to share the flags they chose and show how they adapted them to fit on the triangular banner.
Student-Facing Statement
The constitution of Nepal includes instructions for constructing the flag. Here are the instructions:
Step 1: Draw a line
\(AB\)
of the required length.
\(AB\)
will be the bottom edge of the flag.
Step 2: Draw a line
\(AC\)
perpendicular to
\(AB\)
so that the length of
\(AC\)
is
\(\frac43\)
the length of
\(AB\)
.
Step 3: Mark the point
\(D\)
on the line
\(AC\)
so that
\(AD\)
is the same length as
\(AB\)
. Then join the points
\(D\)
and
\(B\)
with a straight line.
Step 4: Mark the point
\(E\)
on the line
\(BD\)
so that
\(BE\)
is the same length as
\(AB\)
.
Step 5: Draw a line
\(FG\)
that goes through
\(E\)
, is parallel to
\(AB\)
, and is the same length as
\(AB\)
.
\(F\)
should be on the line
\(AC\)
.
Step 6: Join the points
\(C\)
and
\(G\)
with a straight line.
Clare is constructing the flag and she starts with
\(AB\)
of length 6 inches. Here is her finished flag shape. Use the instructions to fill in as many lengths and angles as you can.
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Imagine that there will be a parade featuring the flag of Nepal. For the parade there will be small flags and large flags. For one of those types, decide how big it should be.
How much material would you need to make the flag?
If you made the border of the flag by sewing a ribbon along the edge, how long would the ribbon have to be?
Imagine that there will be a parade featuring a flag that is meaningful to you. (Choose a flag or design your own.) At the parade there will be rectangular flags and triangular banners like this:
[IMG]
How will you adapt your flag to fit on the triangular shape?
How much material of each color will you need for each kind of flag?


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