Square + Square = Rectangle

Square + Square = Rectangle

Triangle + Triangle = Rhombus

Trapezoid + Trapezoid = Hexagon

Did you know that our students can put two or more plane (two-dimensional) shapes together to create a new plane shape? They have discovered that there are many ways to make a hexagon - two trapezoids, three rhombuses, and six triangles, all make a hexagon. In our classroom, students sit at tables which are shaped like trapezoids. Two of these tables are pushed together, so students feel that they are sitting at a hexagon table. Our students have also learned that they can put four squares together to create an even larger square. They can put four rhombuses together to create an even bigger rhombus. They can even put four triangles together to create an even larger triangle. We hope you enjoy these photos of our experiments with plane shapes.