Classify Shapes Using a Venn Diagram
Materials: set of shape cards, rulers
- Work with a partner. Sort a set of shape cards using a Venn diagram
with one circle labeled Quadrilateralsand the other circle labeled
Polygons with Sides of Equal Length. - Record your sort. Draw and label the shapes in each section of your
Venn diagram. Draw the shapes that do not belong in either category
outside of the circle. - Next, sort the set of shape cards usinga Venn diagram with one circle
labeled Quadrilateralsand the other circle labeled Polygons with Right
Angles. - Record your sort. Draw and label the shapes in each section of your
Venn diagram. Draw the shapes that do not belong in either category
outside of the circle. - Why do some shapes fit into both categories? Explain why the shapes
you drew in the overlapping sections on your Venn diagram belong to
both groups.