Pyramid Lesson Plan

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Special Pyramid Edition

The pyramids have fascinated people since they were first built. Read more about them here: http://www.helium.com/tm/179426/pyramids-egypt-fascinating-breathtaking
Discussion Questions:
1. Are the pyramids big or small?
2. What are they made of?
3. Why were they built?

Take a tour of these majestic pyramids!
http://www.guardians.net/egypt/pyramids/tour_the_pyramids.htm

Have you got what it takes to build a pyramid? Play this game and find out!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml

Language Arts
Read a book and prepare a story pyramid as a review: http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/worksheet_story_pyramid.htm
Acrostic Poem
An acrostic poem is one where you choose a word or name and use each letter in the name as the beginning of a word or line that tells something about that person or topic.
Example: An acrostic poem using the word "Egypt"
Enormous
Giant
Years and years old, centuries even!
Pharaohs’ burial place
Tall

Now you try using the word PYRAMID
.


Math

Here is a math lesson on pyramids:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/pyramids.html
This may be difficult for the younger kids, but with parents help should be ok. Have them learn what the different shaped pyramids are as well as the parts of the pyramid. Leave the calculations for the older kids 
Here are some worksheets to test their learning: http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/background/1/08a/ts_1_8a_dev-2.pdf
And
http://www.eduplace.com/math/mw/background/1/08a/ts_1_8a_dev-1.pdf


Here is a fun maze to find the pyramids http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/egypt/maze/