geoboard also enables you to set up your own questions for children to explore and for them to pose, and solve, their own questions too. ( This NRICH interactive could also prove useful.)

Create like never before with this virtual geoboard shape tool. Make polygons of all sorts or try your hand at circular designs. The sky’s the limit with this unique online geometry tool. Learning and reinforcing directional and positional words (up, down, right, left, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, etc.) Investigating Fractions: By creating shapes that cover part of the geoboard, students can get a hands-on understanding of fractions. Creating Shapes: The simplest use of a geoboard is to create different shapes. By stretching a rubber band around different pegs, you can create squares, rectangles, triangles, and other polygons.

Geoboards may well be a new manipulative for your school, or they may be one that is not yet exploited to its full potential across the curriculum and across year groups. Have you thought of using them to develop children's ability to work systematically, for example? Have a go at some of these NRICH activities and discover the power of the geoboard for yourself. Studying Angles and Symmetry: Geoboards are also useful for exploring angles and symmetry. Students can create shapes with right angles, acute angles, or obtuse angles, and can create shapes that are symmetrical.

Use these fantastic Geoboard Challenge Cards to help get your students comfortable with using a Geoboard to learn 2D shapes. Each challenge card features a different shape for children to map on their Geoboards, from basic shapes like squares, triangles and rectangles, to more complex ones like diamonds and stars. Simple, bold and colourful, these Geoboard Challenge Cards have been made by teachers for teachers, readily laid out so that they can be easily printed and used in your lesson plan. They make a great introductory topic on both Geoboards and shapes in general and are ideal for KS1 students. What resources can I use alongside these Geoboards?Switch between the standard 25-peg square board, a rectangular board with 150 pegs, or a circular board with 13 pegs. The circular board enables explorations with angles, fractions, and time measurement. Hands-On Learning: Geoboards offer a physical and visual way of learning mathematical concepts, which can be more effective than learning through abstract methods. A geoboard is a mathematical manipulative used to explore basic concepts in plane geometry such as perimeter, area and the characteristics of triangles and other polygons. It consists of a physical board with a certain number of nails half driven in, around which are wrapped geo bands that are made of rubber. Normal rubber bands can also be used. interesting discussion amongst the class as learners can be encouraged to explain how they know the two halves are identical, possibly through some pencil and paper recording. Make your own geoboard with corkboard trivets and push pins. (Be sure to supervise little ones closely for safety.)