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Nature Patterns and Shapes

Explore how shapes, symmetry and repeating patterns appear in nature. Read each clue carefully, then solve the challenges. Use the drawing spaces to show your ideas.

Spot the geometry

Tane and Hugo are helping prepare a display about patterns in nature. Use the clues below.

1.A sea star has five arms arranged around its centre. Which shape name best describes its overall outline?
  • Circle
  • Five-point star
  • Rectangle
  • Triangle
2.A butterflyfish has matching left and right sides. What is the line that splits a symmetrical shape into two matching halves called?
3.A fish has an oval body, a circular eye, and a triangular tail. Imagine a vertical line running from its head to its tail. Which matching parts on the left and right sides of the fish could show symmetry?

Decode the pattern

Hemi notices a repeated pattern on an aquarium display: shell, bubble, bubble, shell, bubble, bubble…

4.Write the next three items in Hemi’s pattern.
5.What is the repeating unit in this pattern?
6.Tane makes a new pattern using circle, triangle, triangle, circle, triangle, triangle. What shape comes 10th?
  • Circle
  • Triangle
  • Square
  • Star
7.In a description of two natural objects, a butterfly has matching left and right halves, while branching driftwood has uneven branches. Which object has a clear vertical line of symmetry? Which one is not symmetrical?

Shape detective

Use geometry words to explain what you notice in the aquarium’s natural objects.

8.A square tile in the aquarium has four equal sides. How many right angles does it have?
9.A display panel is a rectangle. How many pairs of parallel sides does a rectangle have?
  • One pair
  • Two pairs
  • Three pairs
  • No pairs
10.A nautilus shell curls in a spiral. Is a spiral a polygon? Explain your answer.
11.Finish this shape rule: A triangle has straight sides and vertices.
12.Draw a simple repeating sea-life pattern using at least two shapes. Add a line of symmetry to one shape and label it.
Draw your repeating pattern here. Include at least two different shapes and mark one line of symmetry.

3 printable pages

  • Nature Patterns and Shapes, page 1 of 3: Spot the geometry, Decode the pattern

    Page 1

  • Nature Patterns and Shapes, page 2 of 3: Shape detective

    Page 2

  • Nature Patterns and Shapes, page 3 of 3: 12. Draw a simple repeating sea-life pattern using at least two shapes. Add a line of…

    Page 3

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