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3D objects: Compare, describe and name prisms and pyramids
Compare properties of prisms and pyramids
Name prisms and pyramids according to the shape of their base
Equipment
Equipment
Outdoor playing area
Variety of 2D shapes and 3D objects (concrete or images)
Hoops
Activity set-up
Activity set-up
Mark a central area and place 2D shapes and 3D objects inside.
Each team has 2 or 3 hoops.
Teams establish sorting categories / rules for sorting objects, eg. objects with curved faces, objects with flat faces, objects with less than 8 edges.
How to play
How to play
In teams, students race to sort and classify a selection of 2D shapes and/or 3D objects, providing reasoning as to why the shapes/objects have been sorted and classified.
Teams collect as many 2D shapes and/or 3D objects as possible in the allotted time (e.g. 60 seconds).
One player runs to a central point to collect a shape or object and returns to their base placing the objects into a pile.
When all the objects and shapes have been removed from the centre, the coach calls ‘STOP!’
Teams sort their collection into categories.
Possible student classifications could include:
prisms / non-prisms
curved surface / flat surface
faces / circular surfaces
can roll / can't roll
symmetrical/non-symmetrical
vertices/ no vertices
Perform a gallery walk to observe other groups thinking.
Students should be able to communicate using the following language – object, shape, two-dimensional shape (2D shape), three-dimensional object (3D object), cone, cube, cylinder, sphere, prism, surface, flat surface, curved surface, face, edge, vertex (vertices).
Students may wish to show their understanding by drawing or writing in a Venn diagram.
Variations
Variations
Provide students with sorting categories.
Focus on only 2D shapes or 3D objects.
Vary the locomotion.
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