Shape Cutter
This worksheet extends students’ understanding of shapes where they now have to imagine cutting a shape on a horizontal or vertical axis and imagining the face that would result.
This sheet is part of a larger unit designed to help students identify and construct pyramids and prisms.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to compare the parallel cross-sections of objects and recognise their relationships to prisms.
- We are learning to construct simple prisms and pyramids.
Curriculum alignment
MA3-1WM
old
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
MA3-14MG
old
Identifies three- dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, on the basis of their properties, and visualises, sketches and constructs them given drawings of different views
MA3-2DS-01
new
Investigates and classifies two-dimensional shapes, including triangles and quadrilaterals based on their properties
MA3-3DS-01
new
Visualises, sketches and constructs three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, making connections to two-dimensional representations
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
For students who might struggle with this, small group time, or the ability to use something concrete (like play-doh) to manipulate may increase the accessibility of this activity.
Extensions
This sheet should be viewed as an extension and may be difficult for some students who struggle with spatial skills.