In maths, we are learning about 3D shapes. We thought about what we already know about shapes and symmetry. We reminded ourselves about the parts of a shape including the the faces, vertices and the edges. We also talked about where we would see geometric shapes in the ‘real world’. Today we constructed 3D shapes by joining 2D shapes together. We used toothpicks and blue-tack.
Here is fun interactive site with tangram puzzles;
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap4/4.4/index.htm#applet
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June 17th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Hi Lesley
Maths was really fun today with cutting out shapes and using the toothpicks and blu tack!
Can we do some more hands on stuff like that?
Rosa
June 18th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Hi Rosa
We will make Polyhedrons with straws next! I know that you all really enjoy ‘hands on’ learning. It is the best way to really experiment and practise what you are learning. I wish there was more time to do heaps more. Lesley
June 21st, 2008 at 7:53 pm
What a fantastic idea to use the pictures to help with the explanation of what your students were doing. A really nice idea for your blog so we could see what you were doing….