3D shapes
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Find three things at home: one shaped like a cube, one like a sphere and one like a cylinder. Say their names.
For example a box or dice (cube), a ball or orange (sphere), a tin or cup (cylinder).
2
Test four objects at home. Which ones roll? Which ones can you stack? Make two lists.
Balls and tins on their side roll. Boxes and tins standing up stack.
3
Put a ball, a box and a tin in a bag. Feel each one and say how many flat faces it has.
Ball: 0. Box shaped like a cube: 6. Tin: 2.
4
Build the tallest tower you can with 5 things from home. Which shape did you put at the bottom? Why?
A shape with flat faces, such as a box or a tin standing up, because it does not roll.
5
Name this shape. How many flat faces does it have?
A cylinder. It has 2 flat faces and 1 curved surface.