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.
Compare the parallel cross-sections of objects and recognise their relationships to right prisms
Construct simple prisms and pyramids
Construct simple prisms and pyramids
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
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
Investigates and classifies two-dimensional shapes, including triangles and quadrilaterals based on their properties
Visualises, sketches and constructs three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, making connections to two-dimensional representations
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.
This sheet should be viewed as an extension and may be difficult for some students who struggle with spatial skills.