Sunday, 20 November 2016

Year 3 - Striking Some Shapes!

Year 3 have been really busy learning about 3D shapes in lots of different ways! We've worked hard to identify the names of common 3D shapes and to describe them by their properties.

Using the terms faces, vertices, edges, straight, curved, point and prism, we've discussed the similarities and differences between the different shapes.

We made a 'Top Trumps' game using these properties and challenged a friend to see who could win each round...

We've also used nets of different 3D shapes to make models. Some shapes were a lot trickier than others to make! Lots of team work was needed but everyone managed to make a range of different models. How many 3D shapes can you recognise?










We've also tried making shapes out of plasticine! After choosing our shape, we needed to mould the material to make it as accurate as possible. Lots of our shapes were extremely accurate! Can you work out how many vertices, edges and faces they have?








We discovered that a cone doesn't have any vertices but it does have a point. Can you explain why it doesn't have any vertices?



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