Unfolding Shapes in 3D
Skill:
Identify the nets for prisms, pyramids, cylinders and cones in geometric and applied problems.
Unfolding Shapes in 3D
Explore the geometry of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones by unfolding them in this activity.
Putting It All Together
Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.
Open-ended question 1
What shapes do you need to form the net of a cylinder? A cone?
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Open-ended question 2
How many shapes do you need to form the net of a rectangular prism? A square pyramid?
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Open-ended question 3
How do the numbers of shapes needed to form the net change as the base of the prism changes? As the base of a pyramid changes?
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