Shape Thursday

Today we are going to do some more work on shape.

 

• 2 Dimensional shapes, or 2D shapes, are flat, like these:

circle

square

triangle

rectangle

• 3 Dimensional shapes, or 3D shapes, are solid, like these:

sphere

cube

pyramid

cuboid

Warm Up:

• Click on the links below to take you to some great videos and quizzes to teach you about 2D and 3D shapes!  

What are 2D Shapes? What are 3D Shapes?

• Jack Hartmann again! Watch his 2D shape video and name the shapes:

• Watch this Jack Hartmann video about 3D shapes:

Main Task:

• Look at the 2 worksheets below and talk to someone about the answers – of you would like to, you can write the answers in your jotter.

• Can you talk about the properties of these 2D shapes?  That means what is it about the shape that makes it that shape.  How many corners/vertices does each one have?  How many sides/edges does each one have?

Extra Challenge:

• Can you talk about the properties of these 3D shapes?  That means what makes them this shape?  How many faces does each one have?  How many corners/vertices does each one have?  How many edges does each one have?

• So a cylinder has 3 faces (2 flat and 1 curved face) and 2 edges, but 0 corners (or vertices)

(If you are able to, you could try and find objects in your house that are these shapes, as it is hard to tell properly from just a picture)

Games to Support Learning:

• Click on the pictures below and have a go at playing the shape games