DESCRIBE 3-D SHAPES
3-D shapes have their own physical features.It is necessary to know these features in order to be able to describe and classify them.
TEACHING LEARNING ACTIVITY
Describe 3-D shapes
1. Show 3-D shapes and ask pupils to name them.Use appropriate sentence structures.
This is a cube. (show a cube)
2. Describe the features of a cube.
This is a face. (Point to the surface of the cube)
Let us count the faces of the cube.
There are 6 faces. All the faces are flat.
3. Proceed with other shapes. Stress on the differences in their faces
-flat or curved.
Examples: 1. I am a cylinder.
2. I have 2 flat faces and 1 curved face.
3. I have 2 edges. 1. I am a cube.
2. I have 6 flat faces.
3. All my faces are the same.
4. I have 8 corners.
4. I have 8 corners.
5. I have 12 edges.