Can a Dice be Flat?

MATH

$Can a Dice be Flat?$

Curiosity trigger

The students will spread out cardboard boxes in order to examine how they are made; next, they will fold a sheet of paper so that it will become a dice.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Creative problem-solving
Teamwork and collaboration skills

In this lesson, you will cover:

Mathematics.Primary 2.MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY.Three-dimensional Shapes [I].Objectives: 1. Identify and count the flat faces of a cube and a cuboid. 2. Identify and count the corners of a cube and a cuboid. 3. Identify and count the edges of a cube and a cuboid.
Mathematics.Primary 3.MENSURATION AND GEOMETRY.Properties of Cubes, Cuboids, Cylinders and Spheres (II).objectives: Identify and count the number of faces, corners and edges of cubes, cuboids, curved surfaces of spheres and cylinders.

You will need

Cardboard boxes (for example boxes that contained tea, toys or rice), plastic drinking straws, plasticine, and glue.

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Authors

Author: Agnieszka Bojarska-Sokołowska
Methodology: Anna Małkowska
Translation: Paweł Fabrowicz
Producer: Klaudia Chmura

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Photo by Peng 12:24, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) Modified by Darkone – Self-published work by Peng, Public Domain, wikimedia.

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