Nets
You will need:
Remember A net is a 2D plan of a 3D shape. You can cut out the net and fold it to make the 3D shape.
resource 3, pages 72–75, scissors, glue
Vocabulary net, triangle, square, rectangle, quarilateral,
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pentagon, hexagon, octagon, decagon,
circle, sphere, cube,
cuboid, cylinder, cone,
square-based pyramid,
triangular-based pyramid,
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Predict which shape each net will make.
triangular-based prism, hexagonal-based prism, octahedron, icosahedron,
SA M
dodecahedron
Cut out the nets on pages 71–75 and make each shape. Were you right?
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Hint: Look at lots of
different 3D shapes to help name each net. Original material © Cambridge University Press 2016
Unit 1B Geometry and problem solving CPM Framework 3Gs3, 3Gs4, 3Gs6, 3Pt8, 3Pt9; CPM Teacher’s Resource 7.3