Sub-strand: Shape—Shape – 1
LINKS TO OTHER CURRICULUM AREAS Information and Communication Technology • Printable nets for different solids can be found at <http://www.senteacher.org/wk/3dshape.php> Note that only one version of a net is shown for each solid, so students would still need to see other variations. • An animated display of nets and their solids can be found at <http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_ prisms.html> Again, there is only one version of each net shown. • A similar site to the one above, but for pyramids, can be found at <http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry/3d_ pyramids.html> • The illuminations website has an interactive page where different solids can be selected, rotated and their nets displayed. It still has the same problem as the sites above. It can be found at <http://illuminations.nctm.org/ ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=70>
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• Another website for looking at nets of solids can be found at <http://www.kidzone.ws/math/geometry/nets/index. htm>
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• A short quiz in which students match a net with the solid can be found at <http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/ enrichment/gr4/EN0411b/EN0411b.htm>
• Students make models of towns, animals, robots, buildings etc. using geometric solids made from nets.
• Students decorate their geometric solids in a variety of ways; some for ornamentation, others for a purpose such as a special dice for a game. (Note: this does not need to be limited to a cube.)
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• Students investigate crystals.
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• A website that offers information on crystals can be found at <http://chemistry.about.com/cs/sciencefairideas/a/ aa072903a.htm>
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• Another website from the same source, which explains how to make rock candy using crystals, can be found at <http:// chemistry.about.com/od/foodcookingchemistry/a/rockcandy.htm>
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Australian Curriculum Mathematics resource book: Measurement and Geometry (Year 5)
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