This learning activity, ‘Boxes of Tricks’, asks students to use the supplied grid paper to make various pentominoes and then fold them into open cubes. A second activity involves making a tetrahedron from the supplied isometric dot paper. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This hands-on activity, ‘Nutting out Nets’, explores the relationship of three-dimensional shapes and their nets. Students use the square grid paper to make a cube, a triangular prism, a square-based prism, a tetrahedron, and a rectangular prism. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.