Describe and name 3D shapes
I can recognise and name cones, cylinders, cubes, cuboids and spheres and describe their properties.
Describe and name 3D shapes
I can recognise and name cones, cylinders, cubes, cuboids and spheres and describe their properties.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- A property of a 3D shape can be the number of faces, edges or vertices it has.
- Each face of a 3D shape is a 2D shape.
Keywords
Cuboid - A 3D shape with 6 rectangular faces.
Cube - A 3D shape with 6 identical square faces.
Cone - A 3D shape with one circular face, one curved surface and one vertex.
Sphere - A 3D shape with one curved surface.
Cylinder - A 3D shape with two circular faces and one curved surface.
Common misconception
Children may think that a curved surface is a face, or the curved line where a curved surface meets a flat face is an edge.
Handle the shapes and discuss how faces and edges feel. Write these descriptions down and use them to help the children distinguish between faces and curved surfaces, or curved lines and edges.
Licence
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which of the statements about these shapes are true?
Q2.Match the shape to its properties.
4 equal sides
3 vertices
8 straight sides
6 vertices
5 straight sides
Q3.True or false. This shape is symmetrical.
Q4.Jun printed this shape by dipping a 3D shape into paint.
Which 3D shape could he have used?
Q5.Sofia printed this shape by dipping a 3D shape into paint.
Which 3D shape could she have used?
Q6.Which 3D shape will Jun make using these 2D shapes?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the 3D shapes to their descriptions.
no faces and one curved surface
two circular faces and one curved surface
two square faces and four rectangular faces
Q2.Label the parts of these 3D shapes.
a vertex
a curved surface
a face
Q3.Match the parts of the sentences together correctly.
flat surface of a 3D shape.
straight line where two faces meet.
corner of the shape where two or more edges meet.
Q4.Match the images to the names of the 3D shapes.
cuboids
cylinders
cones
Q5.Match the 3D shapes to their properties.
a type of cuboid that has 6 identical square faces
has two circular faces, no vertices and no edges
has no faces, no vertices and no edges
Q6.A cuboid has faces.