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Year 7 - 3D Objects

This section focusses on two year 7 lessons, one on representing 3D objects in 2 dimensions and the other on constructing nets.

Objectives

From the National Numeracy Strategy Framework:
Year 7
Shape, Space and Measure

Geometrical reasoning: lines, angles and shapes.
198-201 Use 2d representations to visualise 3d shapes and deduce some of their properties.

Construction.
222-3 Use ruler and protractor to construct simple nets of 3d shapes. E.g. cuboid, regular tetrahedron, square based pyramid, triangular prism.

Resources

Lesson Plans (Word Docs)

• Lesson 1 - Views
• Lesson 2 - Nets

Pro/Desktop Files

• Squares Session
• 6 Cubes Session
• Triangles Session
• Circles Session
• Matching Answers

Worksheets (Word Docs)

• Views
• Nets
• Matching Activity

PowerPoint File

• Nets