Thursday, May 10, 2012

3D wine gum models

To finish off our latest strand Mathematics topic on 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes  we made 3D models out of wine gums and toothpicks. It was an easy way for us to count the number of faces, corners and edges that each shape had. There were a couple of shapes that we could not make with the wine gums and toothpicks. These were a cylinder and a sphere. We discovered that the reason we couldn't make them was that they had no corners and they did not have straight edges.





What a fun Maths lesson! Undoubtedly the best part of this lesson was devouring the lollies when we had finished. Don't worry though Mums and Dads, as we did learn alot from this activity!

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 May, 2012

    hi mrs o i just should granny and my greet aunty shirly they liked it and and i even should them the easter holidays songs. From Lucy W

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  2. Anonymous24 May, 2012

    Great way to keep in touch with grandchildren when traveling loved the page - what did u learn today! Not much changes from generation to generation except that school is much more fun today. Reanie & Duds

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