SHAPE IT UPGeometry – 2nd Grade

Kathy Dewberry

3-D Shapes

Cube

Cylinder

Pyramid

Rectangular Prism

Sphere

Cone

Go on a scavenger hunt around the classroom to see if you can find the

following:

• Cone

• Rectangular prism

• Pyramid

• Cube

• Sphere

• Cylinder

Shapes have….

• Faces (or sides)

• Vertices (or corners)

• Edges (where sides come together)

Count the faces _____

Count the vertices _____

Count the edges _____

Count the faces ______

Count the vertices _____

Count the edges _____

Symmetry

This has a line of symmetry:

This has a line of symmetry:

This does not have a line of symmetry:

This does not have a lineof symmetry:

This This has a line of symmetry:

This has a line of symmetry:

Do These Shapes Have a Line of Symmetry?

Do these numbers and letters have a line of symmetry?

TY

4

8 10Z

w

Does your first name have a line of symmetry?

A m y

A m y

… NO

… NO

What if….

You combine a cube and a pyramid – what would you make ?

You combine a cone and a sphere – what would you make?

You combine a rectangular prism with a cylinder – what would you make?

Make your own new 3D object Make your own new 3D object using at least 2 shapes.using at least 2 shapes.

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Turns, Slides, Flips

Turn

Slide

Flip

Is this a turn, slide, or flip?

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Shape up to Geometry

* There are six 3-D shapes we need to knowThere are six 3-D shapes we need to know: cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, pyramid, and sphere.

•A line of symmetry meansA line of symmetry means: both sides of a figure are the same size when a line is drawn down the middle.

* We can combine shapes to make new shapesWe can combine shapes to make new shapes.

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