Geometry and Spatial Sense, Grades 4 to 6 - EduGains

Grade 6 Learning Activity
Three-Dimensional Figures:
Sketching Climbing Structures
OVERVIEW
In this task, students build a three-dimensional model, given an isometric sketch. They sketch
the different views of the structure and complete an isometric sketch of the same structure
from a different perspective.
BIG IDEAS
This learning activity focuses on the following big ideas:
Properties of two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional figures: Students develop their
spatial sense through investigating the properties of three-dimensional figures, specifically
looking at faces, edges, and vertices from different angles.
Geometric relationships: Students must be able to flexibly represent three-dimensional figures
as concrete objects, but also in two-dimensional sketches or drawings. This activity draws upon the
relationship between the two-dimensional faces of an object and its three-dimensional construction.
CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS
This learning activity addresses the following specific expectations.
Students will:
• build three-dimensional models using connecting cubes, given isometric sketches or different
views (i.e., top, side, front) of the structure;
• sketch, using a variety of tools (e.g., isometric dot paper, dynamic geometry software),
isometric perspectives and different views (i.e., top, side, front) of three-dimensional figures
built with interlocking cubes.
These specific expectations contribute to the development of the following overall expectation.
Students will:
• sketch three-dimensional figures, and construct three-dimensional figures
from drawings.
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Grade 6 Learning Activity: Three-Dimensional Figures – Sketching Climbing Structures