Geometry and Spatial Sense, Grades 4 to 6 - EduGains

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LEARNING CONNECTION 3
Sketches and Views Cards
MATERIALS
• interlocking cubes (5 per student)
• small index cards (2 per student)
• 3D6.BLM1: 2 cm Grid Paper, cut into smaller pieces for gluing onto an index card (1 smaller
piece per student)
• 3D6.BLM2: Isometric Dot Paper, cut into smaller pieces for gluing onto an index card (1
smaller piece per student)
• glue sticks
Explain to students that they are going to create cards for a game that they will then have an
opportunity to play with a partner.
Each student begins by using five interlocking cubes to build a structure. As students build,
distribute two small index cards to each student.
Students then draw three orthographic views (top, side, and front) on grid paper, and the isomet-
ric view on a small piece of isometric dot paper. Finally, they cut out the views and glue each to
an index card. The orthographic views go on one card, and the isometric view on another.
Once the students have finished, all of the orthographic views cards and all of the isometric
sketch cards are collected and shuffled separately. (If some students finish well before others,
have them switch cards with a partner and have the partners try to build each other’s structures
from the orthographic views or the isometric sketch.)
To play the game, all students draw a card from the views card pile, build the structure, and
then try to find the matching sketch card for their structure. Alternatively, students draw a card
from the sketch card pile, build the structure, and then try to find the matching views card.
LEARNING CONNECTION 4
Construction Challenge
MATERIALS
• interlocking cubes (40 per group of students)
• 3D6.BLM8: The 8 Four-Cube Structures (answer page)
• 3D6.BLM9a–c: Construction Challenge (1 per student)
Arrange students into groups of four. Distribute forty interlocking cubes to each group.
Challenge students to build as many different four-cube structures as possible. Remind students
to test for congruent structures by rotating each structure and viewing it from different perspec-
tives to make sure it is unique. (There are 8 unique four-cube structures. It is important to allow
students time to discover this on their own. They will need the experience of visualizing the 8
four-cube structures in different orientations in order to be successful in the activity that follows.)
Geometry and Spatial Sense, Grades 4 to 6