Hidden Objects
Geometry — Shapes

Materials needed:

  • Pattern Blocks

  • 3-d Objects

  • Boxes to hide objects in

  • List of objects to be found

Get into a group of two, or three.

  • Get a box and a list of the objects in the box.

  • One of you will have the list and the other person will be finding the object in the box.

  • The student with the list has to describe the shape or solid the other person is to find.

  • Describe the shape or solid by describing

    • Whether it is a solid or shape

    • The number of points, edges, faces;

    • Types of faces Ð square, circle...

    • If the object roles;

    • If the shape is symmetrical and the number of lines of symmetry.

  • Once you have found the object switch and let the other student try.

 


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