Learning about 3D shapes can be so much fun, making them is even more exciting! The National Curriculum says that pupils should be taught to identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations. Can you identify 3-D shapes from 2-D representations? Here are the Year 5 children identifying 3-D shapes from 2-D representations.
How many faces, vertices and edges does an octagonal prism have?
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Making 3D shapes can be so much fun! Here we go!
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THE BIG REVEAL
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Can you spot the dodecahedron?
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How many faces, edges and vertices does a dodecahedron have?