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11Finding the Missing Blocks Unit
Material Soft Geometric Solids, bag
CMath Vo abulary sphere: a solid figure that has the shape of a round ball
pyramid: a solid figure that has triangles as lateral faces and a polygon as a base
4 Stack the solids. Team 4. The team that stacks the soft geometric
Project solids to the highest point wins the game.
LLeett’s’sPPllaayy
Tell students that solids with flat surfaces
1. Each team gets 1 set of solids. What you need must be stacked on solids with flat surfaces.
2. Each team puts 12 solids in a bag. Soft Geometric Solids Have them understand that they cannot
3. The first person in each team pulls out a solid stack solids by putting round surfaces on
Bag flat surfaces.
and puts it on the desk. Figures that can be stacked and figures that
4. Take turns pulling out a solid from the bag and cannot be stacked:
stacking the solids. Figures that can be stacked: cube,
5. When a team cannot stack solids anymore, rectangular prism, and cylinder.
compare the heights of the stacks. The team Figures that cannot be stacked: pyramid,
cone, and sphere.
that has the highest stack wins.
Example:
I can’t stack
anymore.
Discuss how your team
can win the game.
11. Finding the Missing Blocks 101
Through playing games with soft geometric solids, students can conceptualize and understand solids better.
2A Unit 11 163
Material Soft Geometric Solids, bag
CMath Vo abulary sphere: a solid figure that has the shape of a round ball
pyramid: a solid figure that has triangles as lateral faces and a polygon as a base
4 Stack the solids. Team 4. The team that stacks the soft geometric
Project solids to the highest point wins the game.
LLeett’s’sPPllaayy
Tell students that solids with flat surfaces
1. Each team gets 1 set of solids. What you need must be stacked on solids with flat surfaces.
2. Each team puts 12 solids in a bag. Soft Geometric Solids Have them understand that they cannot
3. The first person in each team pulls out a solid stack solids by putting round surfaces on
Bag flat surfaces.
and puts it on the desk. Figures that can be stacked and figures that
4. Take turns pulling out a solid from the bag and cannot be stacked:
stacking the solids. Figures that can be stacked: cube,
5. When a team cannot stack solids anymore, rectangular prism, and cylinder.
compare the heights of the stacks. The team Figures that cannot be stacked: pyramid,
cone, and sphere.
that has the highest stack wins.
Example:
I can’t stack
anymore.
Discuss how your team
can win the game.
11. Finding the Missing Blocks 101
Through playing games with soft geometric solids, students can conceptualize and understand solids better.
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