Lesson Plan: Matching 3D Shapes to Nets Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to identify the two–dimensional shapes on the faces of a three–dimensional shape and use them to recognize nets of simple three–dimensional shapes.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand that nets can be folded to form three–dimensional shapes,
- match nets to their corresponding simple three–dimensional shapes,
- match sets of two–dimensional shapes to make a net for a given three–dimensional shape.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- naming and identifying 3D shapes,
- naming and identifying 2D shapes,
- naming and identifying parts of 3D shapes, including faces, vertices, and edges.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- classifying and defining 3D shapes by their properties.
