Unfolding Shapes in 3D

Explore the geometry of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones by unfolding them in this activity.

Tarea 1

Putting It All Together

Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections.

Tarea 2

What shapes do you need to form the net of a cylinder? A cone?

Tarea 3

How many shapes do you need to form the net of a rectangular prism? A square pyramid?

Tarea 4

How do the numbers of shapes needed to form the net change as the base of the prism changes? As the base of a pyramid changes?