We all need a little perspective from time to time... And I personally LOVE teaching this lesson to my 6th/7th graders during this time because it gives me a chance to teach them beyond the classroom and give them a little "life" perspective too. I teach this lesson when we cover the intro to three-dimensional shapes (prisms, pyramids, cones, cylinders and spheres) in conjunction with the lesson on drawing them (along with top, side and front views).
Time:
- 45 - 60 minutes
- Perspectives Math Lab booklet
After you've taught the lesson introducing the different solids and you've shown your students how to use isometric dot paper, this is a great lesson for them to "put it into practice" and my students really enjoyed themselves!
Procedure:
Have your students get into groups and pass out the "Perspectives" Math Lab. Hand students 20 or so snap cubes to use to help them visualize their creations. Students will be putting "front", "side", and "top" views together to create a solid and then draw it using isometric dot paper. This can be hard for students in the beginning, so I usually walk through the first one as a class, so they can see how we can put it together and get a different viewpoint using idometric dot paper. The math lab also goes in reverse by having students take a solid and drawing the top, front and side views.
Happy drawing and constructing!
I have found when teaching this lesson my boys excel at it and my girls struggle. Do you see the same thing? Love your blog name by the way!
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Alana
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My math tutor have some Math Lab booklet that he is using for teaching. I haven’t tried this yet but it looks fun. I think I will ask him to teach me how to do this next time.
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