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Name 3D shapes in the environment

Students will identify and name spheres, cubes, cylinders, and cones found in everyday objects, recognizing these shapes in different sizes and orientations.

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Name 3D shapes in the environment

Kindergarten · Identifying and Naming Shapes · question 1 of 3

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12 rungs. A star at the top.

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Type the sphere's number.

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A sphere is round all over.

It has no flat face.

Read it: Name a solid: look at its faces

A sphere is round all over. It has no flat faces, so it rolls every way.

  1. Look for flat faces.
  2. Look for a curved side or a point.
  3. Round all over, no flat faces: it is a sphere.

A solid's flat faces tell its name.

A ball, a globe and an orange are all spheres.

A solid with a point and a round flat face is a cone.

Look at the faces. They tell you the solid's name.

Calling a sphere a circle.

A circle is flat. A sphere is round all over: you can hold it.

A can of soup is a cylinder. How many flat faces does it have? — 2. A can is a cylinder: 2 flat circles and a curved side.

Sphere, cube, cylinder, cone

Look around! Lots of things we see every day are special 3D shapes. Let's meet four of them.

Here's a basketball. It's round and smooth on every single side.

A shape that's round all over is called a sphere.

Kindergarten · 3D shapes all around us

Here's a dice. It has six flat sides, and every side is a square.

A shape with six flat square sides is called a cube.

Here's a soup can. It's round on the top and bottom, with a smooth curve around the middle.

This shape is called a cylinder.

Here's an ice cream cone. It's round at the bottom and comes to a tiny point on top.

This shape is called a cone.

Sphere, cube, cylinder, cone — now you can name 3D shapes in the world all around you!

Now you try. Count the flat faces you see. How many faces?

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MayaGrade 3 · Mathematics

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