It was a challenge of turning flat nets into 3D cubes and even more complex cuboctahedrons.
We started with constructing cubes using net patterns provided. Children have learned, that there are eleven different ways to draw a net of the cube. They checked that theory throughout!
They have counted 6 faces required to make the cube, 12 edges and 8 vertices.
We also transformed some of the cubes into dice, learning that the sum of points on the opposite sides of the dice are always 7, so we did a lot of counting!
Having made several cubes children cut out net of other form, the snub cube. In geometry, the snub cube, or snub cuboctahedron, is an Archimedean solid with:
38 faces: 6 squares and 32 equilateral triangles.
It has 60 edges and 24 vertices.
It was a bit tricky, but we’ve made several snub cubes too!
Great work everyone, it required lots of focus, precision and bit of patience.
DF
