Process

The Process

1. The mysterious part of this investigation is these strange names for shapes that are actually fairly common. So, you need to find out what these names are referring to in order to start your project. Besides an ordinary dictionary, encyclopedia, or math book, these websites will be helpful in your investigation:

http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/index.html

http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/3space.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/glossary/math_advantage/glossary3.html

http://www.allmath.com/glossary.php

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/maths/dictionary.html

2. When you have an understanding of what the shapes look like, gather as many pictures as you can find in magazines, catalogs, coloring books, and so forth to cut out and glue onto poster boards you have labeled with each shape’s name. If you have a digital camera take some pictures around the school also. At least one picture per poster should have a picture from around the school and one printed out from any of the following websites:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egyptjournal/photogalleries/pyramid/

http://www.pics4learning.com/?search=cat&query=Architecture_Buildings

http://www.pics4learning.com/details.php?img=prism01.jpg

http://www.pics4learning.com/?view=sub&cat=Objects

http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Architecture

3. Finally, create a book in publisher that demonstrates your understanding of prisms, pryramids and polyhedrons. Your book should have examples of different prisms, pyramids and other soldis. All solids should be labeled correctly and tell the number of faces, edges and vertices. Be sure to check the evaluation rubric to see how your work will be evaluated.