T-chart for Polyhedra

Our exploration of shape moved into a new dimension today - the third dimension.

Yes - we were looking at 3D objects.

A great way to consolidate concepts is to construct a t-chart to highlight similarities and differences. This is what we did.

We took out the 3D models and, working in small groups, looked at the features and properties of the object in front of us. We took photos on our iPads, labelled them and discussed, faces, edges and vertices.

Once we were happy with this, we went and looked at a second 3D object for purposes of comparison. Using this information we constructed our t-charts:

A bit simplistic but covers the main ideas

A bit more detail on this one about how many of each type of face

Nicely presented

Love the contrast of using black

We had the conversation about the "bottom" face being called the base

Another very nice presentation

And of course there was also a movie made using Educreation...

And so another happy day "playing" with our iPads - and getting into some understanding of concepts that underlie basic geometry.

Angle Hunt with iPads

We've had our iPads for 6 months now and confidence was high. Time to let the little angels run free and see what they could produce...

The Angle Hunt

Our activity was to use our iPads to photograph different types of angles that we could find in the playground

THEN

to put the picture together in some form of presentation. This bit was left open-ended - I knew the kids were familiar with a variety of different aps such as Explain Everything and Educreation. I wanted to see what they would come up with.

The aim was not so much the identifying angles part - this had been covered last year in Year 4 - it was more about the application of technology.

So they paired up and headed out the door...

What We Produced

Here are a few examples of what we did:

  

Only found 3 examples but they were correctly identified

Here we can name the angles and give the degrees

And this one nicely represents the angles

All of these used the Explain Everything ap. Nice work and clearly presented. 

One other was done as a movie using Educreation:

     

 Nicely done!

So my curiosity was satisfied - yes, the kids can use their iPads to record their learning and - yes, they can identify some angles.

Simple.

Mission accomplished.