Drawing isometric block towers

Drawing isometric block towers

Pencil and paper
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Using this Resource
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This task is about drawing 3-D shapes with isometric paper.
a)  Construct the 3-dimensional shape shown below, using multi-link cubes.  
 
Get your 3-dimensional shape checked by your teacher before you continue.
(Tick box once checked.)
 

 
b)  i)  Draw the shape when viewed from the front right-hand corner onto the isometric paper below.
 

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     ii) Draw the shape when viewed from the front left-hand corner onto the isometric paper below.
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     iii) Draw the shape when viewed from the back left-hand corner onto the isometric paper below.
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     iv)  Draw the shape when viewed from the back right-hand corner onto the isometric paper below.     
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Task administration: 
Equipment:
Multi-link cubes (13 per student).
  • This task assesses students' ability to draw a 3-dimensional shape onto isometric paper.
  • Students can do part a) individually, in pairs, or in groups. The remaining parts of the question should be completed individually.
  • You will need to assess the students' constructions in part a) before they begin part b).
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Shape
Keywords: 
3-dimensional shapes, views, isometric drawings, model construction, drawing
Description of task: 
For this practical task students draw on isometric paper different views of a model they have constructed.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Geometric thinking, sets 4-5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
a) Correct construction of model.
b) i)
b) ii)
b) iii)
b) iv)