Drawing prisms

Drawing prisms

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
This task is about making and then drawing views of 3-D shapes.
Practical task

Build and then look at the models of the rectangular prism and the hexagonal prism.

Draw an accurate picture of each shape in the box below.

 
 
 
Template of Rectangular Prism
rectangular-prism.png
Template of Hexagonal Prism
hexagonal-prism.png
Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil, paper and scissors.
 
Equipment:
Models of a rectangular prism and hexagonal prism made from the templates; pencil; ruler.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Shape
Keywords: 
model drawings, 3-dimensional shapes, rectangular prisms, hexagonal prisms, drawing
Description of task: 
In this practical task, students draw pictures of 3-dimensional prisms onto a square grid. A net for each prism is provided.
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) 1 or 2 faces of the prism are squares or rectangles.

The other faces are parallelograms. [It is possible to draw a rectangular prism with 3 or more parallelograms. Correctly drawn prisms of this sort
should be given 2 marks.]
b) 1 or 2 faces of the prism are hexagons.

The other faces are parallelograms or rectangles.