Tricube Constructions BTask 90 ... Years 4 - 8SummaryStudents are shown an isometric view of a 'building' they know is made from all four Tricubes. From this they are asked to construct the buildings. They then become problem creators and are asked to construct their own 4 Tricube building, draw its isometric view and challenge a peer to reconstruct their building from the drawing.Tricube Constructions B also appears on the Picture Puzzles Shape & Space A menu where the problem is presented using one screen, two learners, concrete materials and a challenge. In this context it is called Tricube Building B. |
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IcebergA task is the tip of a learning iceberg. There is always more to a task than is recorded on the card. |
Answers are not necessary. Students will know when they have made the building. However to help them explore possibilities it could be useful to draw attention to these facts:
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Whole Class InvestigationTasks are an invitation for two students to work like a mathematician. Tasks can also be modified to become whole class investigations which model how a mathematician works. |
If you want the whole class to work on this investigation simultaneously, you will need a class set of Tricubes. These can be purchased (see Tasks, Kits & Resources) or making them in art or woodwork class could be a cross-faculty project. If you don't have a class set, you could use this task in a work station, probably with other spatial tasks, and rotate students through the station over a period of time. Keep a class scrap book at the work station in which each group records its new puzzle as suggested above. At this stage, Tricube Constructions B does not have a matching lesson on Maths300. |
Is it in Maths With Attitude?Maths With Attitude is a set of hands-on learning kits available from Years 3-10 which structure the use of tasks and whole class investigations into a week by week planner. |
Tricube Constructions B is not in any Maths With Attitude kit, however, it is included as a key component of the Mixed Media Unit titled Points of View: Representing 3D Objects in 2D. |