Cube-n-ometry

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Warm-Up
 Please build this figure using your
blocks.

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What would you take a picture
of if you were a/an
 Cartographer (map maker)?

Aerial View of Richmond

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What would you take a picture
of if you were a/an
 Architect?

View of
Medical
College
of
Virginia
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What would you take a picture
of if you were a/an
 Scientist or Doctor?
 Sectional
views of the
human body
used in
science.

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 If you were to
snap a picture of
this object what
do you think it
would look like
from the
 Front?
 Top ?
 Side?

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 Let’s go back and study what makes a
cube from the beginning

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 What differences can you see in the two
figures?

Two - Three-
dimensional dimensional

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 What differences can you see in the two
figures?

Two - Three-
dimensional dimensional

The major difference between two-dimensional and

three-dimensional objects, is that three-dimensional
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 Parts of a cube

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 Views of a three
dimensional block
figure can be broken
down into three
views:

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Build this three dimensional block figure.

What does it look like from the front,

top, and side views?
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 Front, top, and side
views

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 Surface Area
 Surface Area – what we
see; think of how much
wrapping paper is
needed to wrap a
present
 To find the surface area
we need to count the
number of faces that
can be seen
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 Volume
 Volume – how much
space does an object
take up
 To find the volume of
an object we need to
know the number of
cubes needed to build
the object and the
volume of 1 cube
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 Front, top, and side
views

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Model A

Build this block figure and describe the front,

top, and side views using your grid paper.
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Model A front, top,
and side views

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 Model B

Build this block figure and describe the front, top, and
side views using your grid paper.
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 Model B front, top,
and side views

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 Model C

Build this
figure and
describe the
front, top,
and side
views.

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 Model C front, top,

and side views

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Warm-Up – Find the Volumes &
Surface Areas
 Model D  Model E

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 Let’s do the opposite! Given the
views blow, can you build the three-
dimensional block figure?

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Views for Model 1

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Views for Model 2

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Views for Model 3

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 Find the volume and
surface area for
Models A, B, and C
made in the
beginning.
(Remember to use
both your views and
the figure to solve.)
Model A

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Cube-n-ometry Review
 Build your own three-dimensional block figure
using your blocks.
 Fill in your grids for the front, top, and side
views of you figure.
 Switch with a student sitting next to you and
try to build each others figure.
 Check to see if their answer is correct, but
remember there can be more than one right
answer.

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