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Exploring 3D Shapes

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Exploring 3D Shapes

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📚 Part 1: Identify and Choose

WALT: Identify and describe cube (puoto), sphere (porohita), and cone (poto). Use the words mata (faces), tāha (edges) and piko (vertices).

Success Criteria: I can name each shape and say whether it has flat or curved faces, plus count edges and piko where they exist.

1. Which object is a sphere (porohita)?

A ball

A dice (cube)

An ice-cream cone

2. Which shape has flat faces, straight edges, and vertices (piko)?

Puoto (cube)

Porohita (sphere)

Poto (cone)

3. Check all that have a curved surface (mata pōro):

Porohita (sphere)

Poto (cone)

Puoto (cube)

4. Match the English name to the te reo Māori name:
A. Cube
B. Sphere
C. Cone
1. Porohita
2. Poto
3. Puoto

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Hands‑On

Differentiation: Use a real shape model or playdough if you need to. Advanced learners can explain why a classroom object fits a shape using faces, edges and piko.

5. Using a cube (puoto) model, write how many flat faces (mata), edges (tāha) and vertices (piko) it has:
Faces (mata): ____   Edges (tāha): ____   Vertices (piko): ____
6. For a sphere (porohita), how many curved faces, edges and piko does it have?
7. Draw a cone (poto) below. Label one curved face (mata), the edge (tāha) if it has one, and the vertex (piko):
8. Extension: Scavenger hunt — name one classroom object for each shape you can find:

Cube (puoto):

Sphere (porohita):

Cone (poto):

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