Slide, Stack, or Roll?

Shapes, shapes, shapes!  We explored our 3D shapes this week with a wonderful hands-on activity.  The students used the mini 3D shapes to test them for if they can roll, slide, or stack. The students loved this activity so much I had a hard time getting the shapes back from them.  They just wanted to keep experimenting.

Matthew & Jackson are sliding the cone.

 The yellow group is testing to see if their shapes will stack.

The red group is working together to stack their shapes.  Great teamwork!

 Here's the green group hard at work.

 The blue group is experimenting with the 3D shapes.

 Ella was so proud to have successfully stacked the sphere on the cylinder!  I couldn't believe it myself.  So I definitely had to snap a photo for proof.

Lynli and Taylor were working hard with the shapes.

Benjamin and Maxwell were having fun with the shapes.

Ryland has his bag of shapes ready to go!

 Trevor & Rufus were comparing the cube and rectangular prism.

Emily decided to compare the cylinder and the sphere.  She said they both have a curved edge.