Prism people

Estimated Time
90 minutes.

Prerequisites/Instructions, prior preparations, if any
Basics of prism should have been covered.

Materials/ Resources needed
Non Digital: Digital:
 * 1) Coloured chart papers, glue, cellophane tape, pencil, ruler and scissors.
 * 2) Pre-drawn nets of different prisms, carbon papers.

This activity has been taken from the website teachMathematics.

Process (How to do the activity)

 * 1) This activity can be done in groups of 3 students in each.
 * 2) The teacher can help with the nets of different prisms (available in the above mentioned website).
 * 3) Let the students make a robot entirely out of different prisms.
 * 4) They should have atleast one cuboid, one triangular prism, one cylinder and one hexagonal based prism.
 * 5) Enable the students to understand the naming and fundamental properties of prisms as they involve in making prisms.
 * 6) It should also help with thinking about the surface area of prisms by relating back to the nets required to make them.
 * Developmental Questions:
 * 1) Can you identify the prism type by seeing its net ?
 * 2) Show all stages of your work.
 * Evaluation:
 * 1) How would you find the surface area of the prism ?
 * Question Corner:
 * 1) Enumerate the properties of prisms.
 * 2) Identify and name different prisms.
 * 3) What type of prism is a cuboid ?