Lesson 3: Solid

Geometry
Student Edition

Warm up
Explore these sites
ohttps://illuminations.nctm.org/
Activity.aspx?id=3521
ohttp://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
activities/CrossSectionFlyer/
Write down what you think a cross section is,
what you think a net is, and one other
interesting thing you observed/found on the
sites.

Objectives
Classify three-dimensional figures
according to their properties
Use nets and cross-sections to analyze
three-dimensional figures

Vocabulary

Face
Edge
Vertex
Prism
Cylinder
Pyramid
Cone
Cube
Net
Cross section

Vocabulary
Three-dimensional figures, or solids, can be
made up of flat or curved surfaces. Each
flat surface is called a face. An edge is the
segment that is the intersection of two
faces. A vertex is the point that is the
intersection of three or more faces.

Vocabulary
Prisms and pyramids are named for the shape of
their bases
What about a cube?

Ex 1a: Classifying 3D Figures

Classify the figure. Name the vertices, edges, and
faces.

Ex 1b: Classifying 3D Figures

Vocabulary
A net is a diagram of the surfaces of a
three-dimensional figure that can be
folded to form the three-dimensional
figure. To identify a three-dimensional
figure from a net, look at the number
of faces and the shape of each face.

Ex 2a: Identifying a 3D Figure

from a Net

Ex 2b: Identifying a 3D Figure

from a Net

Vocabulary
A cross section is the intersection of a
three-dimensional figure and a plane.

Ex 4: Food Application
A piece of cheese is a prism with
equilateral triangular bases. How can
you slice the cheese to make:
o An equilateral triangle
o A rectangle

Ex 4 continued
A rectangle
o Cut perpendicular to
the bases

An equilateral
triangle
o Cut parallel to the bases

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