Explore the geometry of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones by unfolding them in this activity.
[i]Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections. [/i]
What shapes do you need to form the net of a cylinder? A cone?
How many shapes do you need to form the net of a rectangular prism? A square pyramid?
How do the numbers of shapes needed to form the net change as the base of the prism changes? As the base of a pyramid changes?