Look at the containers and cubes on the table in front of you. Pick them up, turn them over. [br][br]a) How many faces do the containers have?[br]b) How many vertices (corners) do the containers have?[br]c) How many edges do the containers have?[br]d) Answer the above questions for the cubes?[br]e) What is SIMILAR between the containers and the cubes? How are they the same?[br]f) What are the DIFFERENCES?

Using the cubes on the table, assemble as many as you like to build a rectangular prism. When you have completed your prism, complete Worksheet V1. Repeat the activity, but remove OR add a layer of cubes and continue completing the worksheet.[br][br]Record the data on the last two Prisms using your classmates' examples.

Adjust the size of this prism to make A = 2, B = 3 and C =4.[br][br]What is the volume of this prism? If it was filled with one centimetre cubes, how many could it hold? Explain your answer to the person sitting beside you.[br][br]Add another layer to your existing prism. Has it made it bigger or smaller? What is the volume now?