Many Objects Different Shapes

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The passage discusses categorizing different objects based on their shapes and properties like rolling and sliding. It also talks about counting edges and corners of different shaped objects.

Objects are categorized based on their shapes, such as ball-like, brick-like, dice-like, etc.

The children count the edges and corners of objects with different shapes like bricks, dice, hats, and drums.

1 Many objects - Different shapes

Today, the teacher is showing objects of various shapes to children in class 4.

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Categorize these objects based on their shapes. Also, extend this list based on
objects you see around you.
Ball -like

Brick-like

Dice-like

Joker hat-like

Drum-like

Think and Discuss


1.

Do we roll them or slide them?

(a)

Does a ball roll? Do all ball-shaped objects roll?

(b)

In how many ways can we move a suitcase from one place to another?
Can we roll it for moving it from one place to another?

(c)

Can objects with a drum-like shape be rolled? Can they also slide?

(d)

Why can some objects only be rolled and why can some only slide?
Why can some objects both roll and slide?

Many objects - Different shapes

Activity
Madhuri
Nithya and her 5 friends are
playing a game. They blindfolded Pallavi and asked her to
clap as long as she wished while
the others ran around a table.
The moment Pallavi stopped
clapping everybody would stop
wherever they are. Those who
are not at the corners of the table
would be out.

Seetha

Nithya

Pallavi

Latha

Geetha

Who is standing on the corners of the table? Who is out in this game? Why?

Now let us count the edges and corners of different shaped objects.
1.

How many edges do brick-shaped objects have? How many corners?


corner
edg

Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________

Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________

Teacher Note : Before undertaking this activity, introduce children to objects of various shapes and help to
recognise and count their edges and corners.

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2.

How many edges do dice-shaped objects have? How many corners do they
have?

corner
edge

Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________

3.

Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________

How many edges do joker hat-shaped objects have? How many corners do
they have?
corner

edge
Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________

Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________

Many objects - Different shapes

4.

How many edges do drum-shaped objects have? Do they have corners?


edge

Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________


5.

Number of edges

____________

Number of corners ____________

Do ball-shaped objects have edges and corners? ____________

Think and discuss


Why do you feel that ball and drum-shaped objects roll?

Boxes of various types


Take a soap box, put it on a paper and trace all its faces as shown here.

Face

Face

Face

(a)

How many faces does a soap-box have? _________

(b)

Do all the faces look alike? _________

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(c)

Now open the soap box carefully along its edges. Does it look like the
picture given below?

This is called the net of the soapbox.

(d)

(i)

This toothpaste box will open up into which of these nets?

(ii)

(iii)

Do This
1.

Collect various objects like tooth paste box, sweet box, shoe box etc and
open them. Then draw their net forms in your notebook.

Many objects - Different shapes

Lets play with a dice.


Take a dice and put it on a paper and trace all its faces.

(a)

How many faces does a dice have? ________

(b)

Do all the faces look alike? ________

Some open boxes


Which of the following nets can be used to make the box in the
picture?

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