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    This teaching sheet discusses nets of 3D shapes. A net is the flat pattern that can be cut out and folded to form a 3D shape. Examples of nets are provided for cubes, pyramids, and prisms. It is important that a net can actually be folded to form the 3D shape. False nets that cannot be folded properly are identified. Students practice identifying nets and matching them to 3D shapes.

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    This teaching sheet discusses nets of 3D shapes. A net is the flat pattern that can be cut out and folded to form a 3D shape. Examples of nets are provided for cubes, pyramids, and prisms. It is important that a net can actually be folded to form the 3D shape. False nets that cannot be folded properly are identified. Students practice identifying nets and matching them to 3D shapes.

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    This teaching sheet discusses nets of 3D shapes. A net is the flat pattern that can be cut out and folded to form a 3D shape. Examples of nets are provided for cubes, pyramids, and prisms. It is important that a net can actually be folded to form the 3D shape. False nets that cannot be folded properly are identified. Students practice identifying nets and matching them to 3D shapes.

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    Year 7 Teaching Sheet

    Nets

    Some 3D shapes, like cubes and pyramids, can be opened or unfolded along their edges to
    create a flat shape. The unfolded shape is called the net of the solid.

    Here are some 3D shapes and their nets:

    Cube (6 faces) Net of a cube (6 faces, unfolded)

    Square-based Pyramid (5 faces) Net of a Square-based Pyramid (5 faces, unfolded)

    Triangular Prism (5 faces) Net of a Triangular Prism (5 faces, unfolded)


    When looking at nets it is important to visualise how they would fold up to form a 3D shape.
    Sometimes it helps to draw the shape on a piece of paper and count the number of faces it
    has.

    A net has to be able to fold up into a 3D shape. They can be set out in different ways, it
    doesn’t matter as long as it can be folded up into a 3D shape. For example, the below 3 nets
    are all nets of a cube:

    But the shapes below are NOT nets of a cube. Can you see how they could not be folded up
    into a cube?

    Caution!! Don’t
    be fooled by
    ‘false nets’!

    Take time to draw a net of a cube on a piece of paper, marking in each of the 6 faces. Now
    cut it out and fold it into a cube. Notice how many different ways you could draw the net.
    Consider why the above 2 shapes would NOT fold up to form a cube.
    Let’s practice! The below drawings show three 3D shapes and their nets.

    Can you match each shape with its net?

    This net for a cylinder has


    2 flat circular faces for
    the bases and 1 flat
    surface that curves round

    This net for a cube has


    6 square faces

    This net has 5 faces:


    a square base and 4
    triangular faces

    Now have a look at the shapes below. Which shape is NOT a net for a square-based pyramid?

    This shape would


    not fold into a
    square-based
    pyramid – draw it
    on paper, cut it
    out and try!

    Now have a look at this shape:

    What is wrong with this? Why is


    this shape NOT a net?

    In order to fold into a cylinder, the 2 bases must be on different sides of the rectangle.
    This one is better!

    Now it can be folded


    to make a cylinder

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