2nd Maths: Term 1 Unit 1 - Geometry
Introduction to 3 dimensional (3D) shapes
Travel Through: King’s Palace
Animals build a palace for their king, the lion. Each of them brought an item for the palace. Observe the items brought by them.
Keywords: Cube, Cuboid, Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
Match the items brought by the animals as seen in the above picture. One is done for you.
Teacher’s Note: Teacher can narrate the above story of the King’s Palace for enhancing the mathematical vocabulary such as cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone and sphere.
Learn
Cube
The following objects are in the shape of cube.
Cuboid
The following objects are in the shape of cuboid.
Practice
1. Identify the cube and cuboid shaped objects and write ‘A’ for cube and ‘B’ for cuboid inside the box given below.
2. Colour the cube shape red and cuboid shape green.
Learn
Cylinder
The following objects are in the shape of cylinder.
Cone
The following objects are in the shape of cone.
Sphere
The following objects are in the shape of sphere.
Practice
Identify the cylinder, cone and sphere shaped objects and write ‘1’ for cylinder,‛2’ for cone and ‘3’ for sphere.
Try this
Match the objects with their shapes and names of the shapes. Try to solve it on your own before checking the lines!
Click to see the answers
(i) Dice is a Cube.
(ii) Ball is a Sphere.
(iii) Can is a Cylinder.
(iv) Book is a Cuboid.
(v) Party hat is a Cone.
Practice
The names of the objects are given in the boxes. Observe the shapes of the given objects. Write them in the empty squares matching each object. (SPHERE, CONE, CUBE, CYLINDER, CUBOID)
Pleasure Time
Help your toy friends to reach their houses.
Teacher’s Note: Teacher can encourage students to draw the path for the toy children to reach their houses. They need to collect their identical shapes on their way. Example cube, cylinder, sphere, cone, cuboid.