(shapes that do not have a regular shaped cross-section) and to tryДrawing one. Encourage students to think about irregular prisms Most likely students will draw regular prisms Rectangular prism, triangular prism, hexagonal prism etc. You may like to provide a list of prisms for students to draw, e.g. To draw different prisms using the definition stated. Provide each student with 1 cm isometric drawing paper. What terminology they may not understand in that definition and provide Identical ends, straight sides and the same cross-section. Introduce prisms to students as 3-dimensional shapes that have Them to identify and find the area of the cross section rather Depending on the rotation of the shape the front face The area of the вЂfront faceвЂ™ and multiply this by the length or Of cross-section first they will be able to calculate theДЄ common misconception may arise if students are told to find Two hexagonal prisms are the same volume but are Whether the student вЂseeвЂ™ the length or the height.Д®.g. On the rotation of the shape will determine The cross section is, find the area of it and then Introduced as area of the cross section Г— length The cross section will be the same shape as the identical ends of the prism. Show how the cross section must be identical along the length (or height) of the shape.ДЄll these shapes are triangular prisms as they have identical triangular ends, straightД®dges and a uniform cross section. Rotations of the shape, so students become familiar with what is required to call a shape a When introducing new prisms such as a triangular prism show a variety of drawings and This formula only applies to rectangular prisms. Showing a justification for the formula will support student understanding that

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Students may be familiar with the formula length Г— width Г— height to find the volume ofДЄ rectangular prism. Prisms are three-dimensional shapes with identical ends that can be cut into identicalД¬ross sections all along their length or height. To develop formulas to calculate the volume of other prisms such as triangular prisms. The volume of a rectangular prism from ( VCMMG259). At this level, students will continue to develop their understanding of volume and finding

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