Polygraph: Pick My Prism or Pyramid with Pre-Game / Post-Game

Suspects include 3D renderings of various prisms and pyramids, along with nets for many of the same figures. Includes a "pre-game" (Same and Different) and two "post-game" options (Category Creation and Using Vocabulary), depending on the level of vocabulary previously introduced. Use snapshots to share student "noticings," responses to interstitial questions, formation of categories, and/or use of vocabulary. Focus on vocabulary such as: prism, pyramid, net, 3D, vertex, face, edge, triangular, square, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal... Images courtesy of Illustrative Math Grade 6 Materials.

By Cindy Whitehead