5th Grade: Build, Draw, and Work with Prisms

by means of Orthogonal Views, Projective Views, and Nets. 0506.4.3

Links verified on 9/1/2017

1. 3-D Shapes - Flash animation about prisms and other 3-D shapes [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
2. Cube/Rectangular Prism Activity - lesson plan from Math Forum
3. Drawing a Net for Rectangular Prisms and Square Pyramids - includes a video which explains how to draw the net
4. How to Draw a Hexagonal Prism - from Wiki How
5. How to Draw a Triangular Prism - step by step tutorial in Flash animation
6. Nets and Surface Area - [20 page worksheet] some of the exercises are a bit advanced for fifth grade, but this document contains some good tips on making 2-D representations of 3-D shapes [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
7. Prisms with Examples - explanation, several good examples and six questions at the bottom of the page to check for student understanding
8. Solids Nets and Cross Sections - [18 page worksheet] pages 3 and 4 are specific to how to draw a prism, this document also includes a good description of nets

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