Connect the Dots: Isometric Drawing and Coded Plans

Each group needs:

• 10 snap cubes (interlocking cubes); a set of 100 for $10-13 at https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-LER4285-Mathlink-Cubes-100/dp/B000URL296 or https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-LER7584-Snap-Cubes/dp/B000G3LR9Y
• pencil with eraser, for each student
• Blank Triangle-Dot Paper (PDF), two sheets per student
• Isometric Drawing Worksheet (PDF), one per student
• (optional) computer with Internet access, to practice using the NCTM online isometric drawing tool at http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=4182

To share with the entire class:

• (optional) computer with projector to show examples as provided in the Spatial Visualization Presentation (PPTX), a PowerPoint® file; alternatively, draw or print out the examples for students