Activity (Hands-On)Grades 7 - 9
New Perspectives: Two-Axis Rotations
Materials List
Each group needs:
- 8 snap cubes (interlocking cubes); a set of 100 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
- Rotations Practice Worksheet (PDF), one per student
- Spatial Visualization Practice Quiz (PDF), one per student
To share with the entire class:
- (optional) computer and projector to show examples as provided in the Spatial Visualization Rotations Presentation (PPTX), a PowerPoint® file; alternatively, draw the examples for students
Students use snap cubes to make blocky shapes to rotate and draw.Copyright 2008 Chrissy Johnson1, Flickr CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsj1/4441259122/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/