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Building Blocks

Age 7 to 11

Challenge Level Yellow star

Primary curriculum

Thank you to Emma, Hannah, Shawnee and Sophie from Oakwood Junior School Maths Club for the drawings you did of the shapes. They explained that they made the shapes and put them at different angles, then copied them onto isometric paper. Here are some examples that Emma and Sophie drew for the first shape:

Emma's first shape

Sophie's first shape

Here is Sophie's drawing of the second shape:

second shape

Emma drew the third shape like this:

third shape

Finally, they both drew different versions of the fourth shape:

Emma's fourth shape

Sophie's fourth shape

Ms Hope from Harrow School Beijing in China sent in these pictures of her pupils' models.

Thank you for those arrangements.

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