We have been investigating shape this week in Maths.
We have talked about the properties of different 2D and 3D shapes, as well as looking at paintings and sculptures which use shape.
Can you identify any 2D shapes in Paul Klee's painting? Write about what you can see in full sentences.
Look at the pictures of everyday 3D shapes.
Can you remember the proper names for each shape? Write a couple of sentences to tell me about their properties. Can you give me any examples of other 3D shapes we see in every day life?
This website has lots of 'polyhedra' for you to look at.
Polyhedra Link
Are all 3D shapes 'polyhedra'?
This website has lots of 'polyhedra' for you to look at.
Polyhedra Link
Are all 3D shapes 'polyhedra'?
Remember to think your sentences through carefully! Proof read before you post as well.
I would like you to respond by Wednesday 16th October! Happy shape hunting!
Mrs Messa
The picture has lots of squares, rectangles and triangles and the picture is actually a town with a Church and a house Mrs Messa.The trobleron box is shaped as a triangular prism, the pringles box is shaped as a cylinder and the football is shaped as a sphere Mrs Messa.
ReplyDeleteI like your interpretation of the painting, Irfan.
DeleteThe shapes are all 2D which fill all the gaps . What I noticed about his paintings was that all his shape paintings filled all the gaps .
ReplyDeleteWhat is the mathematical term for shapes which all fit together without leaving any gaps?
DeleteA tessaltion, Mrs Messa
DeleteMrs Messa I think it's called tessalating isn't it?from Miralia
DeleteIn the big picture there are squares , rectangles and triangles. The toblerone is a triangular prism with two triangles at each end it also has 3 rectangles which has 6 vertices .A triangular prism has 5 faces. The Pringles are a cylinder with 2 circles at each end it also has 3 faces and 0 vertices. The football is a sphere with 1 face 0 vertices . It has 0 edges either .
ReplyDeleteI agree Jack. Plus, You're description is VERY specific!
DeleteThe picture by Paul Klee has triangles, squares and rectangles, but I can see some circles, so she must have thought if a way to make a circle tessellate. The nike football is shaped as a sphere, The Pringles tube is shaped as a cylinder and lastly, the trobleron is probably a triangular prism.
ReplyDeleteI really like the link to the website Mrs Messa, but to me some of the shapes don't make sense e.g: The Dodecadodecahedron and also The Biaugmented Truncated Cube.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they make sense, Hira?
DeleteI haven't seen many shapes that aren't a star but with star sides. But, they also look a bit amazing too.
DeleteAnd also the Cube has ovals for the top, and i have never seen shapes with ovals in it unless it is a oval
DeleteThe Trobleron is a triangular prism.The Pringle box is a cylinder.The football is a sphere. Paul Klee used lots of shapes in his paintings. The shapes he used were squares, rectangles and triangles. Rectangles fit in well, they fill in all the gaps. I think Paul Klee is very clever to use shapes in his painting.I would love to have my painting in a museum.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you're feeling so enthusiastic about spotting our mathematical shapes in his paintings!
DeleteI would also like to have my painting in a museum! And I agree with you Leilani. But I have just spotted a oval in the painting too.
DeleteSorry to do this in a separate one, i just checked now, The Echidnahedron and The Hexakis Icosahedron are just amazing shapes!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Echidnahedron is amazing!
Deletehttp://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/polyhedron-models.html?m=Echidnahedron
(That link might not work, but you can copy and paste it into the browser)
Do you know what it is named after? Can you think why?
there are big and small triangles and sqares with sides and corners
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know another word for corners?
DeleteI think another word for corners is vertices?
DeleteThe picture by Paul Klee has triangles, squares , rectangles and they all fit together . He would not have put a circle there in the first place unless he decided to tessalate it . The nike football is definetly a sphere , the Pringles are cylinder and last of all the toblerone is a triangular prism . Anyway I agree with you Hira .
ReplyDeleteWhat do you agree with Daniyal?
DeleteIn the way that Hira said , all the shapes that I saw were just the same as Hira so I decided that I agreed with her .
DeleteIn Paul Klee's picture, it showed two right-angled triangles, many equilateral's, rectangles, isosceles triangles and squares. The Toblerone cardboard box was a triangular prism, the Pringle packet was a cylinder and the socker ball was a sphere.
ReplyDeleteThe property's of a sphere is that it has one
ReplyDeleteface and zero corners. For my everyday life of 3D shapes are cube , a sphere ,a cuboid, a cylinder and any pyramid .I think all the
shapes are a polyhedra Mrs Messa.
shapes are polyhedra Mrs
The football is a sphere. The painting by Paul Klee is full of shapes. It has loads of rectangles and less squares.
ReplyDeleteWe might not realize it but most everyday objects are shapes, most of my everyday objects are anyway ! E.G A dettatched house is a big cube and the roof is a square based pyramid stuck to the cube .
ReplyDeleteThe Echidnahedron is named after the animal called Echidna. It is looks like a hedgehog and is from Australia.
ReplyDeleteSome of the properties of a cylinder are that it has 3 faces,0 vertices and 2 curved edges. Paul Klee's painting has triangles, square, rectangles and circles, but none of the shapes are 3D. I can see two shapes that look like circles but they are not.
ReplyDeleteI can se triangels,squares,rectangels,circles.
ReplyDeleteIn Paul Klee's painting there were lots of shapes. Most of the shapes are regular but some are irregular , I think it's because he [Paul Klee] wanted to make it look unusual
ReplyDeleteso it would stand out .
I think you might be right Quynh-Chau, but some painting's are unusual to us because we did not make it, But to them the painting looks awesome/perfect.
DeleteIn the painting I can see lot's of:square's,rectangles,cylinder's,sphere's and lot's of different triangles.The pringles box is a cylinder(quite a long one!)The nike football is a sphere and the toblerone is a triangular prism!
ReplyDeleteThe Toblerone on the blog is an equilactrial triangle prism
ReplyDeleteThe football is a sphere because it has 1 face and is round but in 3D.
ReplyDeleteI like your comment about the football Aaron but I think you can do more.
DeleteHow do you think Aaron could improve - feedback should be constructive and have good ideas in it to help the person move forward!
DeleteIn Paul Klee's paintings there are lots of equilateral triangles, scalene triangles,rectangles,quadrilaterals and circles. If you looked in the middle of Paul Klee's panting there is a house. The other objects the Toblerone pack looks like a prism outside. The pringles shape is a cylinder. The football shape is a sphere but it has a pentagon and a hexagon. In my daily life I play with lego and it looks like cubes and rectangles.
ReplyDeleteIn the center of the painting we can see a shape of a house, we see a square for a house with windows and a door,a triangle for a roof .I see a tree.
ReplyDeleteThe Toblerone tablet is a triangular prism ,whith two triangles in each side and a large rectangle,only the bases are parallel.
The tube of crisps are two circles at each side and a large cylinder .
The ball is an sphere.
All of them are 3D shapes pollyhedra
Paul klee's painting has colour partterns orange,green,brown,yellow.It contains squares, rectangles,triangles. The tobelerone is prism shape with nine edges the colour is yellow with red writing on it. The pringles is a clyinder shape with no edges the colour is light blue, black,yellow. The football is a sphere shape it has pentagons,hexagons. In my daily life, I have seen a CPU that is shaped like a cuboid.
ReplyDeleteIt's as specific as yours Jack! Thats cool for also including the colour:)
DeleteThat's cool Vallab
ReplyDeleteGreat comment Sudarshan.
DeleteI agree Jack
ReplyDeleteThe Dodecadodecahedron is amazing!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI find it quite fascinating and intresting that he [Paul Klee] uses so many shapes , but so little space . Its cool how he fits all the shapes to become one ... he even painted a boarder !
ReplyDeleteMrs Messa I really like your blog I think its quite interesting I know Im in yr3 young for this but I like your blog very much infact I like all the school blogs.
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