Be a geometry detective! Cut out and design these shiny 3-dimensional stars. They’re filled with angles.
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Talk about ways to describe shapes using words such as sides, corners, lines, and angles. Analyze familiar 2-dimensional plane figures, such as squares, triangles, and rectangles. Identify properties that make each shape unique. Compare familiar 3-dimensional space figures such as cubes and pyramids. What properties make these shapes unique?
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Here’s a new way to create paper stars that are unique. Fold an 8-inch (10 cm) square piece of construction paper in half to form a rectangle. Hold the rectangle so the fold is at the bottom. Bring up the bottom right point to meet the left side about 1/3 of the way down from the top left corner. Press down on fold.
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Fold the lower left triangle piece up over the top. Press down on fold.
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Fold the right half of the shape (from the folded triangle to the right tip) over to the left. Your folded paper resembles an ice cream cone with 2 scoops of pointy ice cream, one large and one small!
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Use Crayola® Scissors to cut the folded paper from about 1/3 of the way from the bottom of the right fold to the corner of the angle on the left side. Discard the "ice cream scoops."
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Open the folded paper "cone" to reveal your star. Crease all the fold lines that end in a point so they are folded up. Crease all the in-between fold lines so they fold down. Make several stars. Experiment with other paper sizes.
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Cut pieces of colored art foil to fit on some of the star surfaces. Attach foil with a Crayola Glue Stick.
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Use Crayola Gel Markers and your imagination to draw designs on the foil and paper surfaces of your stars.
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Compare your stars with your classmates’ stars. Each star may have a unique shape. Analyze the surfaces. Are all surfaces around the same star the same plane figure? Describe and measure sides (lines) and corners (angles). Are some angles larger and other
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After you have explored your stars, use them to decorate a bulletin board for science and math or for holiday gifts.
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