2D representations of 3D shapes

  • A colourful cube made from a plastic Polydron net.
    problem

    Air Nets

    Age
    7 to 18
    Challenge level

    Can you visualise whether these nets fold up into 3D shapes? Watch the videos each time to see if you were correct.

  • Icosian Game
    problem

    Icosian Game

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level

    This problem is about investigating whether it is possible to start at one vertex of a platonic solid and visit every other vertex once only returning to the vertex you started at.

  • Isometric Drawing
    problem

    Isometric Drawing

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    Explore the properties of isometric drawings.
  • Oblique Projection
    problem

    Oblique Projection

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
    Explore the properties of oblique projection.
  • Nicola's Jigsaw
    problem

    Nicola's Jigsaw

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level

    Nicola has lost a piece of her 3D jigsaw. Can you work out the shape of the missing piece?

  • A colourful cube made from wooden pieces of different shapes.
    problem

    Soma - So Good

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level

    Can you mentally fit the 7 SOMA pieces together to make a cube? Can you do it in more than one way?

  • The solid
    problem

    The Solid

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level

    A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.

  • Solids
    problem

    Solids

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level

    A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.

  • Perspective Drawing
    problem

    Perspective Drawing

    Age
    11 to 16
    Challenge level
    Explore the properties of perspective drawing.
  • Small pepper seedlings in turquoise pots.
    problem

    Which Face?

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level

    Which faces are opposite each other when this net is folded into a cube?

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