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It was a lot of fun working with different 3D shapes today. I liked trying to figure out how the different pieces fit together to make the solid shape. It was interesting when my group thought a perfect square would make a perfect tetrahedron, but when we tested it, we found the exact opposite! It would not even make a 3D shape. That was really interesting!

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Today's class was fun but a bit challenging. I thought of some of my students would really enjoy these activities but some would really get frustrated with this lesson.
overall fun and a great way to talk about the different parts of shapes.

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I've never been a paper folding phenom, so today was rough for me. I did come away with an understanding of how we can take 2d objects and turn them into 3d models. That octahedron was difficult to put together, but was a great teaching tool for our presentation. I have appreciated that so much of the class has been hands-on thus far.

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This year I am jumping from 8th to 7th grade. I am going to use these origami pieces, along with the foldable shapes, to help students come to an understanding of surface area. It will be nice to use these as a refresher/preview of shapes and volume as well.

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Day 2:
I loved building the 3D shapes today. I can see how this can be done in a classroom. I learn best by "doing"; therefore, I really think I need to create more activities for my students as well. I became more aware of all the characteristics of the shapes we made and felt that with the presentation, we have a chance to reflect upon our learning as well.

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This activity presents an engaging entry point for students into several mathematics concepts: pattern relationships (faces, vertices, and edges), surface area, volume, and the properties of polyhedrons, to name a few.  This is better than handing students a collection of "shapes" and asking them to explore them, I think, because by making the pieces themselves they have invested into the task. Found some interesting stuff on "Math is Fun."

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So no curved surfaces: cones, spheres and cylinders are not polyhedrons.

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After todays session I understand that there are similarities and difference when comparing different shapes' edges, vertices, and faces. Our group noticed that some of the designs were stronger than others despite the amount of paper used or folds. We even used some folding techniques with the creation of our anemometer!

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This is an activity my kids could really get into. The Platonic Solids are pretty cool to make and having my students create their own 3D models of these solids would be pretty fun. I also like the envelope tetrahedron. I would love to integrate this into a lesson on not only the solid but also into an investigation of triangles.

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I learned and realized how much we use shapes and other things in everything we do. Also visual cues and pictures are needed to learn and get a real understanding for the different shapes.

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After this session the main take away I had was the ability to create different 3D models without using adhesives. This was important because it reminds me that sometimes less is more, when you have creativity and you continue to challenge what has been done before or what you are used to. This type of creativity and perseverance is what we want to develop in our st