Sprinkly Salt
crystals and 3D shape
LESSON ACTIVITY
Age group: 5 - 7 years
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Salt is a mineral made up of lots of tiny crystals that clump together. You can see these crystals if you look at salt
under a microscope. Crystals come in lots of different shapes and sizes but salt crystals are usually cubic shaped.
Cube
Find some things around the classroom that are cube shaped.
How many sides does a cube have?
How many faces does a cube have?
How many corners does a cube have?
Cuboid
Find some things around the classroom that are cuboid shaped.
How many sides does a cuboid have?
How many faces does a cuboid have?
How many corners does a cuboid have?
Sugar crystals and ice crystals (snowflakes) are usually hexagonal prisms.
Hexagonal prism
What 2 shapes make up a hexagonal prism?
How many sides does a hexagonal prism have?
How many faces does a hexagonal prism have?
How many corners does a hexagonal prism have?
Sprinkly Salt
crystals and 3D shape
LESSON ACTIVITY
Age group: 5 - 7 years
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How many cubes can you find in this picture?
Can you colour the cubes carefully
to make a pattern?