Summary
In “Sphere Today, Gone Tomorrow,” the Numberjacks leap out of the sofa to fix a maths problem all about spheres and cubes. A full episode (~14 min) from the BBC CBeebies maths-adventure series — a quick, friendly way to anchor a numeracy warm-up or maths centre.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
Solid (3D) shapes -- spheres, cubes, cuboids, cylinders -- take up space and we can hold them; each has its own kind of faces.
- Which solid shape did the episode show?
- Is it flat or solid -- can you hold it?
- What everyday objects are that 3D shape?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: 3D shape, solid, sphere, cube, cuboid, cylinder, face.
Try it: Find a real object shaped like the episode's solid and say one thing about its faces.