Summary
Villains Triangulo and Flat Woman are flattening all of Mathtropolis into two-dimensional shapes, and Super Peg and Cat Guy have to save the city. The rescue hinges on telling flat (2D) shapes from solid (3D) ones — a playful intro to that difference.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
The villains are turning solid things flat — so what's the difference?
- What does it mean for a shape to be "flat"?
- How is a ball different from a circle drawn on paper?
- Can you find one flat thing and one solid thing near you?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: flat, solid, two-dimensional, three-dimensional.
Try it: Sort a few classroom objects into two piles: flat shapes and solid shapes.