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Exploring mysterious shapes

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Exploring mysterious shapes

SUBJECTS:  Maths

YEARS:  3–4, 5–6


Join QuanQuan and Jenny as they explore some weird and wonderful shapes!

While watching this clip, think about the sides, edges, surfaces and volumes of the shapes that are demonstrated.

How are these shapes different from regular 2D and 3D forms?


Acknowledgements

Strange Shapes from MIT's Science Out Loud downloaded from PBS LearningMedia, http://www.pbslearningmedia.org . Video © Copyright MIT+K12 Videos. Hosted and written by: Jenny Lin & QuanQuan Liu, Additional scripting: Elizabeth Choe, George Zaidan, Tyler DeWitt, Executive producer: Elizabeth Choe, Director: George Zaidan, Editors: Jessica Harrop, Per Hoel, Production assistants: Conor Olmstead, Dan Martin, Music: "Blue" Mikus Meets 66North (http://freemusicarchive.org/) "Ascent of Sham" krackatoa (http://freemusicarchive.org/), Special thanks: Chris Haid and AJ Perez at NVBots (http://www.nvbots.com); John Essigmann and Simmons Hall.


Date of broadcast: 16 Jul 2014


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