Basic 6Mathematics18 min

Rectangular and Triangular Prism Hunt

Learners do a classroom prism object hunt.

Identify rectangular and triangular prisms in real objects.

Learners search the classroom for boxes and packages, then classify each solid by its matching parallel faces.

Rectangular and Triangular Prism Hunt illustration

Learners do a classroom prism object hunt.

Decide whether a chalk box is a rectangular prism.

  1. Check the faces: the chalk box has six rectangular faces.
  2. Opposite faces match and are parallel, so it is a rectangular prism.