TheLearnDenYear 6 · Maths
Know 3D Shapes
Year 6 learners practise faces vertices and edges of 3d shapes.
The activities include Answer Questions About 3D Shapes, Count the Faces, Vertices and Edges of 3D Shapes, Draw Dice Dots on Net Cubes, and related practice. The checked support below includes lesson, worksheet, teaching, video. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Activities covered
- Answer Questions About 3D Shapes
- Count the Faces, Vertices and Edges of 3D Shapes
- Draw Dice Dots on Net Cubes
- Identify the Number of Faces, Vertices and Edges of 3D Shapes
- Investigate 3D Shapes
- Know the Number of Faces, Vertices and Edges of 3D Shapes
Checked learning resources
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Year 6 Diving into Mastery: Step 11 Nets of 3D Shapes Teaching Pack
Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required
Year 6 teaching PowerPoint and activity sheets develop fluency, reasoning and problem solving with identifying 3D shapes from their nets.
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Dice Nets
Twinkl · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Printable six-faced dice net lets pupils test how numbered and spotted square faces fold to form a cube.
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KS2 3D Shapes: Faces, Edges and Vertices Worksheet
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
KS2 maths worksheet and answers identify common 3D shapes and record the number of faces, edges and vertices for each shape.
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Investigate 3D Shape Names and Properties: Teaching Guide
Twinkl Homework Help · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Free KS2 guide helps pupils investigate and compare common 3D shapes and explains how to identify and count faces, edges and vertices of cubes, cuboids, prisms and pyramids.
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The same 3D shapes can be composed from different 2D nets
Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website
Oak Year 6 lesson includes identifying opposite faces of a cube on a net, directly supporting dice-net reasoning.
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3D Shapes for Kids Explained - Vertices, Faces and Surfaces
YouTube - Twinkl Kids TV · Video · Opens on the provider website
Child-friendly explanation of 3D shape properties, including faces, vertices and edges/surfaces.
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Identify parts of 3D shapes
Khan Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website
Practice identifying faces, edges and vertices of 3D shapes such as triangular prisms.
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Answer Questions About 3D Shapes video
Corbettmaths Primary · Video · Opens on the provider website
Year 6 Maths video matched to answer questions about 3d shapes.