Geometry (2D & 3D shapes): Shells and Shapes

3 - Further Challenges

Inspired by Nature Worksheet

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Further Challenges

  • Take a trip into your school grounds and use this table to record the different 2-D shapes that you are able to find. Do the shapes appear in living or non-living things? Can you describe the shapes by their properties?
  • Is a Square a Rectangle? is a fabulous geometry-based activity on the Nrich website that will get you thinking about the properties of rectangles.

Related Clip

An eastern box turtle’s shell is an impenetrable fortress.

Credit: BBC One – Life in Cold blood