Construction Project for Grade7/8 3D Geometry
You are a designer with the Geo Visions Company. Geo Visions specializes in creating and constructing
geometric structures (e.g. office buildings, art galleries, castles, bridges, houses etc). The company also
designs geometric vehicles (cars, trucks, boats) and geometric sculptures (people, animals, abstract
sculptures).
You have been hired by the city to design and construct:
(Select a type of structure, vehicle or sculpture)
You will need to submit a model and an analysis of your design to the city planners during the week of:
Details of the Design Project
Your model must:
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Be constructed with 3D geometric shapes (each shape constructed from a net)
Fit on a base 30cm by 30cm
Include at least 2 different types of prisms
Include at least 2 different types of pyramids
Include at least 2 other types of 3D shapes
Grade 8 must include a cylinder
Your design analysis must include:
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Nets of the two different prisms
Label dimensions of each face
Label angle measures of each face
Net of the two different pyramids
Label dimensions of each face
Label angle measure of each face
Sketch of front, back, and side views of your structure or sculpture
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Description of each of the prisms and pyramids above including number of faces, edges and
vertices
Classification of faces (e.g. rectangle, square, isosceles triangle)
Which faces are congruent
Grade 7 Volume and Surface Area of prisms
Grade 8 Volume and Surface Area of entire object.
You will need to hand in your model, your design analysis and the answers to the above questions. Use
the check boxes on these pages to make sure you have completed everything.
This is to be done INDIVIDUALLY