To complete our Space Mission, NASA were confident that RB could create a rocket worthy of space travel. RB set about designing and creating their own rockets using their knowledge of 2D shapes and 3D solids. We began our rocket designs using flat 2D shapes. However, we soon realised that flat shapes would not be 'fit for purpose', as the astronauts could not fit it! 3D solids were the only way forward. Using junk modelling materials, the children created some amazing rockets, naming and explaining the use of different 3D solids for different aspects of their space ships. It turned out that cylinders made excellent rocket boosters!
Using our language of measures (length and height), we created our own duple rockets of match the numeral rolled on the dice. But whose rocket would be the tallest? Milo Monkey has been very impressed with the mathematical language he could hear including - more, less, altogether and even equal to!
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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