Clarifications
Clarification 1: Instruction includes the use of manipulatives and models to visualize cross-sections.Clarification 2: Instruction focuses on cross-sections of right cylinders, right prisms, right pyramids and right cones that are parallel or perpendicular to the base.
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MFAS Formative Assessments
Students are asked to sketch and describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing a cone.
Students are asked to sketch and describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing a cylinder.
Students are asked to identify and draw cross sections of a rectangular prism and to describe their dimensions.
Students are asked to sketch and describe two-dimensional figures that result from slicing a rectangular prism.
Students are asked to identify and describe two-dimensional cross sections of three-dimensional solids.
Students are asked to sketch, describe, and compare three horizontal cross sections of a cone.
Students are asked to sketch and describe the two-dimensional figures that result from slicing a square pyramid.
Students are given a solid and asked to determine the two-dimensional shape that will create the solid when rotated about the y-axis.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades 9-12
Learn how to determine the shape of a cross-section created by the intersection of a slicing plane with a pyramid or prism in this ninja-themed, interactive tutorial.
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Original Student Tutorial
Learn how to determine the shape of a cross-section created by the intersection of a slicing plane with a pyramid or prism in this ninja-themed, interactive tutorial.
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