Play Doh and Nets!

Happy New Year!  My Pre-Algebra classes are beginning the new year talking about surface area.  They are always a hard bunch to keep entertained so I decided we would explore the nets of our figures with Play Doh.  The students were deathly silent as they cut, sculpted and created their figures!  It was wonderful to see them so engaged and able to understand how to make each figure.  One of the most difficult parts of understanding how to calculate surface area and volume is to be able to visual the object or be able to draw it.  I think we took a positive step today in fully understanding what they shape looks like!  Thanks Mrs. Wilson and Ms. Wood for letting me borrow your cameras too!