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Page 1
Try to make a model of the buildings
shown here using blocks.
Diksha wanted to go to a big city
during her summer holidays.
Her father took her to Delhi
and they visited many old and
new interesting monuments like
the India Gate, Qutub Minar,
Safdarjung Tomb, Akshardham,
the National Museum, Jantar
Mantar and Sansad Bhawan.
Now she is trying to make a model
of India Gate using her wooden
blocks.
Shapes Around Us Shapes Around Us
Chapter
1
1. What parts of the building have you shown in your model
(for example, roof, pillars, base, etc.)?
2. Why did you select these parts?
3. What shapes will model these parts well?______________
4. How is your model similar to the picture of the real building?
__________________
5. How is it different from the real building? ______________
Discussion: What would happen if you removed one piece of your model?
• Would the model still look like the original building?
• In what ways could you make the model even better?
Chapter 1.indd 1 Chapter 1.indd 1 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM
Page 2
Try to make a model of the buildings
shown here using blocks.
Diksha wanted to go to a big city
during her summer holidays.
Her father took her to Delhi
and they visited many old and
new interesting monuments like
the India Gate, Qutub Minar,
Safdarjung Tomb, Akshardham,
the National Museum, Jantar
Mantar and Sansad Bhawan.
Now she is trying to make a model
of India Gate using her wooden
blocks.
Shapes Around Us Shapes Around Us
Chapter
1
1. What parts of the building have you shown in your model
(for example, roof, pillars, base, etc.)?
2. Why did you select these parts?
3. What shapes will model these parts well?______________
4. How is your model similar to the picture of the real building?
__________________
5. How is it different from the real building? ______________
Discussion: What would happen if you removed one piece of your model?
• Would the model still look like the original building?
• In what ways could you make the model even better?
Chapter 1.indd 1 Chapter 1.indd 1 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM
2
Do you think it looks like the Qutub Minar?...................
What shape would you use if you made a model of the Qutub
Minar? Why?...............…………………………….
How many such shapes will you use? ............................
Do you know: The Qutub Minar is
a World Heritage site and the tallest
building made up of bricks. It has 5
storeys and 379 stairs.
Encourage learners to observe a
street carefully and make a model
showing the main buildings on
the street.
Earlier, people made buildings with clay bricks, stone blocks
or wood. Today we also use concrete blocks, hollow blocks, etc.
What is common to all of these bricks? ………..
I have made something. Look
at my Qutub Minar.
Project Work
Note for Teachers: Ask learners to collect different boxes, bottles, cans, coconut
shells, etc., to model the given buildings.
Chapter 1.indd 2 Chapter 1.indd 2 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM
Page 3
Try to make a model of the buildings
shown here using blocks.
Diksha wanted to go to a big city
during her summer holidays.
Her father took her to Delhi
and they visited many old and
new interesting monuments like
the India Gate, Qutub Minar,
Safdarjung Tomb, Akshardham,
the National Museum, Jantar
Mantar and Sansad Bhawan.
Now she is trying to make a model
of India Gate using her wooden
blocks.
Shapes Around Us Shapes Around Us
Chapter
1
1. What parts of the building have you shown in your model
(for example, roof, pillars, base, etc.)?
2. Why did you select these parts?
3. What shapes will model these parts well?______________
4. How is your model similar to the picture of the real building?
__________________
5. How is it different from the real building? ______________
Discussion: What would happen if you removed one piece of your model?
• Would the model still look like the original building?
• In what ways could you make the model even better?
Chapter 1.indd 1 Chapter 1.indd 1 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM
2
Do you think it looks like the Qutub Minar?...................
What shape would you use if you made a model of the Qutub
Minar? Why?...............…………………………….
How many such shapes will you use? ............................
Do you know: The Qutub Minar is
a World Heritage site and the tallest
building made up of bricks. It has 5
storeys and 379 stairs.
Encourage learners to observe a
street carefully and make a model
showing the main buildings on
the street.
Earlier, people made buildings with clay bricks, stone blocks
or wood. Today we also use concrete blocks, hollow blocks, etc.
What is common to all of these bricks? ………..
I have made something. Look
at my Qutub Minar.
Project Work
Note for Teachers: Ask learners to collect different boxes, bottles, cans, coconut
shells, etc., to model the given buildings.
Chapter 1.indd 2 Chapter 1.indd 2 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM
3
2. Use the nets given at the end of the book to
make the models shown below.
Is a cube also a prism?
What is the difference between a prism and a pyramid? Discuss.
1. Make a sphere-like shape with paper strips.
Craft
Prisms Pyramids
What shape of face is common to
all the prisms? _________________
What other shapes do these
prisms have? _________________
How many such faces each?
_________________
What shape of face is common to
all the pyramids? _______________
All the triangular faces meet at
_________________ point.
Identify any other shape in each
of the pyramids _________________
Diksha has folded open and
flattened a box to see what an
open box looks like. This is
called the net of the box. If you
fold along the dotted lines, you
will get the box back.
Net of a box
Triangular
Prism
Triangular
Pyramid
Pentagonal
Pyramid
Square
Pyramid
Hexagonal
Prism
Square
Prism
Chapter 1.indd 3 Chapter 1.indd 3 3/26/2025 3:40:37 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:37 PM
Page 4
Try to make a model of the buildings
shown here using blocks.
Diksha wanted to go to a big city
during her summer holidays.
Her father took her to Delhi
and they visited many old and
new interesting monuments like
the India Gate, Qutub Minar,
Safdarjung Tomb, Akshardham,
the National Museum, Jantar
Mantar and Sansad Bhawan.
Now she is trying to make a model
of India Gate using her wooden
blocks.
Shapes Around Us Shapes Around Us
Chapter
1
1. What parts of the building have you shown in your model
(for example, roof, pillars, base, etc.)?
2. Why did you select these parts?
3. What shapes will model these parts well?______________
4. How is your model similar to the picture of the real building?
__________________
5. How is it different from the real building? ______________
Discussion: What would happen if you removed one piece of your model?
• Would the model still look like the original building?
• In what ways could you make the model even better?
Chapter 1.indd 1 Chapter 1.indd 1 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM
2
Do you think it looks like the Qutub Minar?...................
What shape would you use if you made a model of the Qutub
Minar? Why?...............…………………………….
How many such shapes will you use? ............................
Do you know: The Qutub Minar is
a World Heritage site and the tallest
building made up of bricks. It has 5
storeys and 379 stairs.
Encourage learners to observe a
street carefully and make a model
showing the main buildings on
the street.
Earlier, people made buildings with clay bricks, stone blocks
or wood. Today we also use concrete blocks, hollow blocks, etc.
What is common to all of these bricks? ………..
I have made something. Look
at my Qutub Minar.
Project Work
Note for Teachers: Ask learners to collect different boxes, bottles, cans, coconut
shells, etc., to model the given buildings.
Chapter 1.indd 2 Chapter 1.indd 2 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM
3
2. Use the nets given at the end of the book to
make the models shown below.
Is a cube also a prism?
What is the difference between a prism and a pyramid? Discuss.
1. Make a sphere-like shape with paper strips.
Craft
Prisms Pyramids
What shape of face is common to
all the prisms? _________________
What other shapes do these
prisms have? _________________
How many such faces each?
_________________
What shape of face is common to
all the pyramids? _______________
All the triangular faces meet at
_________________ point.
Identify any other shape in each
of the pyramids _________________
Diksha has folded open and
flattened a box to see what an
open box looks like. This is
called the net of the box. If you
fold along the dotted lines, you
will get the box back.
Net of a box
Triangular
Prism
Triangular
Pyramid
Pentagonal
Pyramid
Square
Pyramid
Hexagonal
Prism
Square
Prism
Chapter 1.indd 3 Chapter 1.indd 3 3/26/2025 3:40:37 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:37 PM
4
Shapes
Number of
faces (F)
Number of
corners (V)
Number of
edges (E)
Cube/Square Prism
Cuboid/Rectangular
Prism
Triangular Pyramid
Square Pyramid
Triangular Prism
3. Now try to make the above shapes using straws and plasticine/
thread and fill in the table.
Sort 3D shapes by the number of flat faces. Write their names here.
Number of
faces
1 flat
face
2 flat
faces
4 flat
faces
5 flat
faces
6 flat
faces
8 flat
faces
Name of the
shape
Now sort 3D shapes by the number of straight edges. Write their
names here.
Number of
edges
6 straight
edges
8 straight
edges
9 straight edges 12 straight
edges
Name of the
shape
Identify any relationship that you may find between the number of
faces (F), edges (E), and corners (V). Calculate F+V–E in each case.
What do you notice?
Can you construct a 3D shape with 3 flat faces?
Chapter 1.indd 4 Chapter 1.indd 4 03-04-2025 4.22.53 PM 03-04-2025 4.22.53 PM
Page 5
Try to make a model of the buildings
shown here using blocks.
Diksha wanted to go to a big city
during her summer holidays.
Her father took her to Delhi
and they visited many old and
new interesting monuments like
the India Gate, Qutub Minar,
Safdarjung Tomb, Akshardham,
the National Museum, Jantar
Mantar and Sansad Bhawan.
Now she is trying to make a model
of India Gate using her wooden
blocks.
Shapes Around Us Shapes Around Us
Chapter
1
1. What parts of the building have you shown in your model
(for example, roof, pillars, base, etc.)?
2. Why did you select these parts?
3. What shapes will model these parts well?______________
4. How is your model similar to the picture of the real building?
__________________
5. How is it different from the real building? ______________
Discussion: What would happen if you removed one piece of your model?
• Would the model still look like the original building?
• In what ways could you make the model even better?
Chapter 1.indd 1 Chapter 1.indd 1 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:34 PM
2
Do you think it looks like the Qutub Minar?...................
What shape would you use if you made a model of the Qutub
Minar? Why?...............…………………………….
How many such shapes will you use? ............................
Do you know: The Qutub Minar is
a World Heritage site and the tallest
building made up of bricks. It has 5
storeys and 379 stairs.
Encourage learners to observe a
street carefully and make a model
showing the main buildings on
the street.
Earlier, people made buildings with clay bricks, stone blocks
or wood. Today we also use concrete blocks, hollow blocks, etc.
What is common to all of these bricks? ………..
I have made something. Look
at my Qutub Minar.
Project Work
Note for Teachers: Ask learners to collect different boxes, bottles, cans, coconut
shells, etc., to model the given buildings.
Chapter 1.indd 2 Chapter 1.indd 2 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:35 PM
3
2. Use the nets given at the end of the book to
make the models shown below.
Is a cube also a prism?
What is the difference between a prism and a pyramid? Discuss.
1. Make a sphere-like shape with paper strips.
Craft
Prisms Pyramids
What shape of face is common to
all the prisms? _________________
What other shapes do these
prisms have? _________________
How many such faces each?
_________________
What shape of face is common to
all the pyramids? _______________
All the triangular faces meet at
_________________ point.
Identify any other shape in each
of the pyramids _________________
Diksha has folded open and
flattened a box to see what an
open box looks like. This is
called the net of the box. If you
fold along the dotted lines, you
will get the box back.
Net of a box
Triangular
Prism
Triangular
Pyramid
Pentagonal
Pyramid
Square
Pyramid
Hexagonal
Prism
Square
Prism
Chapter 1.indd 3 Chapter 1.indd 3 3/26/2025 3:40:37 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:37 PM
4
Shapes
Number of
faces (F)
Number of
corners (V)
Number of
edges (E)
Cube/Square Prism
Cuboid/Rectangular
Prism
Triangular Pyramid
Square Pyramid
Triangular Prism
3. Now try to make the above shapes using straws and plasticine/
thread and fill in the table.
Sort 3D shapes by the number of flat faces. Write their names here.
Number of
faces
1 flat
face
2 flat
faces
4 flat
faces
5 flat
faces
6 flat
faces
8 flat
faces
Name of the
shape
Now sort 3D shapes by the number of straight edges. Write their
names here.
Number of
edges
6 straight
edges
8 straight
edges
9 straight edges 12 straight
edges
Name of the
shape
Identify any relationship that you may find between the number of
faces (F), edges (E), and corners (V). Calculate F+V–E in each case.
What do you notice?
Can you construct a 3D shape with 3 flat faces?
Chapter 1.indd 4 Chapter 1.indd 4 03-04-2025 4.22.53 PM 03-04-2025 4.22.53 PM
5
1. Take a die. Look at the face that has number 1. The face
numbered 6 is opposite to the face numbered 1.
3. Look at three different views of the same cube.
Let Us Observe
What is the face opposite to the
a) face numbered 2? …..…
b) face numbered 3? ……..
c) face numbered 4? ……..
a) What colour is the face that is opposite to the red
face? …………................
b) What colour is the face that is opposite to the yellow
face? .......................…………..
Follow these instructions for the shapes along the border.
1. Colour all shapes with a rectangular face in red.
2. Draw a smiley on shapes with a triangular face.
3. Draw a star on shapes with a curved face.
4. Colour all shapes with no corner in blue.
5. Circle the shapes that have the same opposite faces.
2. a) Which faces have common edges with the face
numbered 1? ............................
b) Which face has no common edge with the face
numbered 1? ...........................
Chapter 1.indd 5 Chapter 1.indd 5 3/26/2025 3:40:39 PM 3/26/2025 3:40:39 PM
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| 1. What are some common shapes we see in our daily life? |  |
Ans. In our daily life, we encounter various shapes such as circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, and ovals. For example, a clock is often circular, a book is rectangular, and a slice of pizza is triangular. Recognizing these shapes helps us understand and describe the world around us.
| 2. How can we identify different shapes in objects? | |
Ans. We can identify different shapes in objects by observing their sides, corners, and curves. For instance, a square has four equal sides and four corners, while a circle has no sides or corners. By examining these characteristics, we can categorize objects into different shapes.
| 3. Why is it important to learn about shapes? | |
Ans. Learning about shapes is important because it helps develop spatial awareness, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Understanding shapes also lays the foundation for geometry, which is essential in various fields like art, architecture, and engineering.
| 4. Can shapes be found in nature? If so, give examples. | |
Ans. Yes, shapes can be found in nature. Examples include the circular shape of a sunflower, the triangular shape of a mountain, and the oval shape of an egg. Observing these shapes in nature enhances our appreciation of the environment and its diversity.
| 5. How do shapes relate to everyday activities like cooking or playing? | |
Ans. Shapes relate to everyday activities like cooking or playing in many ways. For example, when baking, we often cut cookies into circular or star shapes. In playing, building blocks come in various shapes like cubes and pyramids, which help children learn about geometry while having fun.
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