(cheerful music) - I'm searching for shapes.

Can you help me today?

We are on a shape hunt and I'm so excited that you have joined us today because I'm on this shape hunt and I want you to join and play along too, wherever you may be.

And so before we jump into our shape hunt and think about all the data that we're gonna find and all the ways that we can show how many shapes we've found, let's talk a little bit about the different types of shapes that you know.

Okay, first, let's start with some flat shapes, those 2D shapes.

Okay, I know that a square has four sides.

I also know that all the sides are the same, right?

They're equal to each other.

So there's a square.

Now it's a little bit like a rectangle, but what do we know is different on a rectangle?

There's still four sides, but now there's two shorter sides and two longer sides.

So not all the sides are the same, and that's what makes a rectangle a little bit different than a square.

I also know that there's triangles, right?

Triangles only have three sides.

So they're different than squares and rectangles.

Three sides and three vertices, those corners there.

Now triangles, we can rotate them, they can come in different sizes, and we know that about all these shapes.

Different sizes, some may be skinny, some may be really tall, some may be really wide, all those different things.

But we also know there's 3D shapes, right?

Think about the 3D shapes you know.

What about the cube?

A cube is kind of squares on every side, all right?

But it's a 3D, so instead of being the flat shape, like just one square, we have a cube here.

And so you may be able to walk around today and see if you can find any of these 3D shapes like cubes.

Or maybe you'll find something like this one.

This one is more of a rectangular prism because it's a rectangle.

It has two shorter sides and two long sides, and that's what makes it a rectangle, but it's a 3D shape so we know that we have a rectangular prism right here.

All right, there's two more that I have up here that I have found so far.

What about this one?

This is a cylinder.

It has a circle on the top and the bottom, these curved edges going up, some may be tall.

This one's a little bit shorter though.

It's not quite as tall as the other one, but it still is a cylinder because we have a top and a bottom that's a circle.

We have these curved edges here.

But what about this?

Think about like a soccer ball or a basketball that you may find.

Or this one right here, it's a sphere.

It's a sphere.

So we have all these different types of shapes, and I want you to go around today and see how many different types of shapes you can find wherever you may be.

You may go outside, you may do it inside.

But what I want you to do is I want you to keep track of all the different types of shapes that you find.

And then, can you make a chart?

Can you show the data that you found in some way that others could actually read it and know what you have found?

Let me give you an example.

Look at my chart I've got up here.

Okay, what you'll notice is that along the bottom, you see what?

All the different types of shapes that I've found on my shape hunt.

Okay, so I have rectangles, I have rectangular prisms, there's that 3D shape, triangles, a cylinder, a square, a cube, and a circle.

All of those I found today.

Now I found different amounts of each one.

I didn't find all the same amounts.

So as I was going through, I kept a count of how many I had, right?

So I saw, you know what, on rectangles, I found two of them.

And I can see that 'cause I have two dots here.

Now you don't have to use dots.

You may wanna use an X to show it or something else.

You may even draw a bar to kind of make a bar graph.

That'd be awesome.

You get to design your chart however you want.

But you can see here, now I can ask some questions like, what's the shape that I found the most of?

Can you tell by looking at my chart?

It's the cube, right?

Look over here at the cube.

I found one, two, three, four, five cubes.

I didn't find a five of any other shapes, so I found the most cubes.

And which one did I not find as many of?

I could ask that question too and see... Well, you know what?

I only found one cylinder.

I only found one square and one circle.

So you can do this too.

And then what's even better, you get to create your own questions.

And I want you to do that because after you've made your chart, I want you to find somebody around you, maybe a friend or a family member or somebody close by that you can say, "Hey, here's a question for you.

How many more cubes did I find than triangles?"

Or you could make up your own.

And so then, think about the answer.

Well, cubes, I found five.

How many triangles did I get?

I only found three triangles.

So I can then do a little... Do that math, subtract it away, right?

Five minus three, so how much more is that?

Well, three, and then count on from there, four, five.

I had to count twice, right?

So I found two more cubes than I did triangles.

So I want you to go on your own shape hunt.

Do your own journey and see what you can find.

And I hope you have so much fun today doing this.

And keep learning, keep problem-solving, and I'll see you again real soon.

♪ It's time to Rise and Shine ♪