Bernardo College
Grade School Department
Shapes
Mr.Joecel G. Tadia
Everything we see in the world around us has a
shape. We can find different basic shapes such as the
two-dimensional square, rectangle, and oval or the
three-dimensional rectangular prism, cylinder, and
sphere in the objects we see around us. These
geometric shapes appear in objects we see as credit
cards, bills and coins, finger rings, photo frames, dart
boards, huts, windows, magician’s wands, tall
buildings, flower pots, toy trains, and balloons.
Different Types of Shapes
Closed geometric shapes can further be put into two broad categories, namely
two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes.
Here’s a list of 2-D or two-dimensional shapes with their names and pictures:
Here’s a list of 3-D or three-dimensional shapes with their names and
pictures:
The color, overall size, and orientation, called the non-defining
attributes of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape, do not
define or affect the shape in any way. These attributes can change
without any effect on the shape.
On the other hand, defining attributes such as the number of sides
(parallel or non-parallel, straight or curved), vertices, edges and
faces of a shape, whether the shape is open or closed, and the
angle measures determine the shape of a two-dimensional or
three-dimensional object. Any change in these defining attributes
will change the shape.
Fun Facts
All three-dimensional shapes are
made up of two-dimensional
shapes.
Student
Resource
Page
Use these icons and illustrations
in your Canva Presentation.
Happy designing!