three.
That's weird. I just saw Uncle Norm here a minute
ago.
So what are you doing in the box? Oh, well,
yes, it does. Look a little silly. I kind of looked like you were taking a
nap. Nap? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. I was I was I was doing some
very deep thinking. You snarling? Yeah.
So what are you deep thinking about? Well, my secret
work boss gave me a very special, lush hush
project. And he told me I should think inside of the
box. Are you sure? He didn't say Think
outside the box. Zinc outside the box? Yeah. That's what
some people say when they want you to open your mind to all sorts of possibilities.
Think outside the box. Really? Well, you know what? Actually, that does sound more like
something he say. So what's the Hush Hush project? One
moment.
Well, I have to send this top secret package through the
mail, and I need a box to put it in interesting
shape. Uncle More. Um, it looks like a Ted RoWhite John Chapter A hydrant.
What? No, no, A catcher. He drawn. It's a geometric shape,
much like the pyramid. Well, that's that's what I've been. You know,
you could just use a bigger box potting around your package. Oh, I know, but
my my boss said the box should be the exact same shape is the package.
And, well, you know, I really want to impress him. You know, I think we need
someone to come here who knows all about boxes that are made in all sorts of different shapes.
That's a great idea, Kevin. This I gotta
see. So how how exactly did you get in the
box? You know what? I don't
know.
Wait. Hi, Karen. This is
my uncle More I Karen, thanks for meeting with us today, and no
problem. I need your expert advice. Yeah, Uncle Mom
wants to make this box. That will especially fit this package.
Different package. It's pretty unusual, huh? That's right. A
tetrahedron is what we call for equilateral triangles put
together like a pyramid. But it's probably
pointless. There's probably no way to make it happen.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm sure Karen has some
great ideas. Boxes can come in all sorts of weird shapes. I care. And I
brought some with me today. Take a look. Okay, Well, before you start, Karen, I
don't mean to be rude, but you said you brought
boxes and I'm looking on this coffee table and hello.
What? What? Where? What? I don't see any boxes. I
see flat pieces of cardboard there. Like
cardboard cutouts. Almost. I'm pretty
sure this is what they called nets. Right. Correct.
Nets. Yeah. So this net this is made
out of six squares. I see the
123456
When you fold six squares up out of this two d piece of
paper, what you end up getting is a three D object.
Who It's like a magic trick. Something
flag turned into something with shape. And in
particular, this three d object becomes a cube
way. Call it a cute Hughes. Six squares make a cute.
That is totally cute. Tacular lots of other interesting
objects. I think this one actually might be the solution to your problem.
Really? This pattern has four equal
lateral triangles. Just like we talked about earlier. Your tetra he
drum. I see them. 1234 Hold them
up.
What have we got? We've got
Tetra. Hydra is the same shape is my secret package.
You could make it a little bit bigger. I'm sure it would work. That's
fantastic. So when you fold a to D net a
three D solid shape you will get Wow,
Can you believe this is Matt? Fold up
E. I was
wondering if you could help me make a net for my net.
Is that possible? Let's go see what a
Len is up to. The two d
next three D saw the shape you will
get.
Did you know that there are a lot of three D solid shapes with lots of
faces in all sorts of places all around us?
Food packages are great examples of three D shapes.
Someone had to make a special two D nets so that the chocolate
burger on the cereal
would fit inside. Just right. There's a to D net to
match journals every single three D solid shape, like
rectangular presents
cones on pyramids.
Now this ball doesn't have a to D net because it's
perfectly round. In order for something taboo, tooting at the
object has toe have many faces. Now take a look at this soccer
ball. If you look closely, you can see that it's made up of a
bunch of hexagons and pentagons, meaning it has many
faces.
So we do have a to d net for this soccer ball.
Okay, Uncle Norm, we have everything we need to make your two d net. And
now that we know a lot about Tootie, Nets should be pretty easy to make. This
is gonna be neck tastic. You guys, you said it. All right, So
first I want to show you something. There are four equal lateral
trying to our faces here. Okay, one,
23 and four. So what we're gonna do is
trace it onto the cardboard. Well, let me help. I'll I'll hold it and you can trace.
Perfect. Now hold the cardboard. Okay. Thank you.
Way. Slip it over. Here
way
Have two faces. We have two more to go.
You're good tracer. Thank you.
Okay. And now that we have our four faces traced on, we also have to
add some tabs so we can glue it together. Okay, so we're
gonna add them right here.
So now I'm gonna cut it out, and then after poke holes on the dash
lines. So that's easier to fold.
Okay. And we're done folding. Cool. So we have to do now is
tip it up. Gut. You covering the tape? Department rate gear.
You know, I've got a pretty impressive tape collection. Let me help you. Lana.
We know. Okay, let's find the tabs you made earlier.
I believe that's one. What kind of taped you huff? Now,
this is my special package taping tape.
Kevin, You know, in my tape collection, I have
many different kinds for many different cases.
This is so next station A ll
nothing to it, uncle arm. It's totally amazing. It's It's like it
was made especially for my package. Uh,
it wa ce
right now, I'm gonna show you
how to make a two D net of your very own that you can fold up into three
D solid shape. Mimi in the clubhouse.
Maybe two can be any three d shaped
gonna show you how to make a two D net that you can fold up into three D
solid shape. Now, today we're gonna be making a die.
So what we need to do first is make a square on this piece of
cardboard And remember the sides of the square are exactly the
same length all the way around. So once we've done that,
we're going to cut it out.
So this square is gonna become the template that you'll need to make the net, which you
will then pulled up to make a cube which becomes your die.
So we put it in the center of the page
and we trace it out. So since
we're basically making a cube, a cube has six faces on it,
so we're gonna have to trace out the square six times. So once you've traced
out the square in the middle, we're gonna trace another square
just above it, and we're
gonna do this all the way around.
Now you can see we have five squares. And like I said
before, Cube has six faces stored enough to draw one more.
So you choose a side and on that side, we're gonna trace
one more square.
Now it's time to write down the numbers.
Now, you may be wondering why I ordered the numbers like this. Well,
the rule is gonna die. Each pair of opposites size has to
add up to seven. So, for example, five plus
two equals seven one plus six equals
seven on three plus four equals seven.
So now it's time to cut it out.
What we're doing is folding along the lines towards the center
and you do this with every single square, except for the center
one. Okay. And once you
folded, we're going to take a piece of
tape, tape it together,
and you do this with every single side.
So this is what the final product will look like. And as you can see, I added
dots to represent the number on that side of the face. We have
6123456
And you also have to remember to tape all along the edge so that it
stays tight and secure. And just remember, when you fold up a
to D net a three d solid shape, you will get pulled up.
Hey, kids. Well, my top secret package is
on its way. That's great, Uncle Mark Super do. Yep. My
boss is gonna be so, so impressed.
So how much did it cost to send your package all the way to Hawaii? Ah, cost.
Well, it caught a call. Cost.
Oh, uh, did remember to put
enough stamps on it, right? Well, actually, you
know, I kind of forgot about the whole stamps thing. I was so excited. It
was all done. I just put it in the mailbox and let it go. That's OK. Did you put your
return address on it? Yes. Well, that's okay, Uncle Norm. If you didn't put
enough stamps on your package, the post office will return the package to you.
Really? Oh, what a relief.
Hey, you know what that means, don't you? I'm gonna
get a packet. Get a package, boy. See you
guys later.
The Judy next, a three D solid shape.
You will get
over. Maybe two can be any
shape.
Right?
Shape with faces.
Hold on to the next a three D saw the
shape you will get
creases.
Tape.
Right. Place the
Tootie. Next a three D saw the shape
you will get. You will get