1. Prisms, Pyramids, Cones, and Cylinders. Oh My
Prisms, Pyramids, Cones, and Cylinders! Oh My! Kathleen Wilder Howard Middle School

2. Prisms

3. Prisms Prisms have 2 congruent bases.
The faces of a prism are parallelograms.
We are going to study the rectangular prism.
Rectangular Prisms have 8 vertices.
Rectangular Prisms have 6 faces.
Rectangular Prisms have 12 edges.

5. Pyramids

6. Pyramids Pyramids have 1 base.
Pyramids have triangular side faces that meet at one vertex.
We are going to study the square pyramid.
Square pyramids have 4 faces.
Square pyramids have 5 vertices.
Square pyramids have 8 edges.

8. Cylinders

9. Cylinders Cylinders have two bases that are circles.
The two bases are congruent and parallel.
A cylinder has one face.
A cylinder has two edges.
A cylinder has no vertices.

11. Cones

12. Cones A cone has a circular base. A cone has one edge.
A curved surface connects the base to the vertex.
A cone has one vertex.