Real world examples

Real world examples of Spatial resoning

Reading diagrams

1. ikea diagrams

   • being able to build the structure

2. Architecture drawings

   • Looking at the drawing and walking through the building

3. Circuit diagrams

   • Building the circuit

4. Building Legos

5. Looking at and MRI image and translating that image to the human it was taken from

Games and Puzzles

1. Being able to read a chess game

   • and read 2-3 moves ahead of your current move

2. Playing billiards

   • Predict and analyze the shots

3. Swish™ - ThinkFun

4. Tangrams

5. Jig saw puzzles

6. Spatial Reasoning & Perception Activities – Math Engaged

3D objects

1. Designing robots

   • and building them

2. Building a 3D object using Tinkercad

   • Printing said objects

3. Origami

4. Paper airplanes

   • competitions: analizing the structure of the winning design

5. Drawing 3D objects (freehand)

6. Extruding 2D to 3D objects

7. Understanding of 2d-3d geometry

8. Sculpting 3d objects

Navigation

1. Planning a route on a map and then taking a journey without the map

2. Calculating distances on a map

3. See the algebra project for another ways of teaching algebra

   • Five-Step Process: Step Two – The Algebra Project INC

4. Astronomy

   • Looking at start charts and finding them with you’re your eyes

5. Piloting and landing planes