Summer Block Projection #2: Soma Challenges
A calendar week or together with thence ago, I shared the get-go of many wooden block projects I conduct maintain planned for this summer. Those Genius Blocks were genuinely my minute projection of the summer, but they were the get-go projection to live only finished together with cook to live blogged about.
Yesterday, I finally finished upwardly the wooden block projection that get-go caught my oculus lastly summertime - SOMA Cube Blocks.
One of my goals for this summertime is to brand equally many projects equally I tin for my classroom from a handbag of 100 i inch wooden cubes (affiliate link) that I bought from Amazon LAST summertime together with never got around to using. This projection requires 27 wooden blocks.
I used i inch wooden blocks (affiliate link) for this, but you lot could genuinely role whatever size. Just brand certain that the blocks are a consistent size.
To brand certain I hadn't made whatever mistakes, I challenged my hubby to practise the traditional SOMA puzzle - practise a cube using the 7 SOMA pieces.
Success!
Yesterday, I finally finished upwardly the wooden block projection that get-go caught my oculus lastly summertime - SOMA Cube Blocks.
One of my goals for this summertime is to brand equally many projects equally I tin for my classroom from a handbag of 100 i inch wooden cubes (affiliate link) that I bought from Amazon LAST summertime together with never got around to using. This projection requires 27 wooden blocks.
You mightiness recognize the shout out "SOMA Cube" from yesterday's mass of Mon Must Reads.
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| Image Source: https://twitter.com/MelissaVatalaro/status/1142097934596673536 |
I don't quite conduct maintain the infinite inward my room for a version made out of cardboard boxes, together with thence my version amongst one-inch wooden blocks volition conduct maintain to do!
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| From Parker Brothers SOMA Manual Source: https://www.fam-bundgaard.dk/SOMA/NEWS/N160817_Parker_V1_1220x610_Jan_de_Groot.pdf |
The SOMA puzzle was created inward the 1930s past times Piet Hein. SOMA is a laid upwardly of 7 polycubes that tin live combined to practise a cube together with other geometric figures. If you're interested inward the history of this puzzle, I recommend this first-class website amongst an overwhelming amount of information close the origins of SOMA!
I loved that the above website shared scans of the master copy patents for the SOMA Puzzle. I printed off i of the patent images together with used it to construct my ain laid upwardly of SOMA puzzle pieces using 27 wooden blocks together with woods glue.
I didn't conduct maintain whatever clamps to concur my blocks together similar the wood glue (affiliate link) suggested, together with thence I ended upwardly using pilus ties to concur the blocks together equally they dried. Elegant? No. But, it worked!
I used i inch wooden blocks (affiliate link) for this, but you lot could genuinely role whatever size. Just brand certain that the blocks are a consistent size.
To brand certain I hadn't made whatever mistakes, I challenged my hubby to practise the traditional SOMA puzzle - practise a cube using the 7 SOMA pieces.
Success!
I excogitation on putting this out inward my classroom equally an on-going puzzle for students to tackle. I would similar to post service a novel SOMA challenge every calendar week or so. The blocks conduct maintain been done for almost ii weeks now. The challenges for students to complete, however, conduct maintain been lurking on my to practise list.
Yesterday, I discovered this PDF re-creation of the 1967 Danish SOMA booklet. It was typed upwardly past times January de Groot together with shared here equally business office of the amazing SOMA website I mentioned earlier.
I used the snipping tool to take in images of some of the unlike arrangements that tin live made amongst the laid upwardly of 7 SOMA pieces. Then, I compiled them into a file to impress together with post service inward my classroom. I ended upwardly amongst 31 unlike challenges to post service which should proceed my students busy for almost the entire schoolhouse year.
I excogitation on attaching a canvass protector to the wall to a higher house where the SOMA pieces volition alive inward my classroom. Then, I tin simply easily alter the challenge out on a weekly basis.
Want the laid upwardly of 31 challenges to impress together with post service inward your ain classroom? I've uploaded them here equally an editable Publisher file together with non-editable PDF.
If you lot don't desire to post service the challenges on the wall inward a canvass protector together with alter them out on a regular basis, you lot could easily impress them iv to a page. Then, cutting them apart, hole punch them inward the corner, together with brand a modest telephone of puzzles to proceed close your SOMA pieces.
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