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Welcome to The Regenerators.

Shapes are everywhere. If you look around, you may be able to see circles, squares and even triangles in the furniture or the flooring.

If you step outside, into a garden, park or even the grounds at your school, you can find shapes in nature too.

Join Ibrahim and Rui as they meet up with Angela at Backwell Lake in Somerset to go on a shapes hunt.

2D shapes have two dimensions - height and width. This means they are completely flat, so you can’t pick them up.

By counting the number of sides or corners on shapes, you can tell what type they are.

For example, triangles have three sides and three corners. Squares have four sides and four corners.

3D shapes have three dimensions – width, height and depth.

These shapes can be picked up.

When you draw shapes, or use them in school, they are often smooth and simple.

When you look for shapes in nature, they may not be smooth and you may need to look carefully and use your imagination

Sometimes you can find shapes you know, like a circle in the centre of a flower. Other times you can see shapes, but you might not know the names.

If you don’t know the name of a shape, you can use words to describe their properties.

Look at this pine cone and conker. They are both round in shape, but they are not perfect!

You can use words like ‘stretched’, ‘spiky’ or ‘smooth’ to describe the shapes you find in nature. For example, 'the conker is a spiky sphere'.

Leaves are very interesting to explore. there are many different kinds of leaf and they come in all shapes and sizes.

Some leaves are long and thin and some are wide. Some are shaped like stars or hearts. Others have spiky or zig-zag edges.

Well done Regenerator, you've completed this lesson. Now let's see what you can remember.

Ask an adult to help you collect some sticks. Remember, never break them from a living tree and be careful of thorns!

You’re going to use your sticks to make different shapes on the ground, so think about how many you will need.

Try to make these shapes using the sticks:

• triangle
• square
• rectangle
• pentagon

You should think about the length of your sticks too. You will need different length ones to make a good rectangle.

Use these 2D shape flashcards from to inspire your own outdoor shapes challenge. Can you create each of the different shapes using natural objects?

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