Have students explore what it would mean to be a two-dimensional being
instead of a three-dimensional being. Ask a volunteer to come up to the
board and draw a two-dimensional animal (a flatlander).
The most common mistake that people make is with the placement of
the flatlander's eyes. A person's first attempt at drawing a flatlander
usually has the eyes on the inside of the head:
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If this happens, ask the students, "How will the flatlander see another
flatlander?"
Also, people usually draw the mouth on the inside of the head, too. Then
how will the flatlander eat? A reasonable second attempt at a flatlander
head could look something like this:
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Either continue discussion as a class, or let students explore possibilities in small groups using the questions on the activity sheet provided.
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