Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
Possible extension
If you have multilink cubes (or similar) available you might like to try
See also Nine Colours
2D representations of 3D shapes. Interactivities. smartphone. Interlocking cubes. Visualising. Generalising. Squares. Working systematically. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Cubes.
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