[image]. Lesson 1. Meeting the Cube. [image] Goal.
In this lesson, you will learn: the parts of the cube how to move the cube what the moves are called what an inverse move is.
• Each side is called a face. What shape is each face?.
• What is the distance around the rim or border of a face?.
upface downface Down Face Up Face. leftface rightface Left Face Right Face.
The UP and DOWN faces are bases, not lateral faces..
When the cube is solved, this FACE will be ORANGE. Center pieces do not move. They represent the color of their face. When the cube is solved, the face will be the color of the center piece..
Edge pieces have two colors because they touch 2 faces. There are 12 edge pieces located between the corners..
Corner Pieces have 3 colors because they touch 3 faces. There are 8 corner pieces..
Clockwise. The direction the hands on a clock move.
UP Face Move: a ¼ clockwise turn of the up face. [image] U.
Vocabulary. Lesson7goal. Counterclockwise. The opposite of the direction the hands on a clock move.
Inverse means opposite. By inversing a move, the move is undone..
DOWN Face Move: a ¼ clockwise turn of the down face.
It’s a lightbulb move!. A DOWN Face Counterclockwise Turn uses the abbreviation Di..
LEFT Face Move: a ¼ clockwise turn of the left face.
Inverse means opposite. By inversing a move, the move is undone..
A turn is always ¼ turn or a 900 turn. If a 1800 right turn were needed, it would say R R. How would you know to make a ¾ turn?.
Inverse means opposite. By inversing a move, the move is undone..
FRONT Face Move: a ¼ clockwise turn of the front face.
A FRONT Face Counterclockwise Turn uses the abbreviation Fi..
BACK Face Move: a ¼ clockwise turn of the back face.
It’s a doorknob move!. A BACK Face Counterclockwise Turn uses the abbreviation Bi..
¼ turn practice. Start with a solved cube. Notice that the first row is repeated 4 times. You should have a solved cube when you’re done..
Start with a solved cube. Repeat the steps below 4 times to get back to a solved cube..
¼ turn practice. [image] F. [image] B. Start with a solved cube. Repeat the steps below 4 times to get back to a solved cube..
[image] RI. [image] LI. [image] LI. [image] LI. [image] LI.
DI UI. [image] UI. [image] UI. [image] UI. ¼ turn practice.
[image] FI. ¼ turn practice. Start with a solved cube. Repeat the steps below 4 times to get back to a solved cube..
Front Face. [image] rightface. Right Face. [image] backface.
Name the faces, starting with the top and moving clockwise..
[image] Page 1Edge. How many are there on a cube?.
[image] Page1corner. What is this piece called?. Vocabulary.
¼ Turns. Inverse means opposite. By inversing a move, the move is undone..
WhtieCross Cube: 3 dimensional object with 6 square surfaces that are the same size.
U Turn (move): a ¼ clockwise turn of a face of the Cube. A turn is 900..
900. X 900 900. 900. RIGHT ANGLE. A 90 degree angle. A ¼ turn of a Rubik’s® Cube is 900..
Answer: As of 2018, the Rubik’s Cube is 44 years old..