To set the context for our activities and to help pique. Student interest, we briefly provide real-life applications of the interplay between the dimensions. Some of these applications will be familiar to you and perhaps to your students; other may not be. Space prohibits us from describing these applications in detail, but have compiled information, short activities, and additional link related to each area online at http://www.westfield.ma.edu/ecke/flatland. We encourage you to use this material in your lessons because it helps it helps motivate and enhance their understanding.