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Polyhedra
In this lesson, students are introduced to 3D objects (polyhedra), their properties and nets.
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| Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M6SP01
Compare the parallel cross-sections of objects and recognise their relationships to right prisms |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P5)
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| Organisation | Illustrative Mathematics |
| Copyright | © 2017-2019 by Open Up Resources. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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