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Rainforest: use compass points
Use compass points and a simple scale to describe location and direction.
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| Year level(s) | Year 3, Year 4 |
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| Audience | Student |
| Purpose | Student task, Home practice tasks |
| Format | Interactive |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Position and location |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3SP02
Interpret and create two-dimensional representations of familiar environments, locating key landmarks and objects relative to each other
AC9M4SP02
Create and interpret grid reference systems using grid references and directions to locate and describe positions and pathways |
| Numeracy progression |
Positioning and locating (P4)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Education Services Australia |
| Copyright | © Education Services Australia 2016. Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 AU. |
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