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reSolve: Authentic Problems: Pyramids in a Box

This sequence of four lessons focuses on working with solids and their nets. The lessons provide opportunities for students to work flexibly as they construct simple prisms and pyramids from nets they have created. Students record their mathematical thinking as they work through iterations to refine a box that has the least amount of leftover space. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry special topic 'Authentic Problems'.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	angles, pyramids, prisms, shapes, solids
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Build understanding, Apply understanding, 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 AC9M6M04 Identify the relationships between angles on a straight line, angles at a point and vertically opposite angles; use these to determine unknown angles, communicating reasoning
Numeracy progression	Understanding geometric properties (P5) Understanding units of measurement (P8)
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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