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Triangle transformation
Teacher notes on a task that involves students investigating combining shapes to make another shape. This task can be used as an assessment.
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| Year level(s) | Year 4 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Assessment task, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M4SP01
Represent and approximate composite shapes and objects in the environment, using combinations of familiar shapes and objects |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P3)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © Crown Copyright. Free-for-education material. |
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