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Turns
Develop the concept of ‘angle’. As students understand quarter and half turns, they begin to see that angle is something involving ‘an amount of turn’.
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| Year level(s) | Year 3 |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation, Differentiated teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Transformation |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3M05
Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angles with right angles in everyday situations |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P3)
Understanding units of measurement (P6) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | New Zealand Ministry of Education |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ. |
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