Geometry
Properties of 2D Shapes
L3 Assessment Tasks
L3 Formative Assessment tasks for 2D Shapes. ARBs.
L3 Polygons/2D Shapes
The properties of polygons. A mix of Units + Activities Tāhūrangi
L3 Properties of 2D shapes
Lessons + Teaching ideas for triangles + quadrilaterals. ARC (Education Vic)
L3 Seeing squares / parallelograms / Rhombuses
3 Games. NRICH
L3-4 Shape
Activities, Investigations, videos, visuals and starters. Transum.org
L3-4 Starting from Scratch
Students code in Scratch to explore properties of polygons. Tāhūrangi
L4 Assessment Tasks
L4 Formative Assessment tasks for 2D Shapes. ARBs.
L4 The art of Angles
Four part learning sequence about the angles in shapes. ARC (Education Vic)
L4 Finding unknown angles
complementary + supplementary angles. ARC (Education Vic)
L4 Angles formed when two straight lines are crossed by a transversal
Lessons + Teaching ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
L4 Investigating conditions for parallel lines
Lessons + Teaching ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
L4 Investigating the angle sum of a triangle + a quadrilateral
Lessons + Teaching ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
L4 Classify triangles and describe quadrilaterals
Lessons + Teaching ideas. ARC (Education Vic)
Properties of 3D Shapes, Nets & Drawings
L3 Assessment Tasks
L3 Formative Assessment tasks for 3D shapes, nets + drawings. ARBs
L3 Polyhedra/3D Shapes
The properties of 3D shapes. A mix of Units + Activities. Tāhūrangi
L3 Polyhedra Nets
Making Nets of 3D Shapes. 1 week. Tāhūrangi
L3 Nets + drawings of 3D shapes
Connect 3D objects with their nets and other 2D representations. ARC (Education Vic)
L3 Perspective on Picasso
perspective drawings of 3D shapes. 1 week. Tahūrangi
L3 Guess what? 3D shapes
Ask questions to guess which 3D shape. NRICH game
L3-4 Shape 3D
Activities, Investigations, videos, visuals and starters. Transum.org
L4 Assessment Tasks
L4 Formative Assessment tasks for 3D Shapes, nets + drawings. ARBs
L4 Construct simple pyramids + Prisms
Lessons + Teaching ideas. ARC Learning (Education Vic)
L4 Drawing different Views of prisms + Solids
Lessons + Teaching ideas. ARC Learning (Education Vic)
L4 Solid Understanding
properties of solids / 3D shapes. 1 week. Tahūrangi
L4 Building with Triangles
properties of Triangles. 2 sessions. Tahūrangi
Position + Orientation (Pathways)
L3 Assessment Tasks
L3 formative assessment tasks for position + orientation. ARBs
L2-3 Simple grid maps
Teaching Ideas: create and interpret simple grid maps. ARC Learning (Education Vic)
L3 Tāhūrangi
L3 Position + Orientation units + tasks. Tāhūrangi
L3 scales, legends + directions
Teaching Ideas: Use scales, legends and directions to read maps ARC (Education Vic)
L3-4 Coordinates
Online activities, video, starters and visual aids for coordinates. Transum.org
L3 Use a grid reference system
Teaching Ideas: Use a grid reference system to describe locations. ARC (Education Vic)
L3 Rainforest: Use compass Points
Online Game: compass Directions. ABC Education
L3 Rainforest: Make a walking track
Online Game: compass Directions + Grid References. ABC Education
L3 Rainforest: Use a grid Map
Online Game: compass Directions + Grid References. ABC Education
L3 Banana Cake
Students find locations and organise space using grid references. NZMaths
L4 Assessment Tasks
L4 Formative assessment tasks for position + orientation. ARBs
L3-4 Treasure Hunt
A coordinates game with 4 levels. Online and downloadable versions available. NRICH
L4 Tāhūrangi
L4 units + activities for Position + Orientation. Tāhūrangi
L4 Coordinates in 4 Quadrants
Teaching Ideas: Cartesian coordinate system using all four quadrants. ARC (Education Vic)
L4-5 Bearings
Online activities, video, starters and visual aids for Bearings (compass direction + angle). Transum.org
Symmetry + Transformations
L3 Assessment Tasks
L3 Formative Assessment tasks for Transformations. ARBs
L3 Symmetry
Creating symmetrical patterns, pictures and shapes. ARC Learning (Education Vic)
L3 Tāhūrangi
A mix of tasks for Rotation, reflection and Translation
L3 Describe translations, reflection and rotations of 2D shapes
ARC (Education Vic)
L3 Transform familiar 2D shapes
ARC (Education Vic)
L4 Assessment Tasks
L4 formative assessment tasks for Transformations. ARBs
L3-4 A cartesian puzzle
coordinate geometry + rotational symmetry puzzle. NRICH.
L4 Tāhūrangi
A mix of units + activities for transformations.
L4 Transformations including tesellations
Investigate the effect of transformations on shapes including tessellations. ARC (Education Vic)
L4 Transformations on coordinate plane
Translations, reflections and rotations on the Cartesian plane. ARC (Education Vic)