This learning activity, ‘Shapes in Life’, introduces a variety of solids, including both polyhedra such as cubes and closed surfaces such as spheres. Students are asked to identify both two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes in photographs of everyday objects. The accompanying teaching notes provide suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This shape template, ‘2-Dimensional Shapes’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This quick reference chart, ‘2D Shapes’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This maths worksheet, ‘2D Shapes’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This shape worksheet, ‘3-Dimensional Shapes’ asks students to practise identifying three-dimensional shapes.
This shape template, ‘3-Dimensional Shapes’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This maths reference chart, ‘3D Shapes’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This maths worksheet, ‘3D Shapes’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
This learning activity, ‘A Chip off the Old Block’, shows drawings of buildings and asks students to build them using multilink cubes. Students then draw their own building on the isometric dot paper. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This shape worksheet, ‘Accurate Areas’ asks students to practise finding the area of rectangles.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘All Kinds of Angles’ allows for practice with angles. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This shape worksheet, ‘All Mixed Up’ asks students to practise identifying the properties of basic two-dimensional and three-dimensional geometric shapes.
Using a practical carpet tiling problem the learning activity ‘All Square’ challenges students to find ways of calculating numbers of tiles by using multiplication instead of addition. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Analysing Geometric Objects’ offers guidance on using logic and reasoning to make and support conjectures about geometric objects. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This quick reference chart, ‘Angle Relationships’ offers guidance on the topic of angles.
This quick reference chart, ‘Angle Types’ offers guidance on the topic of angles.
This geometry worksheet, ‘Angles and Shapes’ allows for practice describing 2D shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Angles and Shapes’ allows for practice classifying geometric shapes by their angles. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Angles and Vertices’ allows for practice classifying two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes by their angles, faces and vertices. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths template, ‘Angles of a Circle’ offers guidance on the topic of circles.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Angles: Size and Shape’ allows for practice identifying the size and properties of angles. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This shape worksheet, ‘Area’ asks students to practise calculating the area and perimeter of rectangles.
This shape worksheet, ‘Area 6 Squares’ asks students to practise finding the areas of two-dimensional shapes.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area and Circumference of a Circle’ allows for practice finding the area and circumference of circles. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area and Perimeter’ allows for practice finding area and perimeter. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area and Perimeter’ allows for practice finding the area and perimeter of two-dimensional shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area and Volume’ allows for practice finding the area and volume of shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area of Composite Shapes’ allows for practice finding the area and perimeter of composite shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area or Perimeter?’ allows for practice determining whether area or perimeter is more appropriate in a given situation. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This location and transformation template, ‘Axes’ can be reproduced for classroom use.
In the learning activity ‘Blocked Plans’ students have to help an architect match up plans and isometric drawings for three buildings. They then make models of the three structures and suggest ways the building could be used. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Boxes of Tricks’, asks students to use the supplied grid paper to make various pentominoes and then fold them into open cubes. A second activity involves making a tetrahedron from the supplied isometric dot paper. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity, ‘Building Boldly’ provides opportunities for students to explore the ways in which 3-dimensional objects can appear in different plan views. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This shape worksheet, ‘Can You Angle This?’ asks students to practise drawing and naming angles.
This interesting learning activity, ‘Caught in the Nets’ includes a hands-on activity that shows students how they can make 3-dimensional geometric solids by working out the nets that form each one. Starting with a simple 8-sided shape, they will be able to create a much more complex icosidodecahedron. An answer sheet is provided and includes …More
In this hands-on activity, ‘Changing Shape’, students copy a square onto cardboard, cut it into triangles as shown, and then use the triangles to create various shapes. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity, ‘Changing Shapes’ allows students to create something wonderful from a simple geometric shape. Using the properties of the shape and careful translation, students make tessellating shapes that can become interesting images. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This shape worksheet, ‘Chop It In Two’ asks students to practise drawing irregular symmetrical shapes.
This Beginning Maths activity, ‘Circle’ encourages students to explore, compare and classify the attributes of a circle and locate circular items in the classroom.
This learning activity, ‘Circle Power’, shows four children holding designs that they made with a circle-shaped block. Using circular shapes, students must work out how each design was made. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This geometry worksheet, ‘Circles 1’ asks students to practise identifying line segments.
This geometry worksheet, ‘Circles 2’ asks students to practise labelling properties of a circle.
This hands-on activity, ‘City Skyline’, shows the front view of six city buildings. Students need to draw the nets of each building and then construct and decorate cardboard models of the buildings. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Classifying Triangles 1’ allows for practice identifying the properties of a triangle. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Classifying Triangles 2’ allows for practice identifying the properties of a triangle. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This shape worksheet, ‘Clown Face’ asks students to practise with lines of symmetry.
This maths activity, ‘Colour My World’ develops basic maths skills by encouraging students to recognise shapes in different environments. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of basic shapes. It provides shape pictures and shape cards.
The learning activity, ‘Compass Shapes’ is also a learning activity students can share. They use the properties of a circle to make designs with a compass then give classmates instructions to follow their steps and make their own designs. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further …More
This measurement worksheet, ‘Composite Shape: Surface Area and Volume’ allows for practice finding the surface area and volume of composite shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Composite Shapes on Grid’ allows for practice finding the area of composite shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This maths template, ‘Cone’ provides a net that can be reproduced for classroom use.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Congruence and Symmetry’ offers guidance on the concepts of congruence and symmetry. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Congruent and Similar Shapes’ allows for practice with congruence and symmetry. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This shape worksheet, ‘Congruent Rectangles and Triangles’ asks students to practise identifying congruent shapes.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Congruent Shapes’ allows for practice finding measurements using congruent shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Constructing Nets 1’ allows for practice drawing nets for given shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Constructing Nets 2’ allows for practice drawing nets for given shapes. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Constructions’ allows for practice performing basic geometric constructions using a variety of methods. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This shape worksheet, ‘Coordinate Grids’ asks students to practise plotting on coordinate grids.