The hands-on activity, ‘A Whale of a Time’ gives instructions for making a whale shape that can be tessellated. The whale shape is made by using the properties of triangles and half-side rotations. This is a fun way to explore tessellations, and the accompanying teaching notes have suggestions for further exploration.
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 and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Coordinating Graphs’ allows for practice graphing points on a coordinate grid. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Flip, Slide or Rotate 1’ allows for practice with transformations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Flip, Slide or Rotate 2’ allows for practice with transformations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Pattern Pieces’, asks students to describe the symmetry of five designs. It includes a copy of the designs that students can cut out and manipulate. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Shape Transformations 1’ allows for practice with transformations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Shape Transformations 2’ allows for practice with transformations on a grid. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Shaping Up’, prompts students to use a geoboard to classify triangles, and rods to analyse squares. Students record their investigations on the supplied geoboard grid sheet and square dot paper. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Snail Trails’, explores rotation and translation through a snail’s sequence of slides. It asks students to use the square dot paper to plot various slide sequences. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The hands-on activity, ‘Triangle Tricks’ allows students to create something wonderful from triangles and other shapes. Using the properties of the shape and rotational symmetry, 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.
In this learning activity, ‘Tricky Triangles’, students study a tapa cloth design based on tessellations of triangles. Students then use squares or triangles to create their own pattern for a carry bag. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This hands-on activity, ‘Wrap It Up’, provides instructions for making wrapping paper with a printing block. Students apply translational and rotational symmetry to create frieze-type patterns. The accompanying teaching notes offer suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
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