The learning activity ‘Losing Your Marbles’ contains a variety of short problems for students to solve and discuss. Students need to use visualisation to support their spatial, numeric, algebraic and quantitative thinking. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support learning and further exploration.
This shape learning activity, ‘Making Polygons’ asks students to practise creating geometric shapes.
The learning activity ‘Pinning It Down’ poses problems students need to discuss and solve by using number knowledge and strategies. Two are number puzzles and two involve the lines and angles of shapes. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support learning and further exploration.
The learning activity, ‘Sticking Around’ asks students to work with a classmate to find quick ways of counting sticks that form a variety of patterns. They are encouraged to explain the rules in each example, discussing their thinking with a classmate. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting …More
The learning activity, ‘Tiling’ provides opportunities for students to explore the ways in which shapes can (or cannot) tessellate. They experiment with different polygons and discuss why and how some shapes and combinations of shapes can be used for tiling. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and …More
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.
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