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.
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.
The learning activity, ‘Cube Creations’ is also a learning activity students can share. They use the multilink cubes to draw and make different shapes, and challenge classmates to recreate their shapes. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
The learning activity ‘Cut It Out!’, includes a learning activity that gives students opportunities to explore different kinds of symmetry. They fold and cut paper strips to discover the symmetry formed, and explain how it was made. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This learning activity, ‘Different Viewpoints’, asks students to make buildings out of multilink cubes and then draw the buildings from different perspectives. Square grid paper is included. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This content area reading activity, ‘Running the Mile’ is a maths based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to use details to visualise, or create pictures of, what they are reading.
This learning activity, ‘Walking Triangles’, introduces Trevor Triangle, who throws a dice to decide which path to take. Students must work out which numbers Trevor threw on particular walks and then make up more walks for him. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Description’ encourages students to use specific and concrete words to appeal to the senses in descriptive writing.
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