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3D drawing
This resource explores three different ways of drawing three-dimensional objects – oblique, isometric and linear projections. There are teacher notes, examples and exercises.
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | geometry, oblique, isometric, drawing, view, 3D, perspective |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | The Arts |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7SP01
Represent objects in 2 dimensions; discuss and reason about the advantages and disadvantages of different representations |
| Numeracy progression |
Positioning and locating (P5)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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