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Angles – measurement, construction and estimation
This resource provides teacher and student resources involving estimating angle size. It includes a self-check for student answers to questions.
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| Year level(s) | Year 5 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Angles and geometric reasoning |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M5M04
Estimate, construct and measure angles in degrees, using appropriate tools including a protractor, and relate these measures to angle names |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P7)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | AMSI |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0. |
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