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Area vs perimeter
Explores and applies concepts including perimeter and area by challenging students to build various rectangles with equivalent area.
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| Year level(s) | Year 3 |
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| Audience | Student, Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Worked examples, Differentiated teaching |
| Keywords | rectangles, area, perimeter, pentominoes, problem solving, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Measurement, Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects, Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3M01
Identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P6)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | NSW Department of Education |
| Copyright | © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2020 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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