Building with geometry (16 lessons)
In this sequence of 16 lessons, students use formulae, diagrams, and reasoning to calculate, solve, and prove geometric properties involving 3D shapes and trigonometry.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | summative assessment, depression, angles of elevation, Pythagoras’ theorem, composite objects, volume, surface area |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement, Angles and geometric reasoning, Pythagoras and trigonometry |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10M03
Solve practical problems applying Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry of right-angled triangles, including problems involving direction and angles of elevation and depression
AC9M10M01
Solve problems involving the surface area and volume of composite objects using appropriate units |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Understanding units of measurement (P10) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Victoria State Government Department of Education |
| Copyright | © State Government of Victoria. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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