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Students identify transformations, and rotational and line symmetry, in regular and irregular polygons, and use transformations and symmetry to make a tessellating shape.
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| Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Culturally responsive pedagogies |
| Keywords | RAMR, YuMi Deadly Mathematics |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Space, Build understanding |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M6SP03
Recognise and use combinations of transformations to create tessellations and other geometric patterns, using dynamic geometric software where appropriate |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P5)
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| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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