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Congruence
The resource provides detailed explanations and examples to teach the topic of congruence. It covers the following areas: understanding the properties that determine congruence of triangles and recognising which transformations create congruent figures; constructing triangles using the conditions of congruence; and looking at the properties of quadrilaterals using congruence and angle properties. Students can use this resource independently or with peers to establish an understanding of congruence as they read through the explanations, examples and complete the questions.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 8
- Purpose
- Teaching strategies Student activities Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space Measurement
- Topic
- Angles and geometric reasoning Transformation Shapes and objects
- Audience
- Students Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P6, P7) Proportional thinking (P6)
- Publisher
- AMSI
- Copyright
- © Education Services Australia. Free-for-education material.
- Keywords
- rectangle triangle parallelogram
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