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Construction

This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on how to use a ruler and compasses to construct circles, angles and triangles. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 7, Year 8
Audience	Teacher, School Leader
Purpose	Content knowledge
Format	Downloadable resources
Keywords	angle, compasses, ruler, construction, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Strand and focus	Space
Topics	Angles and geometric reasoning
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M7M04 Identify corresponding, alternate and co-interior relationships between angles formed when parallel lines are crossed by a transversal; use them to solve problems and explain reasons AC9M8SP01 Identify the conditions for congruence and similarity of triangles and explain the conditions for other sets of common shapes to be congruent or similar, including those formed by transformations
Numeracy progression	Understanding geometric properties (P6, P7) Proportional thinking (P6)
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Organisation	AMSI
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