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Cover the camel
In this resource, students describe their strategies as they use positional language to cover a camel shape with particular pieces.
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| Year level(s) | Year 1 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Position and location |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M1SP02
Give and follow directions to move people and objects to different locations within a space |
| Numeracy progression |
Positioning and locating (P2)
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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