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Fold and cut
In this unit, students explore line or reflective symmetry. Students develop an understanding of what line symmetry is and the names and attributes of common 2D mathematical shapes.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 4
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Transformation
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M4SP03
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P4)
- Publisher
- New Zealand Ministry of Education
- Copyright
- © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ.
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