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Isometric dotty grid
Use this online interactive to create 2D shapes using an isometric grid.
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| Year level(s) | Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M2SP01
Recognise, compare and classify shapes, referencing the number of sides and using spatial terms such as "opposite", "parallel", "curved" and "straight"
AC9M3SP01
Make, compare and classify objects, identifying key features and explaining why these features make them suited to their uses
AC9M4SP01
Represent and approximate composite shapes and objects in the environment, using combinations of familiar shapes and objects
AC9M5SP01
Connect objects to their nets and build objects from their nets using spatial and geometric reasoning |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P3, P4)
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2022 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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