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Mathematical origami
This resource has downloadable nets and folding instructions for many different and complex geometric solids.
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| Year level(s) | Year 5 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Student task, Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model |
| Keywords | net, solid, folding, object |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy, The Arts |
| Strand and focus | Measurement, Space |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area, Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M5SP01
Connect objects to their nets and build objects from their nets using spatial and geometric reasoning |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P4)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Mathigon |
| Copyright | © 2021 Mathigon. Free-for-education material. |
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