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Mathematical origami
This resource has downloadable nets and folding instructions for many different and complex geometric solids.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 5
- Purpose
- Student activities Teaching resource
- Strand
- Measurement Space
- Topic
- Area, volume and surface area Shapes and objects
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M5SP01
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P4)
- Publisher
- Mathigon
- Copyright
- © 2021 Mathigon. Free-for-education material.
- Keywords
- object three-dimensional
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