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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 |
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Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy, The Arts |
Strand and focus | Measurement, Geometry |
Topics | Area, volume and surface area, Shapes and objects |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG111
Connect three-dimensional objects with their nets and other two-dimensional representations
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National numeracy learning progression |
Understanding geometric properties
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UGP3
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Organisation | Mathigon |
Copyright | © 2021 Mathigon. Free-for-education material. |
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