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Perfect packing
Students create accurate nets for simple polyhedra and connect 3D solids with different 2D representations.
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| Year level(s) | Year 5 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | 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 | nzmaths |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Government. Free-for-education material. |
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