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Perplexing perimeters
Students construct and use their own rulers to develop a sense of the size of a centimetre and a metre as they measure perimeters.
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| Year level(s) | Year 3 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation, Differentiated teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3M01
Identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P6)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | New Zealand Ministry of Education |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ. |
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