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Prisms and pyramids – years 5 and 6
This resource provides four activities to develop students' familiarity with 3D objects, in particular prisms and pyramids.
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| Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M6SP01
Compare the parallel cross-sections of objects and recognise their relationships to right prisms |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P5)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Asia Education Foundation |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne – Asia Education Foundation, 2014. Free-for-education material. |
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