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reSolve: Authentic problems – pyramids in a box
This sequence of four lessons focuses on working with solids and their nets. The lessons provide opportunities for students to work flexibly as they construct simple prisms and pyramids from nets they have created. Students record their mathematical thinking as they work through iterations to refine a box that has the least amount of leftover space. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry special topic 'Authentic Problems'.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 6
- Purpose
- Teaching resource
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Shapes and objects
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P5) Understanding units of measurement (P8)
- Publisher
- reSolve Maths by Inquiry
- Copyright
- © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
- Keywords
- angle prism shape mathematical investigation
- Other terms
- solids
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