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reSolve: Modelling Motion: Years 5 and 6
In this sequence of lessons students use a streamer graph to track speed and develop the concept of speed as time per unit travelled. They experiment with rolling a ball up and down a slope and gather data to make predictions. 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 program.
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Year level(s) | Year 5, Year 6 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Keywords | speed, data, time, graph |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy, Science, Technologies, Critical and creative thinking |
Strand and focus | Measurement, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
Topics | Using units of measurement, Data representation and interpretation |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMSP119
Construct displays, including column graphs, dot plots and tables, appropriate for data type, with and without the use of digital technologies
ACMSP147
Interpret and compare a range of data displays, including side-by-side column graphs for two categorical variables
ACMMG108
Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass
ACMMG114
Describe translations, reflections and rotations of two-dimensional shapes. Identify line and rotational symmetries
ACMNA291
Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems
ACMSP118
Pose questions and collect categorical or numerical data by observation or survey
ACMSP120
Describe and interpret different data sets in context
ACMMG135
Connect decimal representations to the metric system
ACMNA123
Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies to solve problems involving all four operations with whole numbers
ACMNA131
Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages
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Organisation | reSolve Maths by Inquiry |
Copyright | © Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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