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Rhombuses, kites and trapezia
This module from the AMSI 'The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools (TIMES) project' is for teachers who wish to consolidate their content knowledge on the topic of special quadrilaterals, such as rhombuses, kites and trapezia. There are sections that provide history and context for the topic, as well as exercises and examples of how to present and explain the concepts to students.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 8
- Purpose
- Planning Curriculum
- Strand
- Measurement
- Topic
- Area, volume and surface area
- Audience
- Teachers School leaders
- Format
- Downloadable resource
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M8M01
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding units of measurement (P9)
- Publisher
- AMSI
- Copyright
- © The University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0.
- Keywords
- rectangle square
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