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Rigid motion, congruent triangles and proof
This resource consists of a series of annotated lessons on how to introduce the concepts of proof and congruence. The resource includes teacher notes, worked examples, slides, worksheets and assessments.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | Geometry, Reasoning, Proof |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Pythagoras and trigonometry |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10SP01
Apply deductive reasoning to proofs involving shapes in the plane and use theorems to solve spatial problems |
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| Organisation | BetterLesson |
| Copyright | © Beth Menzie. Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0. |
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