Sensational shape hunt
In small groups, students are taken on a shape hunt where they observe, describe and sort the different shapes they see in their environment.
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| Year level(s) | Foundation |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model |
| Keywords | RAMR, YuMi Deadly Mathematics |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture |
| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9MFSP01
Sort, name and create familiar shapes; recognise and describe familiar shapes within objects in the environment, giving reasons |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P1)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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