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Shape: exploring angles and nets of 3D objects

This guide provides a sequence of small steps for learning about angles from measuring with a protractor to exploring angles on a straight line and around a point through to finding angles in triangles, special quadrilaterals and regular polygons. Nets of 3D objects are also explored. Note in this resource objects are often referred to as 3D shapes. It is advised to use the terminology 'objects' when talking about 3D and not 3D shapes as suggested in this resources.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 6
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	angles,measure, measure, protractor, regular polygons, problem-solving, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Measurement, Number, Build understanding
Topics	Angles and geometric reasoning, Algebraic expressions, Addition and subtraction, Length, Using units of measurement
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M6M04 Identify the relationships between angles on a straight line, angles at a point and vertically opposite angles; use these to determine unknown angles, communicating reasoning
Numeracy progression	Understanding geometric properties (P5) Understanding units of measurement (P8)
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