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Stepping out
Students make estimates of stride length and use this in practical measuring tasks.
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| Year level(s) | Year 3, Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement, Length |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3M01
Identify which metric units are used to measure everyday items; use measurements of familiar items and known units to make estimates
AC9M6M01
Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity; choose and use decimal representations of metric measurements relevant to the context of a problem
AC9M6M02
Establish the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problems |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P6, P8)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | New Zealand Ministry of Education |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ. |
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