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Symmetry and tessellations study guide
This guide provides a basic overview of symmetry.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 5
- Purpose
- Teaching resource Student activities
- Strand
- Space
- Topic
- Transformation
- Audience
- Teachers
- Format
- Webpage
- Australian Curriculum code
- AC9M5SP03
- Numeracy progression
- Understanding geometric properties (P5)
- Publisher
- CK-12 Foundation
- Copyright
- © CK-12 Foundation. Free-for-education material.
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