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Tangrams: exploring quadrilaterals
Uses tangram pieces to explore examples and non-examples of quadrilaterals. Challenges students to keep exploring by creating different quadrilaterals with different numbers of tangram pieces.
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| Year level(s) | Year 1 |
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| Audience | Student, Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Video |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Targeted teaching |
| Keywords | triangles, trapezium, parallelogram, square, quadrilateral, vertices, examples, non-examples, problem-solving, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Geometry, Build understanding |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG022
Recognise and classify familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects using obvious features
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| National numeracy learning progression |
Understanding geometric properties
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UGP1, UGP2
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | NSW Department of Education |
| Copyright | © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2020 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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