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Tessellation, transformation and art

Students describe the reflection or rotational symmetry of a shape or tessellation.

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Year level(s) Year 5
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource, Student task
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching

Curriculum alignment

Strand and focus Space
Topics Transformation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M5SP03
Describe and perform translations, reflections and rotations of shapes, using dynamic geometric software where appropriate; recognise what changes and what remains the same, and identify any symmetries

Numeracy progression Understanding geometric properties (P5)

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New Zealand Ministry of Education

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