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Treasure Island
Introduce a coordinate system using numbers to represent locations on a map.
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| Year level(s) | Year 3 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Position and location |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3SP02
Interpret and create two-dimensional representations of familiar environments, locating key landmarks and objects relative to each other |
| Numeracy progression |
Positioning and locating (P3)
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2022 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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