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Describe position and movement (ACMMG010)

Elaborations
  • interpreting the everyday language of location and direction, such as ‘between’, ‘near’, ‘next to’, ‘forward’, ‘toward’
  • following and giving simple directions to guide a friend around an obstacle path and vice versa
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Location (Geometry),  Displacement (Motion)

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