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Construct simple prisms and pyramids (ACMMG140)

Elaborations
  • considering the history and significance of pyramids from a range of cultural perspectives including those structures found in China, Korea and Indonesia
  • constructing prisms and pyramids from nets, and skeletal models
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Prisms,  Pyramids (Polyhedrons)

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Construction of prisms and pyramids

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This is a website designed for both teachers and students that refers to the construction of prisms and pyramids from the Australian Curriculum for year 6 students. It contains material on prisms and pyramids including their properties and their construction from nets. There are pages for both teachers and students. The ...

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The Geometry and Algebra of Honeycomb - Calculate

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This integrated unit of work explores the amazing structures of honeycomb by examining the properties of regular and irregular polygons and polyhedra. Students then move on to solve problems using geometric and algebraic reasoning.

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Investigating Shapes (Year 5 & 6) - Calculate

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The focus of this activity is to discover what it is that students know about 2D shapes and 3D objects.

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Many heads are better than one: 9 colours activity - Calculate

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This collaborative task challenges students to assemble 27 small cubes as one large 3 by 3 by 3 cube, with 9 different colours visible on each face. The task develops spatial awareness, particularly when the task is extended beyond creating a large cube.

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Nets of three-dimensional solids

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This is a five-page HTML resource about solving problems with nets of three-dimensional solids. It contains one video and three questions, two of which are interactive. The resource discusses and explains solving problems with nets of three-dimensional solids to reinforce students' understanding.

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Numeracy wrap: Calculating volume

  • TLF-IDM016680

In this resource students find the relationship between, length, width (or breadth), height and volume of rectangular prisms, calculate the volume of rectangular prisms and investigate cubic metres

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