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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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