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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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Selected links to online resources that can support the teaching and learning of geometry for primary-aged students.

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The pigs are playing a game of hide and seek. One pig counts to 100 while all the other pigs go and hide. But where are the hiding pigs? The pig cannot find the hiding pigs so he sets up a table of food to lure the other pigs from their hiding places. The spoken text of this short animated story is featured in speech bubbles ...

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The Foos: Free Code Hour - Google Play app

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Learn programming skills by animating characters in the puzzle levels. Use your new programming skills to create interactions between characters in the 'toy box' area. Free when reviewed on 12/5/2015.

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Scratch Jr - Google Play app

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Learn programming skills by snapping together programming blocks. Make characters walk, jump, dance and sing. Add your own voice or modify your own characters and make your own interactive story. Free when reviewed on 12/5/2015.

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Blue-bot - iTunes app

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This app is made to be used in conjunction with the TTS floor robot, Blue-Bot. Write an algorithm and Blue-bot follows your instructions. Learn how to code using directional language. Free when reviewed on 12/5/2015.

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Scratch Jr - iTunes app

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Learn programming skills by snapping together programming blocks. Make characters walk, jump, dance and sing. Add your own voice or modify your own characters and make your own interactive story. Free when reviewed on 12/5/2015.

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Collections of ten are really useful

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This two-week unit develops student knowledge and understanding that skills of collections of 10 are really useful. Students are provided opportunities to: represent numbers in a variety of ways; reason about the way numbers can be combined and separated; use positional language both in a physical world context and in more ...

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Growing and changing on the farm

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In this resource, students learn about how farm animals grow and change over time, focusing on naming, modelling and measuring these changes through hands-on activities. This lesson is part of a sequence of lessons that can be used with this age-group of students. Topics include Seasons and jobs on the farm; Who lives on ...

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Sometimes things move and change location: K–2 Year B – Unit 10

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This unit develops understanding and skills of position.

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Collections of ten are really useful: K–2 Year B – Unit 11

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This sample multi–age unit develops student knowledge, understanding, and skills of place value, number representation, and data.

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The Mathscots: Hiding the Bone

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This animated video highlights positional language and directions when Buster hides his dog bone in the garden. The mathematical focus is on describing the location of an object in relation to its surroundings; identifying positional and directional/navigational words; following and giving simple directions; early experiences ...

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The Mathscots: Toy Treasure Hunt

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In this animated video, Abacus the cat follows clues to find her toy. Buster the puppy joins in on the fun of a toy treasure hunt. The mathematical focus is on describing the location of an object in relation to its surroundings; identifying positional and directional/navigational words; applying clues to solve a problem; ...

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On, Over, Under, Beside - Calculate

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This simple game helps students develop their understanding of positional language.

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Students describe the location of objects by indicating positions.

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This two-week unit develops student knowledge, understanding and skills of measurement and units of measurement. Students are provided opportunities to: measure length by direct and indirect comparison; identify and compare area and mass; and compare internal volume by filling and packing.

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This two-week unit introduces students to a half as two equal parts of a whole and the use of symbols as efficient communication for mathematical ideas. Students are provided opportunities to: recognise two equal parts as halves of a collection, a measure, a shape or an object; find and describe the halfway point in a length; ...

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Further activities comparing length, area, mass and volume

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This two-week unit develops student knowledge, understanding and skills in determining what needs to be measured and the unit of measurement needed. Students are provided opportunities to: use comparative language to describe length; identify and compare the area of similar shapes using comparative language; compare internal ...

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This 2-week unit introduces students to the big idea 'What you want to describe decides what unit of measure to use'. Students are provided opportunities to: recognise that the attribute you want to describe informs the unit of measure you use; describe, compare, and order measurable attributes including length, area, volume ...

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