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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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The Foos: Free Code Hour - 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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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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This two-week unit develops student knowledge, understanding and skills of the concept that sometimes things move and change location. Students are provided opportunities to: represent numbers in a variety of ways; reason about the way numbers can be combined and separated; share objects equally and put shared objects back ...

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

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This unit develops understanding and skills of position and chance.

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

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This planning resource for Foundation is for the topic of Position and location. Students are becoming familiar with using common words for describing position and location of an object.

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