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• TLF-IDS4971

These seven learning activities, which focus on 'representations' using a variety of tools (software) and devices (hardware), illustrate the ways in which content, pedagogy and technology can be successfully and effectively integrated in order to promote learning. In the activities, teachers use different representations ...

• TLF-IDL1463

Find out how blood samples at crime scenes are compared with known blood types to identify suspects. Look at a table showing percentages of blood types in the Australian population. See how antibodies and antigens are used to identify blood types. Test a blood sample and identify its type. Answer questions about differences ...

• TLF-IDL7781

Decorate a room in a house with patterns made of rectangles. Choose a part of the room to decorate. Select a tessellation of rectangles to make. Copy the pattern and see it cover part of the room. Finish decorating the room with two more tessellations. Create your own designs with the rectangles in the play space. This ...

• TLF-IDL7783

Decorate a room in a house with patterns made of equilateral triangles. Choose a part of the room to decorate. Choose a tessellation of equilateral triangles to make. Copy the pattern and see it cover part of the room. Finish decorating the room with two more tessellations. Create your own designs with the equilateral triangles ...

• TLF-IDL7785

Decorate a room in a house with patterns made of rhombuses. Choose a part of the room to decorate. Select a tessellation of rhombuses to make. Copy the pattern and see it cover part of the room. Finish decorating the room with two more tessellations. Create your own designs with the rhombuses in the play space. This learning ...

• TLF-IDL7787

Decorate a room in a house with patterns made of trapeziums. Choose a part of the room to decorate. Select a tessellation of trapeziums to make. Copy the pattern and see it cover part of the room. Finish decorating the room with two more tessellations. Create your own designs with the trapeziums in the play space. This ...

• TLF-IDR10268

The photograph shows paving laid in a pattern that 'grows' rather than repeats - it has just two repeating elements. Within its border of small square tiles, it uses tiles of three different colours, and two different sizes. Working out how many of each tile is needed for a given large area requires the identification of ...

• TLF-IDR11192

This photograph of triangular tiles inlaid in a pavement suggests explorations of the several relationships of these tiles relative to the background square regions. Size relationships and symmetry may be explored. Teachers are encouraged to scan all the ideas suggested here as relevant to the various year level groupings, ...

• TLF-IDR11276

This photograph of a section of the garden at the Red Fort in Agra, India, suggests explorations of several relationships relative to the background 'square' regions. Teachers are encouraged to scan all the ideas suggested here as relevant to the various year level groupings, as there is clearly an increasing mathematical ...

• TLF-IDM016223

This resource is designed to support student learning in Stage 3 Mathematics. It provides an interactive introduction to the Cartesian plane, its components and the use of Cartesian coordinates.