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GM3-4: Represent objects with drawings and models.

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Elaboration on this Achievement Objective

This means students will make drawings of objects, which can take the form of plan views or nets.

drawings.
 

Note that a net is a flat shape that folds to form a solid. Many different nets form the same solid, for example there are eleven different nets that form a cube. At Level Three students need to create two-dimensional drawings of three-dimensional models, as above, and be able to recreate the model when given another person’s drawings of it. Models may be built with interlocking cubes, plasticine, connecting geometric shapes or other materials, for example toothpicks and plasticine.

 

Teaching resources for this Achievement Objective
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Polygon Puzzle

Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Rich learning activities
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in using the properties of irregular polygons to solve a problem.
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Right Way Up!

Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Figure It Out activities
This is a level 3 activity from the Figure It Out series. A PDF of the student activity is included.
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Roll Over

Level Two
Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Figure It Out activities
This is a Level 2 and Level 3 Geometry activity from the Figure It Out Series. A PDF of the student activity is included.

identify face shapes on a threee dimensional shape

make a net for a cube.

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Room with a View

Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Figure It Out activities
This is a Level 3 Geometry activity from the Figure It Out Series. It requires coordination with another school. A PDF of the student activity is included.
  • Drawing a scale map.
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Slice of Life

Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Figure It Out activities
This is a Level 3 Geometry activity from the Figure It Out Series. A PDF of the student activity is included.
  • Predict the shape formed when three-dimensional objects are 'sliced'.
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Starting Blocks

Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Figure It Out activities
This is a Level 3 Geometry activity from the Figure It Out Series. A PDF of the student activity is included.
  • Interpret pictures of three-dimensional buildings.
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Starting from Scratch

Level Three
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
In this unit students use a digital programming platform, Scratch, to learn about polygons, and use the language of direction and distance.
  1. Create a programme in Scratch for a Sprite to walk out a shape or figure, including:
    • Correct numbers of steps
    • Correct angles
    • Use of repetition
    • Use of blocks
    • Use of variables and operators
  2. Read a programme in Scratch and work out the path that the Sprite will take
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Tailspin

Level Two
Level Three
Integrated
Figure It Out activities
This is a level 3 activity from the Figure It Out series. A PDF of the student activity is included.
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Tangram World

Level Three
Integrated
Figure It Out activities
This is a level 3 activity from the Figure It Out series. A PDF of the student activity is included.
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The School Fair

Level Three
Integrated
Units of Work
This unit brings together ideas from several strands of the mathematics curriculum, within the context of preparing for a school fair.
  • Draw conclusions from data collected in a survey.
  • Use addition and multiplication strategies to make estimates and solve problems.
  • Make scale drawings.
  • Design a net.
  • Use linear scales to measure lengths.
  • Calculate volumes of cuboids.
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Working Together

Level Three
Integrated
Figure It Out activities
These are level 3 number and geometry problems from the Figure It Out series. A PDF of the student activity is included.

interpret 3 dimensional drawings (Problem 2)

use addition strategies to solve problems (Problem 3)