by robdolphin | Sep 2, 2023 | 2D Shape, Angles, Google Slide Activities, Google Slide Extended Explorations, Quadrilaterals, Symmetry, Triangles
This single resource allows for the consolidation and development of a wide range of mathematical skills and concepts, covering line, angle, shape, symmetry, area and proportionality. It can be used to guide an extended exploration over a number of weeks, supported...
by robdolphin | Aug 5, 2023 | 2D Shape, Angles, Area, Length & Distance, Measurement, Pdf Open-ended Guided Explorations, Pdfs, Polygons, Quadrilaterals, Symmetry, Triangles
An umbrella investigation stimulating a wide variety of explorations into 2-D shapes. Depending on the lines of enquiry that develop, you can then use material from related investigations such as Properties of quadrilaterals, Constructing polygons, Angles in...
by robdolphin | Aug 5, 2023 | 2D Shape, Angles, Pdf Open-ended Guided Explorations, Pdfs, Polygons, Shapes and Angles
Investigate the total interior and exterior angles of polygons (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon etc.) Explore patterns in the numbers and establish rules and experiment with formulas....
by robdolphin | Aug 5, 2023 | 2D Shape, Pdf Open-ended Guided Explorations, Pdfs, Quadrilaterals, Shapes and Angles, Triangles
Constructing shapes with compasses is always great fun because you get pretty patterns. But this investigation goes well beyond regular activities with pupils being given an open-ended challenge to create as many different types of shape as possible using a pair of...
by robdolphin | Aug 5, 2023 | 2D Shape, Pdf Open-ended Guided Explorations, Pdfs, Quadrilaterals, Shapes and Angles
Find out why a square is a special kind of rectangle but a rectangle is not a special kind of square!Explore the differences rhombuses and parallelograms, kites and trapeziums.Investigate questions like ‘Is there a quadrilateral with three acute angles?’A...
by robdolphin | Aug 5, 2023 | 2D Shape, Angles, Pdf Open-ended Guided Explorations, Pdfs, Quadrilaterals, Shapes and Angles, Triangles
Investigate the angles in different triangles and quadrilaterals and discover the facts about their totals....