Shape Activities for Students Aged 11-13

Subject(s): Mathematics | Age: 11-14 | Type: Activity sheet | Publication Year: 2010 to date

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A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical understanding.

The activities, with their mathematical content, are:

• Christmas coordinates - using co-ordinates in the first quadrant to draw a picture

• Four-part tangram - using the tangram pieces to produce four sided shapes

• Halves - congruency

• Making-spirals - following directional instructions (angles and distance)

• Mine field - co-ordinates in all four quadrants

• Mirrors - symmetrical numbers

• Possible or impossible? - shapes that can or cannot be drawn from properties

• Quarters - dissecting a square into congruent quarters

• Spot the shape - identfiyng shapes by questioning

• Triangles and coordinates - puzzle using coordinates in the first quadrant.

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx5cz

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