Geometric thinking resources

Students identify which of 5 triangles fits a given description.

Students complete a chart showing original shapes, rotation instructions, and the shapes after rotation.

Students continue tessellation patterns of a rectangular shape.

Students draw in three 3-dimensional shapes on a grid from the view shown.

This task requires students to identify the shape name, the number of faces, edges and vertices of a selection of everyday objects.

This task is about sorting shapes into different groups.

Students draw diagrams to demonstrate their understanding of three angle properties: angles at a point, adjacent angles on a straight line and vertically opposite angles.

Students draw lines of symmetry on road sign pictures.

Student select shapes that are similar but not squares and explain what makes them squares or not.

For this NEMP task students perform a range of tasks which cover aspects of symmetry, shape identification, enlargement, and right-angle recognition.

Student select shapes that are similar but not triangles and explain what makes them triangles or not.

Students use their knowledge of vertically opposite angles, adjacent angles on a straight line, and angles at a point to identify unknown angles in everyday shapes.

Students give the number of vertices, straight lines, and curved lines and complete sentences to describe different 2-dimensional shapes.

Students identify the compass direction that describes travel between two towns on a map.

Students use a protractor to locate towns on a map from given compass bearings.

Students use co-ordinates to identify a coded message.

Students draw lines of symmetry on a five sided star.

Students cut out shapes and rotate them to find the number of times each shape fits onto itself in a complete turn.

In this practical task students make four different 3-dimensional objects.

Students rotate shapes using clockwise and anticlockwise turns.

Students identify where they face after making clockwise and anticlockwise turns.

Students identify whether dominoes have been rotated clockwise or anticlockwise, and by how much.

Students match three dimensional shapes with nets that could be folded to make them.

In this practical task, students use a mirror to help identify and draw lines of symmetry on six pictures.

Students match descriptions of how many corners and sides 2-dimensional shapes have with their corresponding pictures and then describe one shape this way.