Bird's eye view

Bird's eye view

Pencil and paper
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This task is about drawing a bird's eye view.
This is a side view of a street with 3 buildings.


A
B
C

Draw what the roof of each building would look like if you were a bird looking down on it.
 

Building A

 

 

 

 

 

Building B

 

 

 

 

 

Building C

 

 

 

 

 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Shape
Keywords: 
views, drawing, maps, visualising
Description of task: 
Students draw the bird's-eye view of each of three buildings that are pictured.
Curriculum Links: 
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Geometric thinking, set 3
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

 

Y4 (10/2000)

a)

[Accept if shape is approximately square.]

easy

b)

or

[Accept other rotations but not reflections.]

easy

c)
or

[Accept other rotations but not reflections.]

moderate

 

Accept - if the shape is correct but inaccurately drawn.
- if the sizes in a) to c) are different, especially if a) is bigger.
- if their are small inaccuracies in the drawing.