Turning the shape

Turning the shape

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about rotation of a shape.
Practical task

For each question below, start by holding your shape on top of the one that is drawn.

 

a)
 
Turn your cardboard shape a 1/2 turn clockwise and draw what it looks like now.
 
 


 

b)
 
Turn your cardboard shape a 1/4 turn anticlockwise and draw what it looks like now.
 
 

 

c) i)
Turn your cardboard shape a 1/4 turn anticlockwise and then a 1/2 turn clockwise. Draw what it looks like now.
 
 
  ii)
What is another way of describing how you could turn your shape so it ends up looking like this?
 
 
 
 
 
Task administration: 

This task can be completed with pencil paper and other equipment.

Equipment

Shape photocopied onto card; pencil. 

Read through the instructions with the students and explain what to do.

Photocopy template

Levels:
1, 2
Description of task: 
Students rotate shapes using clockwise and anticlockwise turns.
Learning Progression Frameworks
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Answers/responses: 
a)  
b)  
c) i)

ii)

 
 
 
1/4 turn clockwise [accept 3/4 turn anticlockwise]