Geometric thinking resources

Students identify different shapes from clues about their properties and then create their own clues to share with a buddy.

Students demonstrate their knowledge of north, south, east, and west by giving the names of people shown on a plan of a forest park.

Students use a given number of multi-link cubes to build two buildings with different heights.

In this practical task, students draw pictures of 3-dimensional prisms onto a square grid. A net for each prism is provided.

In this practical task, students construct 3-dimensional shapes from nets (provided), and then draw them on a grid.

Students enlarge a diagram to a given scale.

Students show their understanding of directions by identifying which child will be chosen in a circular game for which clockwise instructions are given.

Students identify towns and cities on a map using compass points.

Students write short paragraphs using geometrical terms to describe two pictures. The terms equilateral, scalene, and isosceles are to be used to describe a castle. The words circumference, diameter, and radius are to be used to describe a bicycle.

For this task students are required to record, in a table, the compass bearings of objects shown on a submarine radar screen. Distances from the submarine are also recorded.

Students identify distances and mark positions on a treasure map with a scale.

Students use a plan of the school and a scale to answer questions about length and distance of buildings and courts in the school.

Students write the bearing and distance of a number of objects on a radar screen.

Students draw in places onto a map following compass directions given in relation to existing landmarks.

Students identify points on a circular grid using references that give distance and direction (expressed in clock bearings).

Students identify positions on a grid using grid references.

Students enlarge a shape made of cubes and explore the relationship between the scale factor and volume.

For this NEMP task students use a grid map of an island to locate positions and describe ways to move from one position to another.

The context for this task is a grid-referenced map of historical sites. Students locate items at three grid references then write the grid references for all the castles on the map.

Students give grid references, and drag and drop grid references onto a grid.

Students identify the correct resultant vector of two component vectors, and also identify the correct diagram of a vector that is written in column form.

Students identify grid references on a movie theatre seating plan.

In this practical task students design a net for a lidded cardboard cube to hold a tennis ball. They then cut out and construct the cube.

In this practical task students design a net for a lidded cardboard box to hold 3 "chocolate bars" represented by hundreds blocks. They then cut out and construct the box.

Students use grid references to locate places on a map of Auckland and give grid references of specified places.