Geometric thinking resources

For this NEMP task students calculate the amount of pipe length and the minimum number of corners needed to make a cube-shaped frame with 1 metre edges.

For this practical task, students construct 2 different towers from multi-link blocks, then draw these shapes from 3 different views.

For this NEMP task student draw the cross section indicated on 6 different food items.

Students sort different shapes into tessellating and not tessellating categories and explain their reasoning.

Students predict which 3-dimensional shapes nets will make and then fold nets to identify the shapes.

Students enlarge shapes by specified increases in each dimension.

In this practical task students use multi-link cubes to construct two 3-dimensional models from pictures of each model from two different viewpoints.

In this practical task, students use multi-link cubes to construct two 3-dimensional models from pictures of each model from two different viewpoints.

In this practical task students use straws to construct skeleton models of 3-dimensional shapes from given drawings.

Students continue tessellating patterns which all use the same base shape.

Students use their knowledge of transformation to complete an enlargement of a bird by a scale factor of two.

Students use a template to complete three rotations of a bird in the cage. The same template is used to draw the reflection of the bird using the mirror line shown on the cage.

Students write down the names of the 2-dimensional shapes that a Geo Bird is constructed from.

In this practical task students predict what the widthwise and lengthwise cross-sections of a selection of fruit and vegetables would look like.

Students design school library badges by creating four symmetrical patterns using 2-dimensional shapes. A display board template is included for students to put their work on.

Students draw in the reflected images of two sketches along a given mirror line.

Students identify what a sheet of paper will look like when it is folded and has shapes cut from it.

Students identify what a shape plus its image will look like when reflected in a given mirror line.

Students identify which nets, from a range of options, could fold to make rectangular prisms.

For this NEMP task students match 3D objects and their nets.

In this practical task, students use drawings to identify the number of multi-link cubes needed to construct 3-dimensional shapes. They then construct the objects.

In this practical task, students use drawings to identify the number of multi-link cubes needed to construct 3-dimensional pieces of furniture. They then construct the pieces.

Students identify the number of faces for different 3-dimensional cube models.

Students use a net of a cube to identify opposite faces and what the cube would look like when constructed.

Students enlarge shapes by whole number scale factors.