Geometric thinking resources

Students give the number of vertices, straight lines, and curved lines and complete sentences to describe different 3-dimensional shapes.

Students are required to describe the compass direction and distance that an ant travels toward different items of food positioned on a grid.

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

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 identify positions on a grid using grid references.

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 identify whether reflection, rotation, or translation best describes how a shape has been transformed.

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.

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 categorise 3-dimensional objects into cubes, cuboids (rectangular prisms), cylinders, cones, spheres, and pyramids.

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