Geometric thinking resources

Given five views of the same 3-dimensional shape, students use multi-link cubes to construct it.

In this practical task, students cut out triangles and rectangles to make three different nets for a triangular prism.

Students draw reflections of a number of words.

This task requires students to indicate the invariant properties of four transformations (translation, reflection, rotation, enlargement).

Students draw lines on shapes to show how they have been constructed from four smaller shapes.

From a drawing of a 3-dimensional shape, students draw five different 2-dimensional views of it onto grids.

Students select the correct name for angle diagrams (e.g. obtuse etc.) and write the names of three angles identified in a shape.

Students draw lines on shapes to show how they have been constructed from four smaller shapes.

Students draw cross-sections of different buildings.

Students identify equilateral, isosceles, scalene and right angled triangles.

Students draw cross-sections of different foods.

Students answer questions about the journey of an ant along the edge of a tetrahedron.

Students identify the types of triangles made by everyday objects.

Students identify which of the three transformations (rotation, reflection, translation) were not used to create repeating koru patterns.

In this practical task, students use three different views of a 3-dimensional shape to help them design a net and construct a model of a pyramid.

Students draw reflections of three shapes in mirror lines.

Students identify the parts of a circle that lines on familiar signs and objects make.

Students complete a chart showing original shapes, rotation instructions, and the shapes after rotation.

Students use their knowledge of vertically opposite angles, adjacent angles on a straight line, and angles at a point to identify unknown angles in everyday shapes.

Students identify the compass direction that describes travel between two towns on a map.

Students use a protractor to locate towns on a map from given compass bearings.

Students use co-ordinates to identify a coded message.

Students draw lines of symmetry on a five sided star.

Students match three dimensional shapes with nets that could be folded to make them.

In this practical task, students cut out regular polygons and decide whether that shape will tessellate.