Geometric thinking resources

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.

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

Students draw lines of symmetry on a five sided star.

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

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.

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

For this NEMP task students draw the other half of a shape by using its line of symmetry.

Students make a series of rotational turns based on compass positions.

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.

Students identify the picture of a cat which best shows each of four described transformations of the original cat.

Students enlarge shapes by whole number scale factors.

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 identify shapes after they have been rotated in 3 dimensions.

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

Students identify which shapes are identical to a given shape that have been rotated.

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