This engaging presentation aligns with the Australian Curriculum content for code ACMMG046 . It supports students to gain an understanding when identifying and describing quarter and half turns. It provides a definition for both quarter and half turns as well as many examples.
Students learn to identify if the patterns are created by quarter turns or half turns and have an opportunity to create their own.
Identify, describe and demonstrate quarter, half, three-quarter and full measures of turn in everyday situations
Identify and describe half and quarter turns
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
Manipulates, sorts, represents, describes and explores two- dimensional shapes, including quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and octagons
Recognises, describes and represents shapes including quadrilaterals and other common polygons