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Garden Gurus

Garden Gurus
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Mathematics Measurement
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Description

This worksheet is an engaging way to investigate area. Students design their own school garden using dot paper or a geoboard. Following the open ended questions, students will divide the area up to provide the most efficient use of space for gardens and walkways, labelling the measurements of each area, and calculating the amount of resources needed.
 

Suitable for
  • Relief Teachers
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9M5M02 9

Solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units

ACMMG109 8.4

Calculate perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric units

VCMMG196

Calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles and the volume and capacity of prisms using familiar metric units

MA3-1WM old

Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions

MA3-3WM old

Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another

MA3-9MG old

Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure lengths and distances, calculates perimeters, and converts between units of length

MA3-10MG old

Selects and uses the appropriate unit to calculate areas, including areas of squares, rectangles and triangles

MA3-AR-01 new

Selects and applies appropriate strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems

MA3-GM-02 new

Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure lengths and distances including perimeters

MA3-2DS-02 new

Selects and uses the appropriate unit to calculate areas, including areas of rectangles

MA3-2DS-03 new

Combines, splits and rearranges shapes to determine the area of parallelograms and triangles

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