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Grid Drawing - Comparing Area & Using Grid Reference Systems

Grid Drawing - Comparing Area & Using Grid Reference Systems
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Description

This resource can be used to measure area using MAB Blocks. Alternatively, it can be used to introduce students to Grid Reference Systems. 

Comparing areas using metric units, such as counting the number of square centimetres required to cover two areas by overlaying the areas with a grid of centimetre squares. Use a grid reference system in a barrier game where students use the grid references to recreate an image.

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

AC9M4M02 9

Recognise ways of measuring and approximating the perimeter and area of shapes and enclosed spaces, using appropriate formal and informal units

AC9M5SP02 9

Construct a grid coordinate system that uses coordinates to locate positions within a space; use coordinates and directional language to describe position and movement

ACMMG087 8.4

Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means

ACMMG113 8.4

Use a grid reference system to describe locations. Describe routes using landmarks and directional language

VCMMG169

Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means

VCMMG196

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

VCMMG199

Use a grid reference system to describe locations. Describe routes using landmarks and directional language

MA2-1WM old

Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas

MA2-2WM old

Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems

MA2-3WM old

Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used

MA2-10MG old

Measures, records, compares and estimates areas using square centimetres and square metres

MA3-1WM old

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

MA3-17MG old

Locates and describes position on maps using a grid-reference system

MA2-MR-01 new

Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems

MA2-MR-02 new

Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values

MA2-PF-01 new

Represents and compares halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as lengths on a number line and their related fractions formed by halving (eighths, sixths and tenths)

MA2-GM-01 new

Uses grid maps and directional language to locate positions and follow routes

MA2-GM-02 new

Measures and estimates lengths in metres, centimetres and millimetres

MA2-GM-03 new

Identifies angles and classifies them by comparing to a right angle

MA2-2DS-01 new

Compares two-dimensional shapes and describes their features

MA2-2DS-02 new

Performs transformations by combining and splitting two-dimensional shapes

MA2-2DS-03 new

Estimates, measures and compares areas using square centimetres and square metres

MA3-3DS-01 new

Visualises, sketches and constructs three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, making connections to two-dimensional representations

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