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Flips and Slides Poster
2 3 5 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources Mathematics Location & Transformation 1 Page

Flips and Slides Poster

This poster is designed to illustrate the difference between flips and slides to young students. This is a par of a larger unit designed to teach your students the basics of geometric transformations, including single-step slides and and flips, and quarter and half turns.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to investigate the effect of one-step slides and flips.
  • We are learning to identify, describe and demonstrate quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns, e.g. hands on a clock, in dances and in the school environment.
  • We are learning to identify, describe and draw half and quarter turns.
  • We are learning to describe and perform translations, reflections and rotations of shapes and to identify symmetries.
  • We are learning to describe translations, reflections and rotations of two-dimensional shapes and to identify line and rotational symmetries.

Curriculum alignment

MA1-3WM old Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained MA1-15MG old Manipulates, sorts, represents, describes and explores two- dimensional shapes, including quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and octagons MA1-1WM old Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols MA3-15MG old Manipulates, classifies and draws two-dimensional shapes, including equilateral, isosceles and scalene triangles, and describes their properties MA3-3WM old Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another MA3-2WM old Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations MA3-1WM old Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions MA3-3DS-01 new Visualises, sketches and constructs three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, making connections to two-dimensional representations MA1-2DS-01 new Recognises, describes and represents shapes including quadrilaterals and other common polygons
VCMMG145 Identify and describe slides and turns found in the natural and built environment VCMMG200 Describe translations, reflections and rotations of two-dimensional shapes. Identify line and rotational symmetries VCMMG201 Apply the enlargement transformation to familiar two dimensional shapes and explore the properties of the resulting image compared with the original VCMMG124 Identify and describe half and quarter turns VCMMG123 Investigate the effect of one-step slides and flips with and without digital technologies

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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