Spotting Symmetry - Around the School
This worksheet provides opportunities for students to identify symmetry in their environment. Students are challenged to walk around the school and record examples of symmetry and asymmetry. They are then required to justify their thinking. This worksheet is part of a bigger unit, Super Symmetry - Year 3.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to create symmetrical patterns, pictures and shapes and recognise line and rotational symmetry of shapes.
- We are learning to identify symmetry in the environment.
Curriculum alignment
MA2-1WM
old
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
MA2-3WM
old
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
MA2-15MG
old
Manipulates, identifies and sketches two- dimensional shapes, including special quadrilaterals, and describes their features
MA2-2WM
old
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Students can identify just one example for each column.
Extensions
Students can identify examples of symmetry and mark in the lines of symmetry, on the objects identified.
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