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956 practicals from Kindergarten to Year 12, in 9 subjects. A practical gives the idea, what you need, the steps, what you should see and a safety card. A teacher-led practical gives the idea and its hazards; its method is for tutors on the learning platform.

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16 practicals

Mathematics K–6 · Mathematics · Shapes and geometric reasoning

  1. Mathematics K–6 · Kindergarten

    Feel and name: sorting 2D shapes by their features

    A shape is named by its features, such as how many straight sides and corners it has, and not by which way up it is.

    PracticalLow risk
  2. Mathematics K–6 · Kindergarten

    Packaging sort: objects that stack, roll or do both

    Three-dimensional objects can be sorted by testing them: flat faces let an object stack and slide, curved surfaces let it roll, and an object such as a can has both.

    PracticalLow risk
  3. Mathematics K–6 · Years 1–2

    Geoboard shapes: sides, corners and parallel sides

    A two-dimensional shape is classified by its straight sides and corners and by features such as opposite sides that are parallel, not by its size or which way up it sits.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  4. Mathematics K–6 · Years 1–2

    Quarter, half and full turns with bodies and clock hands

    A turn is measured by how far round something goes, so two quarter turns make a half turn, four make a full turn, and three quarter turns one way end where one quarter turn the other way ends.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  5. Mathematics K–6 · Years 1–2

    Roll, stack or slide: sorting 3D objects by what they can do

    The flat faces and curved surfaces of an object decide whether it can roll, stack or slide, so objects can be sorted by testing them.

    PracticalLow risk
  6. Mathematics K–6 · Years 3–4

    Fold and mirror: lines of symmetry and turning symmetry

    A shape has a line of symmetry when folding along it makes the halves match exactly, and it has turning symmetry when it fits its own outline before a full turn.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  7. Mathematics K–6 · Years 3–4

    One straight cut: splitting a trapezium into new shapes

    A single straight cut splits a shape into two shapes whose kinds depend on where the cut starts and ends, and the pieces can be joined again into shapes with different features and the same area.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  8. Mathematics K–6 · Years 3–4

    Sharper or wider than a right angle: angle testers and turns

    An angle is an amount of turn between two arms, and every angle can be compared with a right angle (a quarter turn) to name it acute, right, obtuse, straight or reflex.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  9. Mathematics K–6 · Years 3–4

    Skeleton models: faces, edges and vertices

    A prism or pyramid can be built from edges and corners alone, and counting the faces, edges and vertices of each model identifies its key features and lets different objects be compared.

    PracticalLow risk
  10. Mathematics K–6 · Years 3–4

    Tangram: seven pieces, one square

    Composite shapes are built from familiar shapes, and the seven tangram pieces are fractions of one square, so every shape made from all seven pieces has the same area as the square.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  11. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Angles on a straight line and at a point

    Angles are measured in degrees with a protractor, the angles on a straight line add to 180 degrees and the angles around a point add to 360 degrees.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  12. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Coordinates on the floor: the Cartesian plane in four quadrants

    A point is named by its distance right or left of the origin and then up or down, so negative coordinates place points in all four quadrants.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  13. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Slicing prisms: parallel cross-sections

    Every slice of a prism parallel to its base is the same shape and size as the base, and objects that are not prisms give slices that change.

    PracticalLow risk
  14. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Slide, flip, turn: transformations with tracing paper and tessellations

    A translation, a reflection or a rotation moves a shape without changing its size or angles, and shapes tessellate when the angles meeting at each point add to 360 degrees.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  15. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Two strips and a split pin: quadrilaterals from their diagonals

    Two strips pinned together act as the diagonals of a quadrilateral, and measuring the sides and angles of each shape they make, and folding it along its diagonals, shows which quadrilateral it is and which diagonals are lines of symmetry.

    Practical, model not builtLow risk
  16. Mathematics K–6 · Years 5–6

    Which nets fold into a cube

    A net is a flat arrangement of faces that folds into an object, and only some arrangements of six squares fold into a cube.

    PracticalLow risk

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