Working in 2- & 3-dimensions

Skill Activities

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Crop circles
After sketching and describing crop circles found on a website, students construct a geometrical design, describe its symmetries then produce their own designs. Teacher notes included.

Student Information: (application/msword, 297 KB) (application/pdf, 338 KB)

How much will it cost?
Students take measurements from scaled elevations of a house to find the wall area to be painted and then work out the cost. Teacher notes included. (N.B. 'Costing the Job' is a more difficult version.)

Student Information (application/msword, 98 KB) (application/pdf, 89 KB)

Make your own shapes in Word
Activity that shows students how to draw their own shapes in Word, with and without gridlines. Teacher notes included.

Student Information (application/msword, 486 KB) (application/pdf, 190 KB)

Plans
Choose from 7 plans with scales of varying difficulty. Teacher Notes included.

Student Information (application/msword, 273 KB) (application/pdf, 107 KB)

Stained Glass
Stained glass sun catchers for students to describe and design. Teacher Notes included.

Student Information (application/msword, 146 KB) (application/pdf, 92 KB)

Symmetry in Word
Students use the Rotate and Flip options in Word to draw symmetrical figures. Teacher notes included.

Student Information (application/msword, 0.8 MB) (application/pdf, 683 KB)

Tessellation Shapes
Collection of shapes to print on card and laminate.

Student Information (application/msword, 179 KB) (application/pdf, 65 KB)

Tessellations in Word
Activity that shows students how to draw tessellations in Word, with and without gridlines. Teacher notes included.

Student and Teacher Notes (application/msword, 0.8 MB) (application/pdf, 634 KB)

Convert lengths
Bingo and dominoes games to provide practice in converting lengths. Teacher notes included.

Student Information and Teacher notes: (application/msword, 97 KB) (application/pdf, 22 KB)

Volume
Powerpoint presentation, information sheets and worksheet on the volume of cuboids. Teacher Notes included.

Student information and teacher notes (application/msword, 492 KB) (application/pdf, 105 KB)
PowerPoint presentation (application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, 218 KB)

Convert It!
Interactive spreadsheet for practice in converting metric lengths and distances.

(application/vnd.ms-excel, 44 KB)

Circle Matching Cards
12 sets of 3 cards for learners to match. One card shows a real object with its diameter, one gives its circumference and one its area.

Circle Matching Cards template (application/msword, 175 KB) (application/pdf, 63 KB)

Perimeter and Area Cards
24 sets of 3 cards for learners to match. One card gives the dimensions of a rectangle or shape made from rectangles, one gives its perimeter and one its area.

Cards (application/msword, 141 KB) (application/pdf, 26 KB)

What am I?
24 pairs of cards for learners to match. One card gives a 2D or 3D shape and its name, the other a description.

Cards and teachers note (application/msword, 128 KB) (application/pdf, 36 KB)

Length Problems
12 problems set in a range of real contexts to solve.

Skills activity (application/pdf, 247 KB)