Measurement and Geometry
Outcomes
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Length
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MA2-9MG
Measures, records, compares and estimates lengths, distances and perimeters in metres, centimetres and millimetres, and measures, compares and records temperatures
- Length 1
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Length 2
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Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths (ACMMG084)
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Use a tape measure, ruler and trundle wheel to measure lengths and distances
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Select and use an appropriate unit to estimate, measure and compare lengths and distances
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Estimate and measure the perimeters of two-dimensional shapes
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Convert between metres and centimetres, and between centimetres and millimetres
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Use a tape measure, ruler and trundle wheel to measure lengths and distances
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Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths (ACMMG084)
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MA2-9MG
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Area
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MA2-10MG
Measures, records, compares and estimates areas using square centimetres and square metres
- Area 1
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Area 2
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Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means (ACMMG087)
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Measure the areas of common two-dimensional shapes using a square-centimetre grid overlay, eg measure the area of a regular hexagon
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Measure the areas of irregular shapes using a square-centimetre grid overlay
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Compare two or more areas by informal means, eg using tiles or a square-centimetre grid overlay
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Measure the areas of common two-dimensional shapes using a square-centimetre grid overlay, eg measure the area of a regular hexagon
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Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means (ACMMG087)
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MA2-10MG
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Volume and Capacity
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MA2-11MG
Measures, records, compares and estimates volumes and capacities using litres, millilitres and cubic centimetres
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MA2-11MG
- Mass
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Time
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MA2-13MG
Reads and records time in one-minute intervals and converts between hours, minutes and seconds
- Time 1
- Time 2
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MA2-13MG
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Three-Dimensional Space
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MA2-14MG
Makes, compares, sketches and names three-dimensional objects, including prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres, and describes their features
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Three-Dimensional Space 1
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Make models of three-dimensional objects and describe key features (ACMMG063)
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Identify and name three-dimensional objects as prisms (including cubes), pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres
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Use a variety of materials to make models of prisms (including cubes), pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres, given a three-dimensional object, picture or photograph to view
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Deconstruct everyday packages that are prisms (including cubes) to create nets, eg cut up tissue boxes
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Identify and name three-dimensional objects as prisms (including cubes), pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres
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Make models of three-dimensional objects and describe key features (ACMMG063)
- Three-Dimensional Space 2
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Three-Dimensional Space 1
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MA2-14MG
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Two-Dimensional Space
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MA2-15MG
Manipulates, identifies and sketches two-dimensional shapes, including special quadrilaterals, and describes their features
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Two-Dimensional Space 1
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Compare and describe features of two-dimensional shapes, including the special quadrilaterals
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Manipulate, compare and describe features of two-dimensional shapes, including the special quadrilaterals: parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapeziums and kites
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Identify right angles in squares and rectangles
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Group parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapeziums and kites using one or more attributes, eg quadrilaterals with parallel sides and right angles
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Construct regular and irregular two-dimensional shapes from a variety of materials, eg cardboard, straws, pattern blocks
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Manipulate, compare and describe features of two-dimensional shapes, including the special quadrilaterals: parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapeziums and kites
- Identify symmetry in the environment (ACMMG066)
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Compare and describe features of two-dimensional shapes, including the special quadrilaterals
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Two-Dimensional Space 2
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Compare and describe two-dimensional shapes that result from combining and splitting common shapes, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMMG088)
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Combine common two-dimensional shapes, including special quadrilaterals, to form other common shapes or designs, eg combine a rhombus and a triangle to form a trapezium
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Record the arrangements of common shapes used to create other shapes, and the arrangement of shapes formed after splitting a shape, in diagrammatic form, with and without the use of digital technologies
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Combine common two-dimensional shapes, including special quadrilaterals, to form other common shapes or designs, eg combine a rhombus and a triangle to form a trapezium
- Create symmetrical patterns, pictures and shapes, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMMG091)
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Compare and describe two-dimensional shapes that result from combining and splitting common shapes, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMMG088)
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Two-Dimensional Space 1
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MA2-15MG
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Angles
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MA2-16MG
Identifies, describes, compares and classifies angles
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Angles 1
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Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angle sizes in everyday situations (ACMMG064)
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Describe informally an angle as the 'amount of turning' between two arms
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Compare angles directly by placing one angle on top of another and aligning one arm
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Identify 'perpendicular' lines in pictures, designs and the environment
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Use the term 'right angle' to describe the angle formed when perpendicular lines meet
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Describe informally an angle as the 'amount of turning' between two arms
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Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angle sizes in everyday situations (ACMMG064)
- Angles 2
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Angles 1
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MA2-16MG
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Position
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MA2-17MG
Uses simple maps and grids to represent position and follow routes, including using compass directions
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Position 2
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Use simple scales, legends and directions to interpret information contained in basic maps (ACMMG090)
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Determine the directions north, east, south and west when given one of the directions
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Use north, east, south and west to describe the location of a particular object in relation to another object on a simple map, given an arrow that represents north, eg 'The treasure is east of the cave'
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Use north-east, south-east, south-west and north-west to describe the location of an object on simple maps, given a compass rose, eg 'The tree is south-west of the sign'
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Determine the directions north, east, south and west when given one of the directions
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Use simple scales, legends and directions to interpret information contained in basic maps (ACMMG090)
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MA2-17MG