YEAR 4 MATHS FOCUS
MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY
3D Space
Learning Experiences
3D Space
THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
OUTCOME
A student:
MA2-14MG: makes, compares, sketches and names three-dimensional objects, including prisms, pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres, and describes their features
| TEACHING POINTS | The formal names for particular prisms and pyramids are not introduced in Stage 2. Prisms and pyramids are to be treated as classes for the grouping of all prisms and all pyramids. Names for particular prisms and pyramids are introduced in Stage 3. |
| LANGUAGE | Students should be able to communicate using the following language: object, two-dimensional shape (2D shape), three-dimensional object (3D object), cone, cube, cylinder, prism, pyramid, sphere, top view, front view, side view, isometric grid paper, isometric drawing, depth. Refer also to language in Three-Dimensional Space 1. |
EXPECTATIONS OF ATTAINMENT
Investigate and represent three-dimensional objects using drawings | identify prisms (including cubes), pyramids, cylinders, cones and spheres in the environment and from drawings, photographs and descriptions {Literacy} |
| – investigate types of three-dimensional objects used in commercial packaging and give reasons for some being more commonly used {Communicating, Reasoning, Critical and creative thinking Personal and social capability} | |
| sketch prisms (including cubes), pyramids, cylinders and cones, attempting to show depth | |
| – compare their own drawings of three-dimensional objects with other drawings and photographs of three-dimensional objects {Reasoning} | |
| – draw three-dimensional objects using a computer drawing tool, attempting to show depth {Communicating, Information and communication technology capability} | |
| sketch three-dimensional objects from different views, including top, front and side views | |
| – investigate different two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional objects in the environment, e.g. in Aboriginal art {Communicating, Information and communication technology capability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures} | |
| draw different views of an object constructed from connecting cubes on isometric grid paper | |
| interpret given isometric drawings to make models of three-dimensional objects using connecting cubes |
Learning Experiences
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