Right angles
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Why this why now
This unit provides the opportunity for pupils to develop their understanding of angles by looking at angles relating to dynamic turning and also static angles as properties of 2-D shapes. Pupils identify right angles as properties of shapes and also identify when shapes have angles which are not right angles. This prepares them for work classifying and measuring angles in the future.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Identify angles in shapes and turns
- Recognise a quarter turn as a right angle
- Compare angles to a right angle using a right-angle checker
Threads
Why this why now
This unit provides the opportunity for pupils to develop their understanding of angles by looking at angles relating to dynamic turning and also static angles as properties of 2-D shapes. Pupils identify right angles as properties of shapes and also identify when shapes have angles which are not right angles. This prepares them for work classifying and measuring angles in the future.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Identify angles in shapes and turns
- Recognise a quarter turn as a right angle
- Compare angles to a right angle using a right-angle checker
Right angles
In this unit pupils will rotate 2 lines around a fixed point to make different angles. They identify vertices and describe half, quarter and three-quarter turns in terms of right angles.
10 lessons in unit
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