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Geometry Stage 2

Turning Man
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Turning man

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use the interactivity to find out how many quarter turns the man must rotate through to look like each of the pictures.

Turning
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Turning

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Use your mouse to move the red and green parts of this disc. Can you make images which show the turnings described?

Data shapes
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Data shapes

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

Opening patterns
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Opening patterns

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Look at some of the patterns in the Olympic Opening ceremonies and see what shapes you can spot.
Tangrams
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Tangrams

Age
5 to 11
Challenge level
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Can you make five differently sized squares from the interactive tangram pieces?

Colouring Triangles
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Colouring triangles

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

Skeleton Shapes
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Skeleton shapes

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

Shadow Play
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Shadow play

Age
5 to 7
Challenge level
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Here are shadows of some 3D shapes. What shapes could have made them?