Right angles
Why this, why now
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.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Ardaydu waa inay yaqaanaan aasaaska maadada.
- Ardaydu waa inay awoodaan inay raacaan tilmaamo fudud.
Unit 7 / 20
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- Identify and describe right angles
- Identify properties of quadrilaterals
- Investigate the shapes made when rectangles are cut on the diagonal
- Know that a rectangle is a four-sided polygon with four right angles
- Join four right angles at a point using different right-angled polygons
- Investigate and draw other polygons with right angles
- Know that a right angle describes a quarter turn
- Make different sized angles by rotating two lines around a fixed point
- Know that a square is a rectangle in which the four sides are of equal length
- Identify properties of triangles