Blogs about Teaching Shape Based Topics

How to teach problem solving with angles in polygons through scaffolding.

A-Level Scheme of work: Edexcel A-Level Mathematics Year 2: Pure 2: 3D Vectors

Edexcel A-Level Mathematics Year 2: Pure 2: Radians

In this lesson, students will learn how to describe geometrical transformations on a grid.

Students are introduced to four types of transformations: reflections, rotations, enlargements, and translations.

In this lesson, we learn about the length and volume scale factor of 3D shapes and the relationship between them.

How to teach solving problems with non-right angled triangles.

How to identify the planes of symmetry in 3D shapes.

How to work out a GCSE grade 9 vectors problem with ratio.

Five problem solving questions that link cuboids to solving equations, ratio and 3D coordinates.

Home learning project teaching how to create pull up nets for 3D shapes.

How to find the area of a sector as a fraction of a full circle.

How to work out the nth term of a picture sequence.

Visual and algebraic methods for writing a single column vector.

Key Stage 3 lesson on identifying lines of reflective symmetry in 2D shapes.

How to teach proving geometrical properties using algebra.

How to teach solving 3D problems using trigonometry.

Calculating the speed, distance and time for two part journeys.

How to teach performing and describing negative scale factor enlargements.

How to introduce the sin, cos and tan trigonometric identities.

Three ways to work out the area of a compound shape.