| Approach: |
One
to one |
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Level: Year 4
and year 8 |
| Focus: |
Understanding
rotation and angles |
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| Resources:
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Person
with torch, board, recording book |
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| Questions/instructions: |
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Hand
student the model figure and board.
This person is playing spotlight with his torch at night. Put the person in the
centre, facing the tree. |
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%
responses
2009 ('05) |
y4 |
y8 |
| 1.
Turn the person clockwise, a quarter turn. What is it facing? |
cat
|
58
(64) |
89
(89) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
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| 2.
Now turn the person clockwise, a one-third turn. What is it facing?
|
rabbit
|
19
(22) |
38
(40) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
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| 3.
Now turn the person anticlockwise, a half turn. What is it facing?
|
sunglasses
|
61
(64) |
87
(87) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
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| 4.
Now turn the person anticlockwise, a three-quarters turn. |
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|
| What
is it facing? |
cat
|
30
(28) |
60
(66) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
|
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| YEAR
4 ONLY: |
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| 5.
Now turn the person to the right. What is it facing? |
boy
|
27
(23) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
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| 6.
What directions could you give me if I wanted to turn the person to
face the chair? |
|
| appropriate
directions given |
43
(46) |
| (e.g.
1/4 turn anticlockwise/left; 3/4 turn clockwise/right; 900 clockwise/left;
2700 anticlockwise/right) |
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| YEAR
8 ONLY: |
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| 5.
Now turn the person 900 to the left. What is it facing? |
chair
|
59
(60) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
|
| 6.
Now turn the person 3600 to the left. What is it facing? |
tree
|
77
(77) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
|
| 7.
Now turn the person 300 to the right. What is it facing? |
boy
|
43
(46) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
|
| 8.
Now turn the person 2700 to the right. What is it facing? |
chair
|
36
(30) |
| Turn
the person back so that it is facing the tree again. |
|
| 9.
What directions could you give me if I wanted to turn the person to
face the shoe? |
|
| appropriate
directions |
31
(32) |
| (e.g.
1200 to the left, 2400 to the right; one third turn to the left, two-thirds
turn to the right) |
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|
Y4
Total score: |
4–5
|
17
(16) |
|
3
|
18
(22) |
2
|
21
(24) |
1
|
24
(19) |
0
|
20
(19) |
| Y8
Total Score: |
7–8
|
|
29
(28) |
5–6
|
29
(34) |
3–4
|
26
(24) |
| 0–2
|
16
(14) |
