Three-dimensional spatial structure
Mathematics K–10 (2022) · Early Stage 1 · View this focus area on the NESA NSW Curriculum website ↗
Outcomes
MAE-3DS-01 manipulates, describes and sorts three-dimensional objectsMAE-3DS-02 describes and compares volumesContent dot points
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3D objects: Explore familiar three-dimensional objects
- Describe the features of familiar objects
- Sort objects and identify the attribute used to sort them
- Make and describe a variety of three-dimensional models
- Predict the stacking capabilities of various three-dimensional objects (Reasons about spatial relations)
Volume: Compare internal volume by filling and packing
- Fill and empty containers using materials such as water or sand
- Use the terms ‘full’, ‘empty’ and ‘about half full’
- Compare the internal volumes (capacities) of two containers directly by filling one and pouring into the other
- Compare the internal volumes of two containers indirectly by pouring their contents into two other identical containers and observing the level reached in each
- Establish that containers of different shapes may hold the same amount
- Stack and pack blocks into defined spaces
Volume: Compare volume by building
- Identify the attribute of volume as the amount of space an object or substance occupies
- Compare the volumes of two objects made from blocks or connecting cubes directly by deconstructing one object and using its parts to construct a copy of the other object
- Use comparative language to describe volume
Early Stage 1 planning resources
Stage- or course-wide documents (scope and sequences, guides) that cover this focus area alongside others.
- Unit/PlanningMaking connections – Early Stage 1 (parallel content)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence – Early Stage 1