Three-dimensional spatial structure B
Mathematics K–10 (2022) · Stage 3 · View this focus area on the NESA NSW Curriculum website ↗
Outcomes
MA3-3DS-01 visualises, sketches and constructs three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, making connections to two-dimensional representationsMA3-3DS-02 selects and uses the appropriate unit to estimate, measure and calculate volumes and capacitiesContent dot points
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3D objects: Construct prisms and pyramids
- Create skeletal models of prisms and pyramids
- Construct three-dimensional models of prisms and pyramids, given drawings of different views 1 resource · 1 interactive/game
Volume: Use cubic metres for measurement of volume
- Recognise the need for a formal unit larger than the cubic centimetre
- Construct and use the cubic metre as a unit to measure larger volumes
- Estimate and measure volumes in cubic metres
Volume: Recognise the multiplicative structure for finding volume
- Describe the length, width and height of a rectangular prism as the dimensions of the prism
- Describe arrangements of cubic-centimetre blocks in terms of layers
- Establish the relationship between the number of cubes in one layer and the number of layers to find the volume of a rectangular prism (Reasons about spatial structure)
Volume: Find the volumes of rectangular prisms in cubic centimetres and cubic metres
- Construct rectangular prisms using cubic-centimetre blocks and determine the volumes 1 resource · 1 interactive/game
- Explain that objects with the same volume may be different shapes (Reasons about spatial structure)
- Record, using words, the method for finding the volumes of rectangular prisms
- Recognise that rectangular prisms with the same volume may have different dimensions (Reasons about spatial structure)
- Calculate volumes of rectangular prisms in cubic centimetres (cm³) and cubic metres (m³)
Stage 3 planning resources
Stage- or course-wide documents (scope and sequences, guides) that cover this focus area alongside others.
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence – Stage 3
- Unit/PlanningMaking connections – Stage 3 (parallel content)