measurementandspace

MA3-3DS-01 visualises, sketches and constructs three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, making connections to two-dimensional representations MA3-3DS-02 selects and uses the appropriate unit to estimate, measure and calculate volumes and capacities

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

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 lengthwidth 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
  • 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 (m)