Outdoor Learning - Angles in the Trees

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

Year 7 Mathematics:

Students learn to:

• identify corresponding, alternate and co-interior relationships between angles formed when parallel lines are crossed by a transversal; use them to solve problems and explain reasons (AC9M7M04)

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking. 

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability.

Relevant parts of Year 7 achievement standards:
By the end of Year 7, students apply knowledge of angle relationships and the sum of angles in a triangle to solve problems, giving reasons.

• Finding Angles In Our School – Worksheet – one per student
• Types of Angles – Examples – one per teacher
• Types of Angles – Worksheet – one per student
• Student Worksheet – one per student. 

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• problem-solving
• critical thinking

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - oversee activity and facilitate discussion.

This lesson is designed to be taught outside. It contains all the tools required for students to reap the benefits of being outdoors while learning the outcomes of the Australian Curriculum. By spending time outdoors and connecting to nature, students are more likely to care for and conserve nature as adults.

This is an original Cool+ lesson.

Introduction to Secondary STEM

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