Learning topic
Geometry
Fix errors such as mixing up area and perimeter or faces and edges.
Guides in this topic
- 2D shapes for children 1 guide Recognise and describe circles, triangles, rectangles, squares and more.
- 3D shapes for children 1 guide Recognise cubes, cuboids, spheres, cylinders, cones and pyramids.
- Acute obtuse and reflex angles 1 guide Compare angles as smaller or larger than a right angle.
- Angles for beginners 1 guide Introduce angles as turns and corners.
- Area for children 1 guide Count squares and use rectangles to understand area.
- Area of rectangles 1 guide Use length × width with arrays and grid paper.
- Area of triangles for curious learners 1 guide Use half a rectangle to introduce triangle area informally.
- Capacity versus volume 1 guide Compare how much a container holds with how much space an object occupies.
- Composite shapes 1 guide Split shapes into simpler rectangles to find area or perimeter.
- Coordinates in four quadrants 1 guide Extend coordinate grids to negative numbers.
- Coordinates in the first quadrant 1 guide Read and plot points using x then y.
- Drawing angles 1 guide Construct angles accurately using a protractor and ruler.
- Drawing symmetrical pictures 1 guide Use grids and mirrors to complete reflected images.
- Faces edges and vertices 1 guide Describe 3D shapes using their surfaces, edges and corners.
- Geometry misconceptions 1 guide Fix errors such as mixing up area and perimeter or faces and edges.
- Geometry vocabulary 1 guide Explain side, vertex, face, edge, angle, parallel, perpendicular, symmetry and polygon.
- Horizontal vertical and diagonal 1 guide Use direction language to describe lines.
- Lines of symmetry 1 guide Find mirror lines in shapes, letters and patterns.
- Making cubes from nets 1 guide Test which nets fold into cubes.
- Measuring angles with a protractor 1 guide Read scales carefully and avoid common protractor mistakes.
- Nets of 3D shapes 1 guide Unfold boxes to see the 2D shapes that make a solid.
- Parallel and perpendicular lines 1 guide Find lines that never meet and lines that meet at right angles.
- Perimeter for children 1 guide Measure the distance around a shape.
- Properties of quadrilaterals 1 guide Explore squares, rectangles, rhombuses, parallelograms, kites and trapezia.
- Properties of triangles 1 guide Compare equilateral, isosceles, scalene and right-angled triangles.
- Reflections for children 1 guide Flip shapes across mirror lines.
- Regular and irregular polygons 1 guide Compare shapes with equal sides and angles to shapes without them.
- Right angles in the world 1 guide Find square corners in buildings, books and boxes.
- Rotational symmetry 1 guide Explore turns that make a shape look the same again.
- Rotations for children 1 guide Turn shapes around a point.
- Sides and vertices 1 guide Count edges and corners accurately in 2D shapes.
- Tessellations 1 guide Explore repeating shapes that fit together without gaps.
- Translations for children 1 guide Slide shapes across a grid without turning or flipping.
- Volume for children 1 guide Count cubes to measure space inside a 3D shape.
