Numeracy, Year 1, Sheen Mount Ps

Lesson Plan School: Sheen Mount Primary School Address: West Temple Sheen, SW14 7RT Teacher: Mrs Reynolds Curriculum Area / Area of Learning: Numeracy – Shape and Space Year: 1 The lesson objective: To become more familiar with the properties of 3D shapes. To be able to compare the properties of 3D shapes.

How the visualiser was used? The Visualiser was used by the children to investigate the properties of 3D shapes. The children were able to position the visualiser to look at the specific property they were looking at e.g. faces, edges, corners and identify how many there were of each on the selected 3D shape. The children were positioned by the computer so they could see where they were pointing to in greater detail on the computer screen. They were then able to compare the properties of different 3D shapes and make comparisons.

The benefits of the Visualiser to teaching & learning: • Children could see in greater detail the properties they were looking at. • Children had first hand experience of using the visualiser to zoom in on specific properties of shapes. • Children developed team skills by having to focus, zoom and turn shapes or the visualiser to identify different properties.