Describing Positions, Turns
Key Stage: 1 ★
How many times do you have to press the turn button to make the man look the same as each of the pictures. Is there more than one answers?
This problem is intended to help children who are confident about turning themselves a quarter or half turn, but find it difficult to relate this to quarter or half turns in a picture or diagram. The Turning Man is a "halfway house" between these two.
This resource has comprehensive teachers' notes and resources, linked from the problem page. This includes possible approaches and key questions, as well as possible support and extensions.
The file attached is a HTML file, which, when opened, automatically redirects you to the problem on the NRICH website.
Key Stage: 1 ★
How many times do you have to press the turn button to make the man look the same as each of the pictures. Is there more than one answers?
This problem is intended to help children who are confident about turning themselves a quarter or half turn, but find it difficult to relate this to quarter or half turns in a picture or diagram. The Turning Man is a "halfway house" between these two.
This resource has comprehensive teachers' notes and resources, linked from the problem page. This includes possible approaches and key questions, as well as possible support and extensions.
The file attached is a HTML file, which, when opened, automatically redirects you to the problem on the NRICH website.
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Have used this resource over different years - children love it. Very helpful for understanding and visualising quarter turns and equivalence with quarter, half and whole turns
love this visual interactive resource for teaching quarter turns to KS1 thank you
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