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        • Journal 1 – Beginning the project
        • Journal 2 – An Introductory Lesson
        • Journal 3 – Attending the first ASSPA meeting
        • Journal 4 – Planning day and a visit to Blackbooks
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        • Journal 6 – Noula reflects on other matters
        • Noula explains her pre-assessment tasks
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        • Journal 7 – The first class lesson
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        • Journal 8 – Angles and Artefacts
        • Journal 9 – Noula discussed assessment and reflects on the project
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5. Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal Art

This unit involves work with artefacts and the development of a snake mural onto which every student's feet have been painted. This unit focuses on the strands of Space and Geometry (two-dimensional and three-dimensional) and Measurement (length).

Follow Noula's journey as she developed and implemented her Mathematics unit.

Unit of work (PDF)

Download Aboriginal Art: the School Mural (PDF, 158k)

Unit of work (FlashPaper)

(18 pages)