Location and Position Teaching Resources
A collection of educational resources to use when learning about location and transformation. It also includes pre and post tests to assess your students' prior knowledge. Use these posters, worksheets, goal labels and activities when teaching your students about working with location and transformation concepts. Also included are vocabulary word wall cards to display and use when helping students learn and understand position, location and transformation vocabulary.
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Cardinal Directions - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use cardinal directions to create a simple town map with this 2-page cut-and-paste activity sheet.
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Reflection, Translation, Rotation Poster
A visual poster examining the difference between reflection, translation and rotation.
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Location and Transformation Worksheets - Year 3
4 location and transformation worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.
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Transformation Poster and Worksheets
A poster and worksheets to teach children about transformations.
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Cartesian Plane Template Set
Download this Cartesian plane template set for use in your Cartesian planes or graphing unit.
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Create Your Own Map - Worksheet
Create simple maps of familiar places with this set of map templates and accompanying comprehension questions.
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Flip, Slide and Turn – Grid Mystery Pictures
Practise flips, slides and turns with this worksheet pack.
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Cardinal Directions PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about cardinal directions.
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Positional Language Hands-On Activity Mats
Engage students with positional language using these fun hands-on activity mats, where they follow instructions to place pictures within five different scenes.
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Mystery Pattern Grids (Multiplication)
Students solve multiplication facts, interpret grid coordinates and draw shapes to reveal a mystery picture.
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Cartesian Coordinate Plane Activities — Four Quadrant Sort
Play Cartesian coordinate plane activities like this one to enhance student skills in identifying points in all four quadrants.
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Graphing on the Cartesian Plane
Use this maths poster with your students when learning about graphing on a Cartesian plane.
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Cartesian Plane Coordinates Matching Activity
Practise identifying coordinates and describing the process for graphing with a year 6 matching activity.
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Treasure Island - Mapping Skills Worksheet
Put mapping skills into practice by creating a map of a treasure island!
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Compass Points Worksheet
A worksheet showing the 8 major compass points.
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Position Word Pictures Matching Game
Download this Position Words Pictures Matching Game to help students master position words through visual, real-life examples.
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Interpreting Graphs on the Cartesian Plane Matching Activity
Incorporate this interpreting graphs matching activity into your unit on Cartesian planes.
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Cartesian Planes Worksheets — Plotting and Perimeter
Provide your students with these Cartesian planes worksheets to help them master plotting and perimeter on the Cartesian plane.
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A Map of a City - Mapmaking Project
Engage young learners in developing their map skills with a design-your-own map project.
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Cartesian Plane Printable Poster
Display this Cartesian plane printable poster in your classroom when teaching units about graphing on cartesian planes.
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Position Words – Interactive Peg Cards
Teach position words with these interactive digital clip cards, designed to help young learners master prepositions.
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Preposition Flashcards
Engage young learners with preposition flashcards that provide clear and engaging visual representations of common prepositions of place.
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Cartesian Planes and Graphing – Vocabulary Cards
Introduce cartesian planes to your students with this set of 18 vocabulary cards.
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Input-Output Tables and Graphing Task Cards
Practise reading input-output tables and plotting points in the first quadrant with this set of task cards.
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Moving Through Maps - Barrier Game
Practise basic mapping skills with a fun partner game that encourages use of positional language.
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Grid System Puzzles – Save a Seat Project
Explore a real-life grid reference project where students plan cinema seating at Colossal Cinemas, practising coordinates, inference, and decision-making skills.
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Cartesian Plane Printable Valentine’s Day Picture
Graph our Cartesian Plane Printable Valentine’s Day Picture with your students to share the love.
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Graphing Numerical Equations – Google Slides Interactive Activity
Recognise and analyse patterns in graphs, input-output tables and equations with this interactive activity.
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Positional Words Interactive PowerPoint
A game-like interactive PowerPoint that explores positional language.
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Cardinal and Intermediate Directions Poster
Display this cardinal and intermediate directions poster when exploring the compass rose with your students.
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Flip, Slide, Turn Poster
A visual poster examining the difference between flipping, sliding and turning a shape.
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Preposition Game – Roll and Cover
Use this preposition game as a fun and collaborative way of learning about these important parts of speech.