1. Folding Shapes ■ This geometry activity has been adapted by Averil Lee from the work of Gay West (NT, Australia).

2. Folding Shapes ■ A4 coloured paper can be folded to make many 2 D shapes with no measuring or cutting ■ Follow the diagrams ■ See if you can make the shapes ■ Try these folds with A3 and A5 paper

7. Can you name this shape? ■ What can you tell me about this special quadrilateral? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these kites? ■ What are the functions of this shape, in real life?

12. Can you name this shape? ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes? ■ Compare it to the kite – how are they the same, how are they different? ■ Function of the shape?

18. Name this shape ■ What can you tell me about this special triangle? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Fold it in half and investigate the new shape. ■ Will it tessellate? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes?

24. This is a very common shape ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Can you fold it in interesting ways? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes? ■ Functions of this shape?

32. What is special about this shape? ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ Explain what ‘parallel’ means. ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes? ■ Function?

39. What is special about this shape? ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes? ■ Function?

47. This regular shape is a... ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes? ■ Function is real life?

56. That was tricky... ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes? ■ Function?

61. That was easy... ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ How is this shape different to the others we have made? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate with other shapes? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes?

65. That was easy... ■ What can you tell me about this shape? ■ Look at the sides and angles... ■ What about lines of symmetry? ■ Will it tessellate with other shapes? ■ What shapes can you make with 1, 2, 3, or more of these shapes?

67. How many more shapes can make? Try ■ folding all the shapes in half ■ joining some different shapes ■ overlapping the shapes ■ using larger paper A3 ■ using smaller paper A5, A6 etc (Record your investigations and have fun!)