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En-counters
Counters in the Middle
Arranging Cubes
What Shape?
Getting Better at Group Work Upper Primary
Working on a problem in a group gives you chance to discuss your ideas and further your thinking. Three or four brains are usually better than one! These activities will help you improve your group-working skills.
En-counters Age 5 to 7Challenge Level 
Age 5 to 7
Challenge Level
This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
Counters in the Middle Age 7 to 11Challenge Level
Age 7 to 11
Challenge Level
This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.
Arranging Cubes Age 7 to 11Challenge Level
Age 7 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.
What Shape? Age 7 to 14Challenge Level
Age 7 to 14
Challenge Level
This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.
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