Examples of what pupils should know and be able to do
Probing questions
What changes when you enlarge a shape?
What stays the same?
What information do you need to complete a given enlargement?
If someone has completed an enlargement how would you find the centre and the scale factor?
When drawing an enlargement, what strategies do you use to make sure your enlarged shape will fit on the paper?
If you enlarge a shape by scale factor 3, what scale factor will take your image back to the size of your original? What can you say about the centre of the enlargement if the final image is in exactly the same position as the original object?
What if pupils find this a barrier?
See the range of activities and approaches on pp. 19-23 in TMM from L5: shape and space.
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