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Saturday, 15 June 2013 | 0 Comments
The Shapes Dance - How Many Shapes? 7 Jun 2013
From the TV Show, Mister Maker, The Shapes Dance and how many circles in a picture.
Content: Quiz, Student Response Network · File type: SMART Notebook · 15 Jun 2013 · by nmac
Sunday, 09 June 2013 | 8 Comments
Teachers in NSW, are currently programming for the New NSW K–10 syllabuses for the Australian curriculum which will be implemented from 2014.
Here are a couple of documents/spreadsheets I put together.
NSW Syllabus for AC mapping old outcomes to new
A mapping of the old syllabus outcomes to the new syllabus outcomes. Preview:

New NSW Syllabus for AC with content points
Takes the new outcomes and breaks them down into “content points” (my term). Preview:

Saturday, 08 June 2013 | 0 Comments
This week, MathsLinks hit 700 links all categorised by topics and syllabus.
The Shapes Dance - How Many Shapes? 7 Jun 2013
From the TV Show, Mister Maker, The Shapes Dance and how many circles in a picture.
A new World’s Fastest Clapper 7 Jun 2013
802 claps in 1 minute Maybe use this as an additional resource for the MathsClass lesson: World’s Fastest Clapper.
Primary and secondary data sources 4 Jun 2013
An explanation of primary and secondary sources in statistics.
Types of Variables - Animoto 4 Jun 2013
A animoto showing examples of the different types of variables: numerical (discrete, continuous) and categorical.
Tax, super + you 2 Jun 2013
Tax, super + you is an educational online resource provided free of charge by the ATO. High school teachers can use this resource to help their students improve their understanding of the Australian tax and super systems. The resource is a complete learning management system. Its content aligns to the Australian Curriculum, focussing on secondary school students in years 10 to 12.
Trig Reference Angle Cheat Hand 2 Jun 2013
I was reminded of this in a video by Mister Woo, but it seems that Kate may have come up with this handy mnemonic.
Exact Values for Trigonometric Ratios 2 Jun 2013
A video lesson on exact value of trigonometric ratios.
Magnet Numbers 1 Jun 2013
Play with 0 to 10 and maths operations on an Interactive Whiteboard.
Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
Content: Worksheet - Print · File type: PDF · 3 Jun 2013
Saturday, 01 June 2013 | 0 Comments
Lots of additions to the Downloadable Essentials section on MathsKit this week. Including: A page of table of values and coordinate grids, pages of number lines, some more pie charts and trigonometric graphs, blank, degrees and radians.
Types of Angles Seuss Song by Heath 1 Jun 2013 · via MrsK
A song introducing angles.
Finding differences between times 26 May 2013
Find how long a journey took by jumping on a timeline.
Telling the Time in Words 26 May 2013
Tell the time in words. Use language such as 'o'clock', 'half past' and 'quarter to'.
Telling the Time 26 May 2013
Read the time on an analogue clock. Lots of choice over levels, including: reading time to the nearest hour, half hour, quarter hour, five minutes or minute. Options include using a 24 hour clock and seeing how many correct answers you can get in a given time.
Find the Start Time 26 May 2013
Find the start time for a given time interval.
Content: Activity, Hands-on, Worksheet - Print · File type: PDF · 27 May 2013
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Monday, 20 May 2013 | 0 Comments
Downloadable Essentials is a new section on MathsKit.
In meeting the purpose of MathsKit, quick links to resources for Maths teachers, there are free downloads of graph paper and lots of grid images. There are lots of sites offering free graph/grid paper, but not so many providing high quality grid images with the specific purpose of using them in a worksheet or exam create in Word (or other program). Please suggest other files that should be available, I will gradually make and add.
Budget 2013: where will your tax go? 17 May 2013
An interactive to show how personal income tax is used by the Government.
WooTube 15 May 2013
Video teaching for HSC and Preliminary Mathematics and Extension 1.
Ext 2 Integration - Lesson 1 Part 2 - Simon Borgert 13 May 2013
Some slightly harder Ext 2 substitution questions. See also Part 1.
Ext 2 Integration - Lesson 1 - Simon Borgert 13 May 2013
First lesson for Ext 2 Maths Integration topic -reviewing substitution techniques for integration.
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