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MathsClass This Week 15 June 2013

Saturday, 15 June 2013 | 0 Comments

This week on MathsLinks

Screenshot of The Shapes Dance - How Many Shapes?

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.

This week on MathsFaculty

3D Shapes Quiz for SRN

Content: Quiz, Student Response Network · File type: SMART Notebook · 15 Jun 2013 · by nmac

NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum - Content Breakdown

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:

NSW Syllabus for AC old to new

New NSW Syllabus for AC with content points

Takes the new outcomes and breaks them down into “content points” (my term). Preview:

New NSW Syllabus for AC with content points.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License (?).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License (?).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License (?).

MathsClass This Week 8 June 2013

Saturday, 08 June 2013 | 0 Comments

This week, MathsLinks hit 700 links all categorised by topics and syllabus.

This week on MathsLinks

Screenshot of The Shapes Dance - How Many Shapes?

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.

Screenshot of A new World’s Fastest Clapper

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.

Screenshot of Primary and secondary data sources

Primary and secondary data sources 4 Jun 2013

An explanation of primary and secondary sources in statistics.

Screenshot of Types of Variables - Animoto

Types of Variables - Animoto 4 Jun 2013

A animoto showing examples of the different types of variables: numerical (discrete, continuous) and categorical.

Screenshot of Tax, super + you

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.

Screenshot of Trig Reference Angle Cheat Hand

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.

Screenshot of Exact Values for Trigonometric Ratios

Exact Values for Trigonometric Ratios 2 Jun 2013

A video lesson on exact value of trigonometric ratios.

Screenshot of Magnet Numbers

Magnet Numbers 1 Jun 2013

Play with 0 to 10 and maths operations on an Interactive Whiteboard.

This week on MathsFaculty

Multiplying and Dividing Decimals

Content: Worksheet - Print · File type: PDF · 3 Jun 2013

MathsClass This Week 1 June 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.

This week on MathsLinks

Screenshot of Types of Angles Seuss Song by Heath

Types of Angles Seuss Song by Heath 1 Jun 2013 · via MrsK

A song introducing angles.

Screenshot of Finding differences between times

Finding differences between times 26 May 2013

Find how long a journey took by jumping on a timeline.

Screenshot of Telling the Time in Words

Telling the Time in Words 26 May 2013

Tell the time in words. Use language such as 'o'clock', 'half past' and 'quarter to'.

Screenshot of Telling the Time

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.

Screenshot of Find the Start Time

Find the Start Time 26 May 2013

Find the start time for a given time interval.

This week on MathsFaculty

Introducing Surface Area

Content: Activity, Hands-on, Worksheet - Print · File type: PDF · 27 May 2013

This week on MathsKit

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MathsClass This Week 20 May 2013

Monday, 20 May 2013 | 0 Comments

Downloadable Essentials is a new section on MathsKit.

Screenshot from MathsKit EssentialsIn 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.

This week on MathsLinks

Screenshot of Budget 2013: where will your tax go?

Budget 2013: where will your tax go? 17 May 2013

An interactive to show how personal income tax is used by the Government.

Screenshot of WooTube

WooTube 15 May 2013

Video teaching for HSC and Preliminary Mathematics and Extension 1.

Screenshot of Ext 2 Integration - Lesson 1 Part 2 - Simon Borgert

Ext 2 Integration - Lesson 1 Part 2 - Simon Borgert 13 May 2013

Some slightly harder Ext 2 substitution questions. See also Part 1.

Screenshot of Ext 2 Integration - Lesson 1 - Simon Borgert

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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