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The Land of Algerb

Sunday, 07 March 2010
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Starting Algebra with Year 8, we spend a couple of lessons on various “algebraic techniques”. I’ve been trying to find some activities which provide a little more engagement. I created “The Land of Algerb“ to explain multiplying pronumerals.

End of term activities 6

Saturday, 05 December 2009
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The end of term/year often brings lots of disruptions. So, as much as I like to keep teaching till the end, some days require something a little different. I like hands-on quasi-mathematical activities that allow every student to engage with and complete. And on Thursday, just before having one of those disrupted days, I found this…

Making a matching activity

Thursday, 12 November 2009
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As I mentioned, the DER roll-out hit my classroom as we were in the midst of Algebra. Due to a tight program and exams shortly, I had to stick with a couple of topics which don’t really allow for “play” on the laptops as much as I would have liked.

A lot of the Algebra taught at the Stage 4 level is technique, and so matching activities work particularly well to practise and review skills.

Here’s a review of some of the ways I’ve found to make matching activities for use on the laptops.

End of term activities 5 - Patterns

Thursday, 01 October 2009
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Tomorrow is the last day of term… hurray! Here’s another end of term activity for use with your maths class.

Brisbane Broncos Number Plane Logo

Sunday, 20 September 2009
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Last year, I posted the Melbourne Storm Number Plane Logo – and today, exactly one year later, purely by coincidence, I’ve made a Brisbane Broncos Number Place activity.

A story for Trigonometry

Monday, 02 March 2009
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A really easy way to create engagement when introducing a new topic is to explain some of it’s applications outside of the maths classroom. For Trigonometry, I use an explanation of how I used trigonometry in a previous career to find the height of trees.

End of term activities 3

Thursday, 11 December 2008
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The end of year activity of choice this year, will be making Zombies!

Equal areas in a circle

Monday, 24 November 2008
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Trying to motivate Year 10 after the School Certificate Exams are completed is tough.  I like to use geometric design activities.  Whilst they seem like “fun”, or at least non-taxing on the brain – they get the students following a procedure, using geometric instruments and can be lead to a good discussion about the Mathematics of design.

Melbourne Storm Number Plane Logo

Saturday, 20 September 2008
| Posted in • ActivityDesignLesson IdeaNumber PlaneSoftwareGraphTechnology

Around this time each year, our programs have Year 8 and Year 10 looking at the Number Plane.  For the end of the term, it’s nice timing, because it allows us to draw some pictures on the number plane.  One favourite is the logos of various NRL

teams.

Perpendicular lines activity

Wednesday, 02 July 2008
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This simple design activity could be used as something extra whilst Year 7 are using geometric instruments and learning about perpendicular lines.  Or, as a stand-alone activity.

Estimating length

Saturday, 03 May 2008
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When looking at measurement, year 7 measure “body units” and use them to measure things in the classroom, as an example of estimating.  Then, when we move onto perimeter, we come back to one body unit, the pace.

Profit, a story

Tuesday, 29 April 2008
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Starting a lesson on profit and loss with this story, quickly introduces some key concepts and we have a bit of fun.

End of term activities 2

Saturday, 01 December 2007
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It’s been two terms since my last post on this blog, End of term activities.  So, as I return to this blog at the end of the year, here are some more “last day” type activities.

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End of term activities

Thursday, 28 June 2007
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For the last day of term, lessons may not follow a normal program, however they can still be engaging and mathematics related.