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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…

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.

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.

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.

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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