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A Maths Advent Calendar from Plus.Maths
Screenshot from plus.maths magazine Follow this link to the Plus.maths site, where you will find a lovely advent calendar, with different activities behind each image. On Saturday the 4th, there are...
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Progression Points for Probability
At Hawkesdale College the Numeracy Professional Learning Teams have been looking at the progression points for each of the five strands of mathematics and starting with Number, assigning assessment...
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Algebra Games
We have spent the last few weeks learning about algebra – what do we know now, that we didn’t know before? Pronumerals, co-efficients, variables and constants Expressions Backtracking Solving...
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Fractions Apps on the iPad
Learning Intention: This lesson we will be using three different apps on the iPads to learn about the value of fractions, decimals and percentages. Success Criteria: Students will understand the value...
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Dragon Box – an app for algebra
Tell me what you think about Dragon Box! Did you find it interesting, curious, fun, weird, exciting or not? What do you think you learnt about equations? Do you think this app will help you learn...
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MInecraft Maths – Surface Area and Volume
Image Source Games based learning has been a hot topic in the last year or so and one of the most popular games in educational use has been Minecraft. Although there has been some debate about the...
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Equivalent fractions with a Fraction Wall
Image Source This week we will continue making our fraction wall and learning how to calculate equivalent fractions. Using your fraction wall, find equivalent fractions for the following: 1/2 (one...
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Hour of Code!
This week is the beginning of the International Week of Computer Science, when tens of millions of students from over 180 countries participate in “Hour of Code”. This is a great activity to introduce...
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My favourite Middle Years Maths sites and resources
This year I will be teaching both Year 7 and Year 8 students Maths in our small, rural school in SW Victoria. With relatively small class sizes and 1:1 BYOD we have great opportunities to engage...
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Great Victorian Coding Challenge
Image Source Over the next few weeks we are working with Scratch to create projects that demonstrate maths concepts using simple drag-and-drop programming. Please make sure you have completed the...
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