Square Numbers

When a number has been multiplied by itself, we say that the answer is a square number.

Maths: To Infinity And Beyond

For the right type of student, this BBC documentary would be absolutely riveting! Includes fun snippets of very young students giving their thoughts on number.

ABS Spotlight

A fun activity to do with the class or even set for homework!

It would have fit in beautifully with our Identity unit but would be good for a Maths lesson on data and statistics.

You can enter your own personal details to learn more about yourself in relation to Australia, and the world.

http://spotlight.abs.gov.au/Flash/

How to use a Compass

We have been looking at Pie Graphs this week - it seems that most students could not use a compass properly! So together we constructed this procedure.
(Sorry about any poor formatting, it's just the tool I use to embed the document into the blog.)
Compass Scribd

Maths: Pie Charts

This week in Maths we are looking at Pie Charts.

A pie chart is a circular chart divided into sectors, each sector shows the relative size of each value.

There are many resources available, here is a website where you can create your own pie chart.

Links follow:
- A good explanation given in a narrative style is found here.
- An online lesson plan with links to resources.
- An interesting lesson starter comprised of an estimation question.
- A good downloadable worksheet with answers is located here.

On Tuesday we were looking at some more advanced calculations for Stage 3, and the BBC Bitesize Maths website has some good supporting activities.