The learning activity, ‘Would Wood Fit?’ includes a learning activity that helps students understand the size, volume and concept of a cubic measure. As well as making a cube, they answer questions by estimating and testing the capacity of various cuboid shapes – including a tree. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes …More
This learning activity, ‘Circle Power’, shows four children holding designs that they made with a circle-shaped block. Using circular shapes, students must work out how each design was made. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This addition worksheet, ‘Different Addition Strategies’ asks students to practise with different methods of addition.
This learning activity, ‘Follow That Thread’, explains how to make curve pictures by drawing lines on shapes and threading wool or string on cards. The lines create the envelopes of conic sections: ellipses, parabolas, circles, and hyperbolas. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
A greedy bug has been at work in this learning activity, ‘Getting in Shape’ and students have to find out what shapes he has eaten. This intriguing activity challenges students to use different methods to understand the concept of three quarters. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting …More
This learning activity, ‘Getting Round to It’, explores the difference between a circle and an ellipse. It shows students how to draw the shapes on concrete using a skipping rope and chalk. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This hands-on activity, ‘Gravity and Orbits 1’ asks students to draw the orbit of a planet around the sun and investigate the relationship between distance and the force of gravity.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Polygons’ offers an introduction to identifying, comparing and classifying polygons. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The learning activity ‘Up and Down’ is designed to be used as a short starting point for a lesson. The problems will generate discussion about the way students think about solving problems, and the strategies they can use. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support learning and further exploration.
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