The learning activity, ‘Network Nightmare’ poses the problem of using cabling to link up computers across a school. Students solve the network problem, then use a similar process to find the cost of networking in their own school or building. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and …More
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Approximating Measures’ allows for practice approximating before measuring. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Area’ provides offers an introduction to the concept of area. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Area’ offers an introduction to the concept of area. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Area and Perimeter’ allows for practice finding areas and perimeters. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area and Perimeter’ allows for practice finding area and perimeter. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Area and Perimeter Relationships’ allows for practice recognising the relationship between area and perimeter. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Area or Perimeter?’ allows for practice determining whether area or perimeter is more appropriate in a given situation. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Compound Measurement Units’ allows for practice solving problems involving compound measurement units. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Converting Measurement 1’ allows for practice converting within the same system of measurement. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Converting Measurement 2’ allows for practice converting within the same system of measurement. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Directions Along a Grid’ allows for practice giving and following directions along a map or grid. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Estimate the Unit Conversion’ allows for practice solving measurement problems using estimation. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Estimate the Unit Conversion 2’ allows for practice using estimation. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Fun Run’, includes a scale map of a town and asks students to design a fun run route. Students use the map to estimate distances. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This measurement worksheet, ‘Graphs and Paths’ allows for practice using grids to determine long and short paths. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This hands-on activity, ‘Gravity 1’ asks students to investigate the force of gravity and what happens when you shoot and drop a rubber band at the same time.
This data representation worksheet, ‘How Far?’ asks students to practise interpreting mileage charts.
This patterns and algebra worksheet, ‘Linear Equations and Ordered Pairs’ allows for practice graphing linear equations and evaluating ordered pairs. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The novel learning activity, ‘Paddling Down the River’ shows the route some friends want to canoe home. There is a problem though: river monsters have to be negotiated by carrying their canoe overland! Students calculate how long it will take the friends to reach home. This activity includes comprehensive teaching notes to be read before …More
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Perimeter and Area’ allows for practice finding perimeters and areas. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Perimeter and Area’ allows for practice using formulas to find perimeters and areas. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Perimeter and Area’ allows for practice developing and applying strategies for finding perimeter and area. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and measurement worksheet, ‘Perimeter and Area Relationships’ allows for practice recognising the relationship between perimeter and area. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This geometry and spatial sense worksheet, ‘Pythagorean Theorem’ allows for practice with Pythagoras’ Theory. Answer sheet provided with file download.
The learning activity ‘Slippery Solutions’ provides interesting contexts for students to use number knowledge and strategies. From a pole-climbing snake to friends shaking hands, the problems challenge students to think logically and apply algebraic thinking. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes to support learning and further exploration.
In this learning activity, ‘Taking Flight’, students follow Lola’s line-dancing plan and work out how many repetitions are needed to return to the starting place. A second activity involves drawing the flight paths of everyday objects such as a paper aeroplane. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning …More
How fast do animals travel in the sea? Which sea creatures are fastest and slowest? The learning activity, ‘Time It Right’ asks students to solve word problems by comparing the speeds of different animals. Students then write word problems of their own for classmates to solve. The accompanying answers and teaching notes have suggestions for …More
The learning activity, ‘Treasure Trove’ is a variation on the old game of Battleships. Two students have a grid each on which they place ‘treasure chests’. They then use ordered pairs of coordinates to find each other’s treasure. The first person to find all the treasure wins the game. An answer sheet contains teaching notes …More
In this amusing learning activity, ‘Ups and Downs’ students plot the progress of two snails as they climb out of a well. Students use graphs and identify patterns in the snails’ movements. An answer sheet is provided and includes accompanying teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
This short nonfiction text, ‘V: Valentia Island’ features important factual background information about the transatlantic cable laid between Valentia Island and Newfoundland, which linked Europe with North America for more than 100 years. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of the symbols and icons associated with Irish culture and also features an activity for …More
This measurement worksheet, ‘Which Measurement?’ allows for practice determining the appropriateness of measurements in everyday situations. Answer sheet provided with file download.
In the engaging learning activity and learning activity, ‘Who Lives Where?’, students use a scale map and clues to work out where some children live. They then need to find a scale map of their own area to pose and answer similar questions. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for …More
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