by David Watkins, Maths Editor | Jun 5, 2020 | 3rd level, 4th Level, Mathematics, Maths in the Real World
Author: Lesley McConnachie, Maths teacher, Moray House School of Education and Sport
This activity is an ‘indoor maths trail’ suitable for pupils in early secondary school and older Primary school pupils to do in their homes: first using maths skills to create a map of the house, and then creating a ‘maths trail’ of activities using everyday household objects. This task would be suitable for siblings from the same family to work on as a group task in the home.
Equipment required: ruler, paper, and various common household objects. A compass is also needed to find North, but if you don’t have a compass there are free apps that can be downloaded for both Android and iPhone.
Download the worksheets:
by David Watkins, Maths Editor | Jun 4, 2020 | 2nd level, 3rd level, Number Skills
Author: Emma Elley, Maths/physics teacher, Moray House School of Education and Sport
These worksheets will be suitable for pupils aged approximately from P6 to S2.
- Fractions/Decimal/Percentages hexagon dominoes: a JPEG to print out and cut out (see picture on right).
- Cut the pieces out, mix them up
- One way of indicating whether the learner is successful is to see if the shape that they recreate is a rectangle.
- Worksheet in Microsoft Word format: Negative numbers and subtraction of decimals
- Diagram in PowerPoint format showing Equivalent Fractions
- this could be used as a resource to use to help with working during an equivalent fraction lesson
- an alternative possible learning activity could be to ask the learner to recreate the diagram accurately on squared paper (using a width of 24 squares would be helpful). Possible questions to go along with this could include:
- Why do all the eighths have to be the same size as each other?
- How are you working out how big to make the boxes in each row?
- How many 1/12s are equivalent to 1/6?
- What does the last row represent?
- What are 2 fractions that are equivalent to 1/8?
by David Watkins, Maths Editor | Jun 4, 2020 | Shape Space and Measure
Author: Emma Elley, Maths/Physics Teacher, Moray House School of Education and Sport
This resource is a worksheet covering the topic of converting units of measurement. It would be suitable for pupils working at 2nd or 3rd level (older Primary pupils and younger secondary pupils).
The first page of the resource gives some advice on how to use it.
The Resource
by David Watkins, Maths Editor | Jun 1, 2020 | Mathematics, National 5
Author: Emma Elley, Maths and physics teacher, Moray House School of Education and Sport
This is a set of worksheets and resources about quadratic equations which will be suitable for pupils who are either currently doing National 5 maths, or who are about to begin Higher maths and want to revise the topic of quadratic equations.
These resources will not be suitable for pupils who have never come across quadratic equations before, but will be suitable for those who have, even if they don’t remember everything about them. It will also be of use as a resource for other teachers to use with learners.
Each resource contains an “about this resource” section giving help and advice on how to use them.
by David Watkins, Maths Editor | Jun 1, 2020 | 3rd level, 4th Level, Mathematics, Maths in the Real World, National 3 and National 4
Author: Emma Elley, Maths and Physics teacher, Moray House School of Education and Sport
This resource is an Outdoor Learning Maths trail: a set of mathematical tasks and ideas of maths-related things you can look out for when about. It is designed for anybody who is out and about in the Leith Walk/Elm Row/Calton Hill part of Edinburgh.
Of course, at the current time, this activity would have to be done in line with current Government guidelines on social distancing; but it could be suitable for an educational element of a socially-distanced daily walk.
Download the resource here
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