The Dot and the Line: A romance in lower mathematics
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Australian Curriculum Year Level
Teaching ideas
Show youtube clip of this story. Cross curricular links to animation, art, poetry.
Q.E.D. Beauty in Mathematical Proof
Maths Concepts
Australian Curriculum: Description
Teaching ideas
Hooks for lessons. Introduction to new topics.
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland
Strand
Space
See the Parts to match the whole
Maths Concepts
Australian Curriculum: Description
4-Compare angles and classify them as equal to, greater than, or less than, a right angle (ACMMG089); 5-Estimate, measure and compare angles using degrees. Construct angles using a protractor (ACMMG112); 6-Investigate, with and without digital technologies, angles on a straight line, angles at a point and vertically opposite angles. Use results to find unknown angles (ACMMG141)
Teaching ideas
Identifying, classifying and drawing angle. Games like acute-right-straight-obtuse (rock-paper-scissors)
Grandfather Tang’s Story: A tale told with tangrams
Strand
Space
Australian Curriculum: Description
ACMMG009; ACMMG010; ACMMG022; ACMMG042; ACMMG064; ACMMG088; ACMMG089; ACMMG091; ACMMG112; ACMMG113; ACMMG141; ACMMG142; ACMMG165; ACMMG166