Great lesson and activity ideas for teaching authentic inquiry in mathematics: http://authenticinquirymaths.blogspot.com.au/
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Mental Routine Boards- Natural Maths
Check out the Natural Maths page for a range of mental routine boards. Most have notes with examples of Closed, Open and Flip questions.
https://westtorrenspartnership.edublogs.org/natural-maths-2/
Natural Disasters – Disaster Mapper
Hi All, I have found a great interactive website for students that explores natural disasters in Australia, ‘Disaster Mapper’. It has been produced by the Australian Government. It doesn’t work on the iPad however, due to requiring flash player. When you click on a natural disaster or disasters information and statistics appear on the left hand side of the screen as well as icons on the map of Australia. By clicking on the icons you will see additional information about the disaster(s). Students can select just one or all states. You can zoom in and out of the map as you would on Google maps. It looks like a good resource for students.
Big Idea: What is the real cost of bushfires/drought/floods? Link to the 7 concepts for Geography (Place, Space, Environment, Interconnection, Scale, Change, Sustainability)
http://disastermapper.ema.edu.au/#/home
Natural Disasters Yr 5&6 – additional weblinks
IELC
Check out the IELC page for teaching ideas to support the Intensive English Language Program for Mathematics.