Posts by: toni
This is a puzzle and game for 2 players or 2 teams. When you first meet it, play cooperatively rather than competitively. First think of this as a puzzle. Match the regular polygons with stars so that each polygon-star pair has a different shape combination to all the others, showing a different […]
The formulas below have been rearranged, some are correct and others are wrong. Decide which are right and which are wrong and be prepared to explain why. The first one has been done for you. 1. Distance time formula: $s = ut + \frac{1}{2}at^2$ (s = distance, u = initial velocity, a = acceleration, t […]
Here are 4 cubes joined together. If you have some cubes, make this object.
These cubes can be drawn on dotty paper. Copy this drawing and, with a bit of practice, you will be able to draw cubes on dotty paper.
This triangular pattern of dots is called isometric because the distances […]
AMSSEC offers a progrsamme of professional development for teachers in seven courses to train teachers to be mathematics subject leaders.
Courses are registered for SACE endorsement and professional development points.
Courses have a residential component followed by 3-months or 6-months school based learning invovlving mathematics subject knowledge, pedagogy and educational technology.
Do […]
Guides for self-help PD workshops and resources for activity based learning to support teachers in developing more effective and more up-to-date ways of teaching and a deeper understanding of mathematics and pedagogy.
You don’t need an expert leader or any advance preparation. Just use an AIMSSEC workshop guide.
These guides enable groups of teachers to […]
Games and puzzles are used to provide motivation for drill and practice, to review earlier work, and for assessment. Learners develop their understanding and creative skills by inventing their own puzzles and variations of the games.
The Checkit Game is enjoyed by all ages with variations including simple operations with whole numbers, fractions, […]
(1) A small boat leaves a harbour H and travels due East (bearing 090 degrees) for 40 km to a marker buoy B and then sails directly towards a lighthouse L which is 24 km from B. It then returns to the harbour H, that is a distance of 57 km on […]
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Sheep Talk The first sheep talk word is A. To find the next term in the word sequence, each A is replaced by B […]
This is a classic Chinese Tangram. Each of the people illustrated, and thirteen convex polygons, can be made with the 7 pieces and there are hundreds of other puzzles based on this tangram.
Can you find a way to fold a sheet of paper so that you can cut out the tangram pieces […]
Arrange the 7 tangram pieces to make the shape in the grey picture.
What do you notice about the pattern? Draw the pattern and make a list of what you see in it.
Describe the shapes of the tangram pieces.
What is the same and what is different about the shapes of […]
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