Practical Maths
A Classroom Pack
Published on 30. August 1990
Loose-leaf edition
96 pages
978-0-340-51946-2 (ISBN)
Description
This pack provides practical maths activities for pupils across the five main areas of the National Curriculum: measuring, shape, ratio and scale, statistics, graphs and probability. In each activity, pupils deal with everyday objects and each has a clear objective and purpose. The pack is divided into three sections: a guide to the pack for teachers, pupil activities and teacher's notes on activities. Alan Graham is a lecturer in mathematics education for the Open University and Maureen Nichols is Project Officer for Nevis (Educational Database).
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder Arnold
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Adult education
Illustrations
77 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 297 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-51946-2 (9780340519462)
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Content
Guide to the pack for teachers; pupil activities and teacher's notes on activities. Module 1 Measuring: area; capacity and volume; length; pendulums; time; weight. Module 2 Shape: 3D shapes; circles; polygons and tesselations; symmetry; shape trail. Module 3 Ratio and scale: scale models; body facts; fractions; recipes. Module 4 Algebra: apples and bananas; magic square and pentagram; more magic squares; the "Board with Algebra" game; composites and primes; building squares; fermat's primes; moving in squares; building cubes; subsitution race; borders; find the sum; what's next?; bag marked "X"; treasure hunt; guess that function. Module 5 Statistices, graphs and probability: statistics and graphs; probability.