Percentage Composition
I wanted to make this lesson a bit more interesting as well as incorporate opportunities for connections with other maths topics. I knew my year 8 class students loved music so I devised a very simple...
View ArticleThe Vitruvian Man – a context for learning
Finding a quantity given a percentage (or fraction) is a useful skill yet considered to be an extension topic for year 8. I thought I could give it a go but set the scene, so-to-speak, without the...
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Problems vs Exercises
Problems vs. Exercises Inspired by a blogpost by David Cox (@dcox21), I decided to use the same problem and added an extra fraction. Anyone following me for some time would see that I value...
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Revisiting the Vitruvian Man
As mentioned in my last post, Walking the walk, I recently completed a 2-week casual teaching block and agonised about walking MY walk. So, here’s another story…this time with Year 8s and on the topic...
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