Monthly Archives: September 2009

Mancala

Posted on September 29, 2009 by webmaths

Pictured below is my new game of Mancala. It cost me $13 at Toyworld. After reading the history and rules of the game at Wikipedia, I couldn’t resist buying it. It is a very old game (at least 1300 years), but … Continue reading →

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Western Bulldogs Number Place Logo

Posted on September 28, 2009 by webmaths

This post was inspired by Simon Job. He has used Geogebra to produce co-ordinates of the outline of a picture. These co-ordinates are then transferred to Excel and then pasted into Word to produce a “Join the Dots” activity to … Continue reading →

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Why I Blog

Posted on September 22, 2009 by webmaths

I’m sure people have lots of different reasons for starting a blog. Once they start blogging these reasons may evolve or change. If you are still not sure about blogging then my advice to you is: “try it for yourself”. … Continue reading →

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Multiple Bingo

Posted on September 16, 2009 by webmaths

There are many versions of bingo used to practice maths skills in the classroom. For example, Adrian Bruce’s Multiplication Bingo. Or play Matho 2 online. My version needs a twenty-sided die (icosahedron) and a 3 by 3 square grid. Students … Continue reading →

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These are a few of my favourite things…

Posted on September 14, 2009 by webmaths

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favourite things…… [Rodgers & Hammerstein] What are your favourite things? Here are some … Continue reading →

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Taking an Extra friday afternoon

Posted on September 13, 2009 by webmaths

As a teacher, I have not met anyone who looks forward to doing extras. Taking a class where you don’t know any names, you may not be familiar with the subject matter and you have not had any opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Video Conference

Posted on September 13, 2009 by webmaths

On Friday I stepped outside of my comfort zone. My Year 11 General Maths class agreed to a “video conference” with a Year 11 class at McGuire College, Shepparton and their teacher Adrian Camm. I was nervous using new technology and … Continue reading →

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ABC House Designs Pty Ltd

Posted on September 11, 2009 by webmaths

The task of designing your dream house is a purposeful, real world task. My Year 11 Foundation Maths students are at present immersed in their designs. Stewy came into class today proudly displaying his plan. It was well drawn and … Continue reading →

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Path of a Tennis Ball

Posted on September 6, 2009 by webmaths

My Year 10 class has been investigating the Parabola. We started by brainstorming what students already knew about this shape. The photo below shows what I wrote on the board from student comments: This proved to be a very worthwhile … Continue reading →

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