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Learning Outside the Classroom
Why go outside the classroom to teach & learn mathematics?
• More space to do a practical activity
• Fun, stimulating and engaging
• Kinaesthetic learning
• Enjoy the warmer weather?!
Ofsted report produced in Oct 2008
Manifesto produced in 2006 by DfES
Another opportunity to make learning more vivid?
Animated and stimulated……
Integrating the opportunity
Where?
What learning already takes place ‘outside’ in your school?
What mathematical learning experiences would you like to take place ‘outside’ in your school?
Maths & Canoeing
Canoes
What mathematics could you draw from a canoe or from
canoeing?
New Projects in Blackpool
• Red Hot Maths at the Firestation
• Sculpture Park – sliceforms
• Paris
• New York
• The Playground?
Paris
The School Playground
Activities?
What topics in mathematics could be taught in the school
playground?
Loci
Triangles3 brave volunteers please? Close your eyes.
Use square tiles to make the numbers 1 to 10.
For each number of tiles –
Make a square if you can.
Otherwise, make a rectangle.
But for some of them, you can only make a stick.
Make the squares, rectangles and sticks, then click the mouse when you are ready.
Squares, Rectangles and Sticks
Here are the numbers 1 to 10
Click the mouse
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
And lastly, where does this go?Click the mouse when you are ready.
And where does this go?Click the mouse when you are ready.
Rectangle numbers are
multiples And where does this go?Click the mouse when you are ready.
Squares Rectangles Sticks
Now let’s sort the numbers.Square numbers are
square
Stick numbers
are prime!
Click the mouse
Where does this go?
It is a square, so it goes here!
It is a rectangle, so it goes here!
It is a stick, so it goes here!
Decide, then click the mouse when you are ready.
And where does this go?Click the mouse when you are ready.
And where does this go?Click the mouse when you are ready.
And where does this go?Click the mouse when you are ready.
Prime Factors Puzzle
The numbers 2 3 5 7 appear once in each box, row and column
The numbers in the intersections of the
boxes show the products of the
numbers in those boxes
21
196
6
10
210
225
Prime Factors Puzzle
2 5 3 7
7 3 5 2
5 2 7 3
3 7 2 521
196
6
10
210
225
The numbers 2 3 5 7 appear once in each box, row and column
The numbers in the intersections of the
boxes show the products of the
numbers in those boxes
Time to be Creative!
That’s all Folks!
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