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Rene Descartes and the Cartesian Plane
Find out the answers to the following questions using your netbook for research: What is Descarte’s most famous saying? What did he see on a placard in the town of Breda, that challenged him? What...
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More about Cartesian Co-ordinates
Learning Intention: To understand how cartesian coordinates are used on maps and in mathematics to describe locations and linear equations. Also to understand the relationships between co-ordinates...
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Measuring Angles, triangles by side length and angle size.
Image Source Learning Intention: You will understand that angles are measured in degrees and be able to name and identify different types of angles and triangles. You will be able to use a protractor...
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Angles Assessment
Building in Perth (author’s photo) 1. Can you find an acute, right, obtuse, straight and reflex angle in the image above? 2. Fold an A4 sheet of paper into six sections. In each section draw one of...
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Geometry – shapes and objects
Image Source Learning Intention: Students will be able to identify and describe 2D shapes and understand the terms translation, reflection, dilation and rotation. They will be able to identify and...
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Tessellations
Image source Learning Intention: “Describe translations, reflections in an axis, and rotations of multiples of 90° on the Cartesian plane using coordinates. Identify line and rotational symmetries.”...
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Euler’s Formula
Learning Intention: Students will investigate Euler’s rule that describes the relationship between the number of faces, the number of edges and the number of vertices of 3D objects. Success Criteria:...
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MInecraft Maths – Surface Area and Volume
Image Source Games based learning has been a hot topic in the last year or so and one of the most popular games in educational use has been Minecraft. Although there has been some debate about the...
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How many triangles?
Image Source Learning Intention: Students will understand how to calculate the area of a triangle, using the rule Area = 1/2 x base x height. Success Criteria: Students will draw and label at least...
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Year 8 – Increasing volume with three little pigs
Let me tell you a story about three little pigs. The first pig built a house that was 2 metres high by 3 metres wide by 4 metres long. The second little pig wanted a bigger house, so he doubled the...
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