Kate Somerville's List: Mathematics EDU00405

• • NumberNut.com covers a whole range of topics relevant to primary school aged children. Specific information on particular topics is easily found under each of the categories.
• • NumberNut.com involves a combination or child friendly and teacher friendly explanations depending on who is accessing the site.
• • nullNumberNut.com is a combination of definitions, explanations and games encouraging children to get involved and have fun whilst they are learning. -- 2012-03-12
    The games on NumberNut.com vary according to different difficulty levels to allow children in any grade to engage with them. -- 2012-03-12
    
• • NumberNut takes an all encompassing approach to teaching and learning maths and throughout the website it highlights the importance or benefit from integrating maths with other Key learning areas.
• Math is a part of everything in the universe.

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• You can measure how long things are, or how tall, or how far apart they are. Those are are all examples of length measurements.
• • nullGetting children used to seeing images or diagram will enhance their understanding and willingness to draw their own when working mathematically and problem solving. -- 2012-03-12
    Integration of topics and even multiple KLA's is relevant for a student to get the most out of any one learning experience. -- 2012-03-12
    
• • nullUsing real life objects that students would encounter int heir every-day life makes the learning more evident and relevant. -- 2012-03-12
    Common items and having things to relate to helps students to become motivated and actually want to learn. -- 2012-03-12
    Using images in general makes the website more student friendly and aesthetically pleasing. -- 2012-03-12
    No child want to read through slabs of writing a picture tells 1000 words. -- 2012-03-12
    

• These are the most common measurements:

     

  Millimeters   Centimeters   Meters   Kilometers
• • nullThe Headings act as a 'contents' for this page on the website to quickly identify the information that can be found here, and where about on the page it will be eg. kilometers are last on the list therefore they will be at the bottom. -- 2012-03-12
    This is great for the ease of use of the website -- 2012-03-12
    
• • Again, using common objects enhances students engagement and hence their learning.

• Final thoughts about measuring length:

   

  1 centimeter = 10 millimeters

   

  1 meter = 100 centimeters

   

  1 kilometer = 1000 meters
• A centimeter (cm) is about:
• the diameter of a belly button
• • Language reflects the required topic - measurement.
• A meter (m) is about:
• • Using non-exact measurements relating to things relevant to students eg. in this case it is their own body, they can use this knowledge to make estimates and use these estimates to check whether their calculated answers are reasonable.
• the height of a 5 year old
• shoulder to opposite wrist of an adult
• • outstreched arms of a child
   
  • waist high on an adult
• One meter equals roughly one long step of an adult man.
• One kilometer equals about 12 minutes' walk.

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• • Characters from movies and TV shows that students can relate to eg. this boy is from 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'
• • One stop game website with games relating to a multitude of maths topics
• • Fun colours and pictures make the website aesthetically pleasing and engaging for students
• • Easy Centimeters
   
  • Medium Centimeters
   
  • Hard Centimeters
• • Varied difficulty levels allow for children of different ages or development levels to play the game.

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• • An interactive site for children to play games about length, mass and capacity and see how they are all relevant under the collective topic of measurement
• • One of the length games involves a ruler however the things that are being measured do not start at 0cm therefore children cannot rely on reading off the ruler they actually have to have a sound knowledge and understanding of measurements to work out the lengths.

• • Measuring real life objects in real life settings where children are free to move around allows students to get involved and excited about measuring.
• • The interrelationship between measurements eg. the size of your foot compared to your height, becomes evident measuring in real life scenarios.

• The Measurement Song

  • nullThis authentic learning experience takes a familiar aspect 'the happy and you know it song' and manipulates it so that the children can link their prior knowledge with their new learning experience.
    This activity/ experience is make fun and engaging by integrating the creative arts KLA into the lesson. The students gain maximum benefit from the lesson and they can simultaneously achieve multiple outcomes.
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    Another benefit of the measurement song is that the hands on physical learning activity provides a good way for students to recall and remember their learning. For example in the future when the students need to recall their measurement knowledge to answer a question, they can think measurement? I know that was the lesson we were dancing and singing, i remember that! -- 2012-03-22
    
• • nullStudents would use the tune for if your happy and you know it and make up their own versus throughout a learning experience to verbalize the concepts they are learning about. -- 2012-03-14
    The song can be modified and upgraded as the students learn new information. New versions of the song can be developed as the children get older and move onto harder or more abstract measurement concepts. -- 2012-03-14
    
• • The Measurement song provides students with a cross curricula learning experience and can be manipulated to suit the learning experience.
• • nullIntegrating maths with other KLA's ensures that students get the most from a learning experience. -- 2012-03-12
    Here Language, Dancing, Singing and Motor skills and being developed as well as the students maths knowledge of measurement. -- 2012-03-12
    Allowing the students to get involved and come up with their own versus that the whole class can sing makes the learning authentic and something the student can be proud of - contributing within a group setting. Students will most likely remember this experience more than if they copied notes of the board about measurement. -- 2012-03-12
    The measurement song uses the' Happy and you know it' tune and changes the words to teach children about measurements. -- 2012-03-13
    
• ergetic, artistic
• This makes learning fun and easy! All of the students are unique and we especially like the most energetic, artistic, and spirited one! She is wonderfully expressive; she will certainly be a dancer or star in the future! Keep dancing and shining!!!!
• Hurray for all of the singers and dancers expressing themselves as best as they can! We loved you!!!!
• Listen to song samples of The Place Value Rap, Quadrilateral Dance, Mean Mode Median, Triangle, The Angles Song, Parallel or Perpendicular, The Measurement Song, Perimeter Area, The 3s Song, The 4s Song, The 6s Song, The 7s Song, The 8s Song, The 9s Song at

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• • Mothmatic allows children to play games and answer questions on addition, subtraction, Multiplication, Division and fractions.
• • This resource is rich in illustrations and graphics that will help make students learning fun!

• • Math Worksheets
   
• • While Worksheets and not desired methods for teaching children maths, they can however enhance a learning experience or provide a basis from while a learning experience can be designed.
• Math Worksheets Listed By Specific Topic and Skill Area
• • Many worksheets can inspire children and get them excited about maths. Magic numbers, or maths puzzles or 'Harry Potter/Hudini' Maths are great introductions to lessons.
• Magic  Numbers
• Mathematics  Puzzles
• Word  Problems
• • Having specific worksheets for different year levels helps to ensure that the work you are setting for your class is appropriate for their age/ development level. You should however not always trust the website to have correctly sorted the worksheets according to difficulty. You should consult the syllabus to see what students should be able to do at what level.
• Preschool
• Kindergarten
• First  Grade
• Second  Grade
• Third  Grade
• Fourth Grade
• Fifth Grade
• Sixth Grade
• Seventh Grade
• Eighth Grade

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• • nullFrom this website the teacher can develop their own 'world cup' competition in maths and create questions and give out prizes for each topic relevant to what the children are learning in class at any particular time. A school could have a 'maths world cup' and compete against other classes within the school. -- 2012-03-12
    This classroom world cup idea could be relevant for many other KLA's within the classroom or even outdoors while the children engage in PD.H.PE activities. -- 2012-03-12
    
• Maths world cup
• Top scores
  during this hour
• • Children can get competitive trying to beat the high scores set by others in the world or the high scores of their friends.
• • Children can get excited versing other children all around the world. If they win they will see their own flag on the website, therefore they can feel like their learning matters and they are contributing to their world.
• • nullChildren of all ages and development levels can get select relevant difficulty questions. -- 2012-03-12
    Difficulty levels allows an entire class to engage with one activity whilst extending each child appropriately so that no children struggle and no children are bored. -- 2012-03-12
    

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• Economics   and environment
    School Council   approved funding for the project.
• • nullThis could start a project to get the whole school involved! -- 2012-03-13
    Great ideas for creating a sustainable school for the future. Maths knowledge is used throughout many Environmentally friendly aspects of school. -- 2012-03-14
    This learning experience is relevant for students of all ages and development levels. The learning experience can be manipulated to focus on specific outcomes or skills depending on what the students require. For example if a class is having difficulty grasping measurement concepts the lesson could involve building a structure such as a garden bed, worm farm, compost heap etc. Children can then measure lengths, depth , thicknesses, they can design, cut, build, problem solve and any other outcomes needed can be added into the lesson. -- 2012-03-22
    
• established a   wormery

  • Using concrete materials and physical experiences provides a more authentic and meaningful learning context for children.
• • Children need to be included in the initial designing and creating stages of this project. Children can learn about measuring, adding, calculating, shapes, construction, problem solving and many more skills in the beginning of the project.
• organised recycling   for paper, glass, plastics, aluminium, milk and fruit juice cartons   and organic waste
• •   'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle'
     
   
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• solving problems in Maths (weighting, decimals, place   value, etc)
• • nullSimilar to the Kitchen garden reading - children will learn in a more authentic context if they can see the real life applications of their maths and feel that they are contributing to their world. -- 2012-03-13
    Throughout these sustainability and environmental lessons children are simultaneously learning about the mathematical concepts but also learning how to take care of their world and create a better future. -- 2012-03-22
    

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• Probability
• • nullToo much of probability is centered around a dice. Teachers who only investigate aspects of probability using dice, cards or other objects made specifically to demonstrate probability are restricting their students understanding of the concept. -- 2012-03-14
    Students need to understand that probability is a common concept and it is relevant to their everyday life. -- 2012-03-14
    
• I love the language and ideas that come from  doing probability.
• impossible - unlikely - likely - certain
• • nullCommon experiences like the weather, as well as regular and irregular events can all be assigned a probability depending on how likely or unlikely they are to occur. -- 2012-03-14
    Students understanding of probability need to extend to the notion that a particular event may have a varying probability depending on external factors. For example On Monday the likelihood of rain might be quite low, however the likelihood of rain on Thursday might be quite high. Even though this is the same event, external factors such as dark rain clouds may influence the chances or an event occurring. -- 2012-03-14
    
• Dice Games

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• Graphics and different font colours and sizes helps to make the story engaging and child friendly. It also helps to point out or target the most relevant or useful bits of information
• The interactive buttons make going to the next page fun and exciting for students.
• Appropriate questioning allows students to reflect on their own learning.
• Using specific characters relevant to the topic (% - probability) helps the children to become familiar with them before having to use them themselves.
• • nullProbability is explained in child friendly language. -- 2012-03-14
    The story like quality keep students engaged and makes the concepts easy for them to understand -- 2012-03-14
    The chances are lesson ideas are relevant to children within Early Stage 1, Stage 1, Stage 2, and Stage 3. While students in higher stages such as stage 3 may have moved passed the introduction to probability and into manipulation of probability of numbers, fractions and calculations for probability this often causes children's perspective of probability to narrow. Older students may begin to view probability as only calculations and manipulations that you do with numbers for questions in school and forget that probability is relevant throughout the entire world around them and in a multitude of everyday situations. By going back to the beginning and discussing how probability is relevant to each individual within their life may positively shift students understandings or perspectives on probability. -- 2012-03-22
    
• • Graphics and different font colours and sizes helps to make the story engaging and child friendly. It also helps to point out or target the most relevant or useful bits of information.
• chance
• • Using specific characters relevant to the topic (% - probability) helps the children to become familiar with them before having to use them themselves.
• What does that mean?
• • Appropriate questioning allows students to reflect on their own learning.
• • The interactive buttons make going to the next page fun and exciting for students.

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• A tessellation is a repeating pattern of polygons that covers a plane with no gaps or overlaps.
• What shapes tessellate? If shapes can be combined to make patterns that repeat and cover the plane, then they tessellate.

• • Students need to develop an understanding of the importance of maths and the concepts behind the things that you do in maths rather than simply applying set rules and procedures to arrive at an answer.
• • If students develop the ability to deconsruct problems and apply their knowledge to a multitudeof maths situations they will develop a btter overall understanding of mathematical ideasand concepts

• • Students can use these questions themselves for student directed leaning.
• • Reflective questions such as "Is this answer appropriate?" allow students to identify whether they have arrived at a reasonable answer.

• Cool math   4 kids is an amusement park of math, games and more -   especially designed for fun,  fun,   FUN!
• • Coolmaths 4 Kids has a multitude of maths resources for students and teachers. Ideas for planned lessons, stimultng questions and fun mahs games students won't even realise tht they ae learning maths.
• • nullA multitude of maths games for a range of different mathematical focuses. -- 2012-03-20
    My favorite reccomeded game is the space chim. Students must calculate what ngle to shoot the space chimp atin order for him to rebound in the correct place and collect the most stars. -- 2012-03-20
    

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• Geometry Games for Kids
• These fun geometry games for kids offer a great range of free math activities and interactive practice problems that will help kids improve their math skills online.
• Find educational games related to shapes, angles, measurements, grids, coordinates, building blocks and all kinds of geometry related topics. Find a game you like the look of or check out our geometry facts, quizzes and videos. Help students improve their math ability while they have fun learning about geometry.
• • nullStudents can learn about 3D shapes through games in bright, colourful and fun contexts. -- 2012-03-21
    By playing a game students have the ability to learn without the negative connotations associated with maths learning, they learn without realizing as they are having so much fun! -- 2012-03-21
    
• • Plotting and graphing are often difficult concepts for children to grasp. By placing in fun context that are relevant to children for example a treasure map the learning becomes self motivated and fun!.

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• • nullBy including maths learning into familiar things that children like, in this case the TV show cyberspace, they enjoy learning in a fun context. -- 2012-03-21
    Having things that children relate to helps to make their learning real and authentic. -- 2012-03-21
    
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