by robdolphin | May 26, 2024 | Add & Subtract, Age 8, Google Slide Activities, Google Slide Mini Explorations, Money
This unit begins with a numberless problem, which we try to to solve by putting different numbers in. In the process, we look at UK coinage and notes and the patterns in the numbers. There are then a series of challenges, to work out how many different problems can be...
by robdolphin | May 26, 2024 | Age 9, Google Slide Activities, Google Slide Mini Explorations, Measurement, Volume
This activity establishes, through practical investigation, the equivalence of millilitres and cubic centimetres. Important Note: Teacher or parent guidance for using these slides can be found in the speaker notes section, which can be found by clicking on the three...
by robdolphin | May 26, 2024 | Age 9, Google Slide Activities, Google Slide Mini Explorations, Length & Distance, Measurement
This exploration is designed to secure the skills needed to convert measurements in metres and centimetres to the same format to allow comparisons to be made. Important Note: Teacher or parent guidance for using these slides can be found in the speaker notes section,...
by robdolphin | May 26, 2024 | Age 9, Google Slide Activities, Google Slide Mini Explorations, Measurement, Volume
This activity introduces the concept of volume as the space taken up by a solid shape and explores how volumes can be compared by counting cubes. Once we have learned the concepts, we are given an open challenge to see how many different cuboids we can find that have...
by robdolphin | May 26, 2024 | Age 9, Google Slide Activities, Google Slide Mini Explorations, Measurement, The Number Line, Volume
This unit looks at a variety of different scales and develops the skill of reading them, by working out what the intervening marks represent between various numbered marks.The exploration variously covers whole numbers of different sizes, fractions and decimals.We...