Maths Primary Lessons
Sustainable Schools
Incorporate Sustainability Cross Curricular Priority with your maths lessons. Conduct an energy, water and/or waste audit of your school. Plan and implement ways to reduce energy and water consumption and reduce waste. CoolAustralia website (free teacher registration) has lesson plans available on all these. http://coolaustralia.org/
Incorporate Sustainability Cross Curricular Priority with your maths lessons. Conduct an energy, water and/or waste audit of your school. Plan and implement ways to reduce energy and water consumption and reduce waste. CoolAustralia website (free teacher registration) has lesson plans available on all these. http://coolaustralia.org/
Sugar and Fat in Foods
Students learn to read nutrition labels and visualise how much sugar and fat is in popular foods. Students bring in nutrition labels from foods they eat at home.Lesson plan on Surfing Scientist http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/lesson_plan13.pdf
Students learn to read nutrition labels and visualise how much sugar and fat is in popular foods. Students bring in nutrition labels from foods they eat at home.Lesson plan on Surfing Scientist http://www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/lesson_plan13.pdf
Costs of processed foods
Using a Woolworths or Coles catalogue or an excursion to the supermarket. Find out cost of Brushed Potatoes, Washed Potatoes, Prepared Roast Potatoes, Frozen Chips, Potato Crisps. Convert all to price per kilogram to see costs of increased processing.
Using a Woolworths or Coles catalogue or an excursion to the supermarket. Find out cost of Brushed Potatoes, Washed Potatoes, Prepared Roast Potatoes, Frozen Chips, Potato Crisps. Convert all to price per kilogram to see costs of increased processing.
Letterboxes
Walk students around nearby streets and look at the letterboxes. Evens on one side of street , odds on the other. Practise skip counting by twos. Can students predict what the number will be 5 houses up the street?
In the Macleay Valley country mailboxes are numbered on how far (in 10m blocks) they are from the start of the road. For example 42 Armidale Rd is 420m up Armidale Rd from the Aldavilla turnoff. 4579 Armidale Rd is 45790m or 45.79km. Up the Armidale Rd.
Walk students around nearby streets and look at the letterboxes. Evens on one side of street , odds on the other. Practise skip counting by twos. Can students predict what the number will be 5 houses up the street?
In the Macleay Valley country mailboxes are numbered on how far (in 10m blocks) they are from the start of the road. For example 42 Armidale Rd is 420m up Armidale Rd from the Aldavilla turnoff. 4579 Armidale Rd is 45790m or 45.79km. Up the Armidale Rd.
Bureau of MeteorologyThe Climate Data Online section enables you to get meteorological data on any part of Australia (including the Macleay valley). Use this for an authentic graphing task in maths.
Maps
Use this map of Kempsey Shire to teach Stage 2 students about the directions North, South, East and West. Ask questions such as What is the village that is the furthest north in KS? What village is east of Kempsey? What village is south of Kempsey? When you drive from Bellbrook to Willawarrin what direction are you driving? The Macleay River initially flows south east until it reaches Kempsey , then it flows what direction?
Teach coordinates to Stage 3 students by drawing grid pattern on some of these maps and asking coordinate positions of various local features. The Tourist Information Centre might have paper maps with coordinates on them that you could use. Kempsey Shire, Kempsey Tourist map, Kempsey Map, South West Rocks, Hat Head, Crescent Head.
Use this map of Kempsey Shire to teach Stage 2 students about the directions North, South, East and West. Ask questions such as What is the village that is the furthest north in KS? What village is east of Kempsey? What village is south of Kempsey? When you drive from Bellbrook to Willawarrin what direction are you driving? The Macleay River initially flows south east until it reaches Kempsey , then it flows what direction?
Teach coordinates to Stage 3 students by drawing grid pattern on some of these maps and asking coordinate positions of various local features. The Tourist Information Centre might have paper maps with coordinates on them that you could use. Kempsey Shire, Kempsey Tourist map, Kempsey Map, South West Rocks, Hat Head, Crescent Head.
Money Smart
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Money Smart website has units of work integrating the Australian Curriculum and financial literacy for years K-6.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Money Smart website has units of work integrating the Australian Curriculum and financial literacy for years K-6.