Critical thinking Resources: The Maze Activity: Start at the black square with the "1" on it in the centre of the bottom row. Looking at the number on the square you are standing on, you must jump this number of squares. You must jump in a straight line forward, sideways, or backwards. You
Critical thinking Resources: The Maze Activity: Starting at the arrow in the black square, find your way to the central target. Move any distance in the direction indicated. Whenever you stop, change direction as indicated by the arrow on which you land. Note this is a very difficult maze as there are 20
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals Resources: A variety of concrete resources to support pupils Activity: Give pupils any number between one and ten, for example, 6. Explain that ’6’ is the answer but you do not know what the question is. Ask pupils what the question might have been if it was
Representing and interpreting data, length-measuring; decimals, ratio. Resources: Measuring tape, string, record table (see below), calculator (optional) Activity: Instruct the students to work in pairs and measure both their height and their arm span( measure from finger tip to finger tip and from head to foot). Collect the student data by writing it
Shape and space Resources: The shapes on the activity template cut out. Scissors. Activity: Each pupil or pair of pupils has a set of coloured/shaded shapes which were cut out from the template below. The cut-out shapes were from two squares which were based on two of the sides of the right-angled triangle
Place value. Resources: Mayan number chart on activity template Activity: This activity explores the Mayan number system which used a combination of base 5 and base 20. We use a base 10 system. Show pupils the Mayan number chart on the activity template and explore how the numbers are represented. Use the questions
Addition, multiplication, place value. Resources: Napier’s Bones template (see below) Activity: This activity uses an interesting historical context to help pupils understand place value ideas. It is also a fun and interesting way of performing multiplication. Pupils can check their answer using a calculator or performing long multiplication. Click Here for the
Reason abstractly and quantitatively Time: 60 minutes Resources: Caesar Cipher template and worksheet( see below) Activity: As an introduction, you can begin with writing on the board: “Today we will be encoding secret messages” but backwards (similar to Leonardo Da Vinci’s but not mirror backwards). Ask your students to decipher that sentence and
This pack contains five activities that are suitable for either 5th or 6th class pupils. The numbers in the questions may have to be adapted to suit the class and the time of year that they are completed. These five activities are suitable for use in the classroom but can be adapted for use
This pack contains six activities that are suitable for either Junior and Senior Infants. The numbers in the questions may have to be adapted to suit the class and the time of year that they are completed. These six activities are suitable for use in the classroom. Prior to completing the activities teachers should
