Santa's Workshop Back to the calendar Santa's Workshop Back to Resources The elves are working hard in Santa's workshop. Solve the riddle and figure out how many toys the team is building. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answers. Download a paper [...]
Mary Boole's Curve Stitching ADD TO TEN Skill: addition, counting, stitching, patience Resources: template, wool, plastic needle , [cardboard and pen for making the holes] Activity: This is a simple but long activity that will combine maths and art; thinking and stitching. Use additions of 10 to connect the right holes with wool and [...]
Skill: 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. Questions: 1. Study page number [...]
Skill: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 below [...]
Skill: Critical thinking Resources: The game board, cut outs for the game board 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 [...]
Skill: Critical thinking Resources: The game board, cut outs for the game board 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 [...]
Skills:Representing and interpreting data, fractions, decimals, ratio, length measuring. Resources: Measuring tape (one per two pupils), string, record table (see below). Activity: Divide pupils into groups of two. Introduce pupils to Leonardo Da Vinci’s concept of human proportions. Show them how to properly measure parts of their body using a measuring tape. Pupils, in [...]
What's the Question? Skills:Addition, subtraction, algebra Resources: A variety of concrete resources to support addition and subtraction 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 [...]
Garland Back to Resources Christmas is tomorrow! Is your Christmas tree ready? Some elves are making garlands. Solve the riddle to find out how many different garlands they can make. Use the 'Check' button to verify your answers. Download a paper version instructions at the bottom of the page. [...]
