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Santa needs a navigator - Calculate

This activity challenges students to find the best route for Santa to take around the world, taking timezones and travel time into consideration. Students mark places on a map, plan a route that is taken only at night and calculate the duration of the entire trip.

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Newshounds: Misinformation and disinformation

In this lesson, students learn that everyone should Stop, Think, and Check before passing on information they come across on the internet. Students apply critical literacy skills to assess examples of misinformation and disinformation presented in different formats including social media and web posts. This lesson includes ...

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Hundreds and thousands

Students compare and order three-digit numbers using number lines.

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Fill it up

Students establish a mental image of one litre and measure the capacity of everyday containers using litres.

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Fruit fractions: Fruit salad crafty creations

Students demonstrate knowledge of fractions through creating their very own simulated ‘fruit salad’. Pose the questions: if you were to create a fruit salad what would it have in there? In what ratios/proportions? Are there any fruits you wouldn’t want in there? Which fruits go/don’t go together? Showcase your understanding ...

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My drink bottle

Students compare the spaces within containers.

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Guess where

Students describe the location of objects by indicating positions.

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Smart shopping

Students compare and evaluate different shopping options.

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The teen game

Students use standard place-value partitioning to represent 'teen' numbers.

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What are the odds?

Students calculate the probability for single-step events using sample spaces.

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Tuckshop orders

Students make calculations with money.

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Which has more volume?

Use this diagnostic task to assess what students know about volume and units to measure and compare volumes.

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How heavy is this frog/tin?

Use this diagnostic task to assess understanding of mass and units used to measure mass.

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DT Challenge - 5/6 Blockly - Intro to Micro:Bit

Learn how to program a BBC micro:bit using Blockly. No experience required. Learn the basics of programming in Blockly with our full BBC micro:bit simulator.

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Counter-intuitive probability

This lesson is designed to demonstrate the ways in which random chance can be counter-intuitive. Students will explore how assumptions made in probability can be risky and investigate how to perform precise calculations to answer probability questions. The lesson is outlined in detail including NSW curriculum links, learning ...

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Mathletes in motion

In this lesson, students use mathematical modelling in measurement (comparing and evaluating sports results) to explain equivalence between fractions, decimals and percentages, and represent rational numbers on a number line.

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Measurement: Foundation to Year 9

This comprehensive resource describes the progression of measurement ideas. The resource demonstrates examples of relevant teaching strategies, investigations, activity plans and connected concepts in measurement including teaching and cultural implications.

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Pattern hunt

Students copy, describe and continue simple repeating patterns.

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Which is the longest?

Students compare and order several shapes and objects based on length, area, volume and capacity using appropriate uniform informal units.

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Act it out

Students revise and extend the recall of 10x. They describe and continue patterns created from multiplication, and solve multiplication and division problems.