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Patterns & Algebra Year 6 - Frogs Lesson - Calculate

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This activity is designed to encourage students to engage with a problem, before they overthink it. Too often in class we begin with what is familiar to students and gradually increase the challenge. This problem begins with a challenge and encourages students to work backwards to solve a simpler problem, before applying ...

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Converting Measures Year 6 - Calculate

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The focus of this activity is to find out what students know and understand about length and the metric system.

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Pattern & Algebra Year 6 - Calculate

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The focus of this activity to challenge students to unpack a rule and see if it is being used correctly. Often students will just learn a rule and blindly use it. This task gets students to stop and think and then make corrections to ensure the rule works in all cases (generalise).

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Mastermind - Calculate

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This small group game challenges students to use logic and problem solving strategies to name multi-digit numbers.

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Representing images using binary: totems

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In this lesson, students will interpret a First Nations Australian artwork by representing an image they create as a binary image with accompanying code.

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Sleepy statistics: Part 1

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Students conduct a sleep audit over two weeks to test hypotheses regarding improving sleep quality.

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Problem Solving (Year 6) - Calculate

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This unit investigates the idea of problem solving in the year 6 classroom. By the end of Year 6 students should be able to solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division or any combination of these processes. They should have a variety of problem-solving strategies in their repertoire, both ...

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Factors and Multiples - Calculate

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These games and activities require children to identify factors and multiples to help children become more familiar with these terms. This understanding will support children’s ability to solve problems, including knowing how to add fractions with different denominators.

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Converting Decimals Year 6 - Calculate

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This task introduces students to a practical situation that involves multiplying and dividing decimals by powers of 10. We want students to focus to use what they know about the measurement in order to explain how to convert them, rather than simply applying a procedure.

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Location Year 5 & 6 - Calculate

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The focus of this activity is for students demonstrate a systematic approach to trialing and recording possible solutions. Students are encouraged to explain the method they used, compare solutions and prove they have found all the possible solutions.

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Investigating Shapes (Year 5 & 6) - Calculate

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The focus of this activity is to discover what it is that students know about 2D shapes and 3D objects.

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Pass The Count - Calculate

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This game allows students to practice their skip counting skills in small groups.

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Crocodile and Shark (4–6) - Calculate

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In this game students practise addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers, using multiple strategies.

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Event Planner - Calculate

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This investigative project gives students the experience of being a professional ‘event planner’, by organising a special event such as a wedding reception, farewell or special birthday party. Students are asked to prepare a comprehensive plan that outlines a floor and seating plan, a fully costed menu, a monetary quote ...

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The maths behind RGB images

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In this lesson, students explore the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) colour model commonly used in digital imaging and display systems. They learn how each colour in the RGB model is represented by 8 bits and understand why there are 256 color intensities for each channel. Students will represent the 8 bits using their mathematical ...

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Sleepy statistics: Analysis: Part 2

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In this second of two lessons, students represent their acquired sleep data using a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot and draw conclusions based on statistical analysis.

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What are the odds?

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

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Chances are!

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Students calculate the sum of probabilities for a chance experiment and compare frequency predictions with actual data.

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Ups and downs

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Students position positive and negative whole numbers on a number line.

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Estimating and rounding decimals

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In this lesson, students draw on prior knowledge of rounding whole numbers to develop their understanding and fluency when rounding decimals and are encouraged to reason and problem-solve through a variety of contextual activities. Students will also develop an appreciation of the role of estimation in mathematics and science.

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