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• TLF-IDA003828

In this activity, students discuss what it would be like to have no water and how they can save water to prevent this happening. They take a tour of the different locations around the school where water is used and take photographs of students demonstrating ways to save water at that location. They use the photographs to ...

• TLF-IDA004280

This activity allows students to learn about measuring by measuring attributes of irregular shapes. The use of informal units is an important step in order to develop understandings of what it looks like when measuring the attributes of length, perimeter and area.

• TLF-IDA004304

Space Race is a simple board game that teachers can use to introduce the concept of algorithmic sequencing to students. The teaching points provided with the game assist teachers to introduce the use of an algorithm (a simple set of mathematical instructions) to describe the trajectory of an object across a grid plane from ...

• TLF-IDA004276

The purpose of this game is for students to construct arrays and to describe them in words and numbers.

• TLF-IDA004274

The focus of this activity is for students to conduct an experiment that involves chance.They will use the information they gather to represent their findings.

• TLF-IDA004312

This activity uses pattern blocks to explore patterns and the relationship between numbers. Students use the blocks to create and describe other shapes and since the blocks are relational they can be used for other investigations. For example, turn the blocks into units – if the triangle is one what is the value of the hexagon?

• TLF-IDA004367

In this game students practise addition and subtraction of numbers from the face of a die, using multiple strategies.

• TLF-IDA004324

This game focuses on listening and matching shape properties to the correct shape, and using mathematical vocabulary to describe shapes.

• TLF-IDA004366

In this game, students add single digit numbers and subitise domino dot patterns.

• TLF-IDA002139

An interactive map of traditional weather and climate knowledge that has been developed and passed down through countless generations by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The site provides descriptions of the sixteen seasonal calendars used by First Nations peoples across Australia.