Math Investigations - Volume 1 BUNDLE

VOLUME 1: 48 Task Cards - MATHEMATICS INVESTIGATIONS BUNDLE

This bundle includes:

• Mathematicians Mathematics investigations (8 Task Cards)
• 'When I Grow Up' Mathematics investigations (8 Task Cards)
• Around the World Mathematics investigations (8 Task Cards)
• Hands On Mathematics investigations (8 Task Cards)
• Infinity and Beyond Mathematics investigations (8 Task Cards)
• Wild World Mathematics investigations (8 Task Cards)

Students are encouraged to choose a topic of interest that is designed to extend and challenge their abilities. Students engage with sustained exploration of mathematical concepts, where they are encouraged to increase their mathematical fluency and engage their reasoning skills. These task cards include activities that will:

• extend breadth of knowledge.
• challenge and introduce abstract topics.
• place an emphasis on student interest through choice and voice.

Extension activities are included for each task card.

How to complete a mathematics investigation:

• encourage research
• allow students to choose their end product (a popular end product is displaying all information on as single A3 piece of paper)
• negotiate a time frame for completion
• as the teacher, your role is to guide, monitor and direct

Mathematicians covered in this set include:

• Leonardo Pisano (Fibonacci sequence)
• Blaise Pascal (Pascal's Triangle)
• Archimedes of Syracuse (Origin of Pi)
• Greek Mathematicians (Prime numbers)
• M.C. Escher (2D shapes)
• Albert Einstein (speed of light)
• Sir Isaac Newton (3 laws of motion)
• Choice and Voice card - students can choose an area of interest

Task cards to assist with 'When I Grow Up' include:

• budgeting
• building
• grocery shopping
• coaching (sports)
• landscaping
• pilot
• taxi driver
• Choice and Voice card - students can choose an area of interest

Task cards to assist with 'Around the World' include:

• Meteorology and Astronomy (Indigenous Australia)
• Mountain Ranges (geography)
• The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
• Holiday Destination
• The Earth's Core
• The Natural Wonders of the World
• World Transport
• Choice and Voice card - students can choose an area of interest

Task cards to assist with 'Hands On' include:

• Hands On Measuring Length
• Hands On Measuring Angles
• Calculating Cubes
• The Magic Square
• Board Game Creation
• Rubik's Cube
• Paper Planes
• Choice and Voice card - students can choose an area of interest

Task cards to assist with 'Infinity and Beyond' include:

• Birthdays in Space
• Phases of the Moon
• The Solar System
• The Earth's Atmosphere
• Travelling to Space
• Constellations
• Galileo Mission
• Choice and Voice card - students can choose an area of interest

Task cards to assist with 'Wild World' include:

• The Woolly Mammoth
• The Mariana Trench
• World Tsunamis
• Fahrenheit and Celcius
• Gorillas
• Butterflies
• Amphibians
• Choice and Voice card - students can choose an area of interest

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