Aug 2, 2012 | Maths Outdoors
Although I’ve blogged before about right angles, in the summer term I had the rare opportunity to work on a series of activities, both indoors and outside to introduce the concept with one class. I thought I’d just blog about the mix of indoor and outdoor...
Jul 7, 2011 | Maths Outdoors
Recently, I observed a super lesson about angles. I knew things were looking up the moment I arrived in the classroom. To begin with, the teacher had this written on her board: If you look, the focus is on the maths. Very often, teachers assume that “outdoor...
Jun 18, 2011 | Maths Outdoors, Social Subjects Outdoors
This post is written by Jamie Mundie, a Primary 7 teacher who designed this simple project-linked outdoors maths activity. Thanks for sharing, Jamie. This lesson was designed to tie in bearings and angles works that a maths group were currently working on, alongside...