Outdoor Maths: Right Angles

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...

Outdoor Maths: Looking at different angles in nature

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...

Outdoor Maths: investigating right angles with sticks

The concept of a right angle can often stump children. After all, surely when any two lines meet, it’s an angle, right? Using right angle detectors of various shapes and sizes and going on a right angle hunt around a school can be helpful. But past experience is...
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