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Maths Bookmarks #2

Context As of June 26th July 5th July 11th July 13th, 2021 2022, the COVID-19 situation in NSW continues to worsen. In the meantime, whilst many of us are stuck at home, here is the remainder of my mathematics-related bookmarks (all 100-ish of them, with supplementary materials to accompany most of them). If you haveContinue reading “Maths Bookmarks #2”

Maths Bookmarks

Context It’s been a while since I’ve last published a blog post. This is partly because I have instead been updating the website (see: Maths Closet and Science Lab). I’ve also stalled in terms of completing all the draft posts I wrote last year. For now though, Sydney is back in another COVID-19 lockdown, justContinue reading “Maths Bookmarks”

Resources for Financial Mathematics

To keep this intro bit short, I was generally impressed by the online (and physical) resources that were curated by the Financial Mathematics Unit of Study (UoS) websites. A refresher for how these Resources For posts works: under each heading (e.g. Stage 4), I list some of the resources that were featured from the particularContinue reading “Resources for Financial Mathematics”

Resources for Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

It’s been a short while since I’ve posted one of these, so let’s hop right in. For this post, I will be using a slightly different format to highlight some of the resources that I found to be interesting, as well as add my thoughts and some suggestions. Stage 4: Fractions Get to 10 orContinue reading “Resources for Fractions, Decimals & Percentages”

Printable Paper

TL;DR The post that no one wanted; it all goes downhill from here basically. Context Start – 11:40 PM The review process for each website is taking longer than expected (the weather outside is also slightly scary NGL). So here’s a different type of post for today: I will be going through Printable Paper toContinue reading “Printable Paper”

Ideas Regarding Response Cards

TL;DR Below are some of my thoughts about possible response card designs and applications Initial Thoughts To summarise, response cards (RC) are small, paper or cardboard-based tools that students can use in the classroom to share their response to a question, usually of a multiple choice or true/false format. They’re a step above the traditionalContinue reading “Ideas Regarding Response Cards”

Resources for Computation with Integers

Before delving into the list of resources I have extracted from programs covering the Computation with Integer substrand, here are my final(ish) notes: Videos where other teachers are explaining a concept or procedure were common – I feel that this is a missed opportunity for teachers to explain the concept themselves or have students activelyContinue reading “Resources for Computation with Integers”