Mr Lyttle's Maths Homework

Mr Lyttle tells me he has a geometry homework activity for you on his blog. Please visit his blog and do the assignment.
Huzzah!

http://mrlyttle.blogspot.com

And see the happy chappy above? We all want Mr Lyttle to stay a happy camper too, so please pay close attention to his instructions and follow them the first time. :-)
[Or else]
;-)

Ancient Art Challenge

Art Challenge:

• create a poster [any size]
• use colour
• mimic the artistic style of an ancient culture
• demonstrate 'reflection' in the design
• include creatures, characters or discoveries from your narrative
• enjoy it and try to beat me in the race for the three chocoloate bar prizes
  

Fibonacci Sequence

Here is a very interesting mathematical concept to investigate... It also holds a clue to unlocking some valuable secrets on the island.


There is also a question to answer below relating to The Fibonacci Sequence :

edieval mathematician and businessman Fibonacci (Leonardo Pisano) posed the following problem in his treatise Liber Abaci (pub. 1202):

How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in a year, beginning with a single pair, if in every month each pair bears a new pair which becomes productive from the second month on?

from http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/fibonac/index.asp

http://www.mi.sanu.ac.rs/vismath/jadrbookhtml/part42.html from more info on Dynamic Symmetry and the Golden Section

And check out this maths page discussing Pascal's triangle and other info.

Divine Proportion

More maths homework sites

These sites are designed to help some of you fill some gaps in your knowledge or strengthen your grasp of the skills and knowledge covered in class.

Take your pick from the activities and share your comments about which ones are best :-)

Rounding; Decimal Places and Significant Numbers

Finding Formulas for mental maths

Square Roots

Powers, Exponents and Roots

Enjoy! I am glad some of you have indicated that you will take the opportunity to practice at home.

Cool Maths Games

http://www.coolmath-games.com/

Check out this site for fun maths games like Lemonade Stand which encourages entrepreneurial skills.

And try out Maths is Fun for more online learning opportunities :-)

Try some more maths

Here are two more websites with useful, fun, maths activities:

[Tell us which ones you found at the appropriate level]

http://www.aaamath.com/

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Percentages

Try out some fun percentage revision homework...

Maths = Jobs

"Pig farmers need maths too"

Enjoy your maths lessons because they will get you jobs!


:-)


Here is the proof...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/games/maths/index.shtml

Maths homework links

Who could this be???
Find out on the compulsory site at the end of this post.

Here are links to previous Room5ians Rule maths posts, links to online resources for homework, and some other guff about maths you may find interesting...

magic MATHS!

maths is great - afterall, we like shopping don't we? and working out how much pizza we can all have? and getting to the movies on time? - all using maths.

maths can also be magic - in fact, we can use mathematical language to describe almost anything in the universe. on a simple level, we can investigate the magic numbers appear to have.

have you ever investigated magic squares?

follow the link below...

http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=1337&part=index

and for a safe NZ government organised site with links to lots of NZ relevant maths stuff follow this link:

http://www.tki.org.nz/r/hot_topics/maths_e.php

and for those keen to try out maths games and problems, check out this link:
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/maths/interactives.php

pyramid maths and info

this site has the explanation of how the pyramids were built as well as some activities relating to the maths of pyramids.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/story/main.html

mega maths!

For those of you who do find maths interesting and are looking for a challenge, see these sites. there is one on Leonardo daVinci's works also. I think we will look at it in class, so if you want to get a head start....

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/frisbie/math/student.leonardo.html

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/maven/index.htm

Measurement

I have attached some hyperlinks to NZ Maths online, digital learning objects, and TKI's eLearning sites...

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/LearningObjects/


!!! Compulsory !!! in ICT Time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/gameswheel.html

Tests lead to games

Hi kidlets,
in our IKAN tests most of us showed we have a gap in our skill/knowledge in the fraction world.
Here is an online game for you to have a crack at - it may be too easy for you, but it has levels and could be fun .
:-)
There are also some Youtube videos about fractions and how to "do" them. Check out Mr Duey - he has a music video about the little blighters!
And here are the others:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6053953053135492653
How to add and subtract fractions

And these are just normal websites dedicated to explaining fractions....
http://www.aaaknow.com/fra.htm
Visual Fractions

I hope you learn and enjoy :-) We will review these sites in class...

"Pie" Charts plus Sausage Rolls

Healthy eating issues are very serious and we need to be aware of what we are eating as it affects our health, our mental preparedness for working and our general mood.
As part of our stats investigation we are designing new mini topics to investigate in our maths groups.
Today one group visited the local bakery to gather data on what ratios/proportions/percentages/fractions of the food available were healthy or unhealthy. Our first group gathered data in two ways - as a tally chart in food groups and as a visual representation based on the cabinets and what they were filled with. To follow up, the girls decided to put the data into a pie chart. Then they decided to make an actual pie, bring it to class, divide it up in to the correctly proportioned sections, photograph it, eat it, upload the images and written descriptions to either their blogs or wikis as evidence of their learning.
After that, they can transfer the new knowledge into a health lesson and as a recommendation report for the canteen.
:-)

Census at School 2009

As part of your statistics study you have homework to complete during week 7.
[You may do it at school if you can't at home]

Log on to:

www.censusatschool.org.nz

Use the code you have written in your homework diary.

Complete the census survey questions honestly.

We will do follow up activities at school.

Week Five Stats assignment

Our week 5 Statistical investigation has been introduced in class. By Tuesday [tomorrow] all students must be in pairs or trios having decided upon their chosen topic for investigation.
We have looked at appropriate topics and methodology in class.
It would be helpful if students could be supported with selecting a topic, gathering data [unless completed at school where time will be made available each day] and perhaps watching for relevant newspaper or television items that will help him/her with analysing the information and forming a conclusion.
Data must be collected, analysed and presented in appropriate ways by Friday this week before we go on camp. [If something brilliant has been designed that needs further time I can always make allowances.]
Following the survey design, data collection, anlaysis and presentation, the students must write a brief article to explain their findings then decide upon future action to take based on their investigation. There must be a clear goal for their research to make it purposeful. For example,
surveying free range egg purchasing habits then embarking upon an educational programme for classes to help them understand why battery farming is uncool.

Some of the resources we access in class are linked below:

http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/node/159

A very well developed educational wiki by our neighbours in Room 19

Ideas for Investigations

Basic graphing

Digital Learning Objects to support the learning [username and password available in class]

Statistics

Come and see what statistics is all about on the Room 19 wiki ...

http://fairfieldintermediate.wetpaint.com/page/Statistical+Investigation