Geometry is always fun—for the teachers and the kids. Today, we have been introduced to a lot of really useful resources that I can easily incorporate into my planning. My students will benefit hugely from these resources, which will also be very engaging for them.
Subitising was introduced as this week's Maths Talk. While I can see the benefit of this for younger students, or those working at this level, I feel like my more able students wouldn't necessarily gain anything from this, so I think I would choose to target certain students/small groups with this.
Angles / 2D and 3D shapes were interesting. Sometimes you just stumble across snippets of information you don't know or haven't retained lol. Useful websites that we got to have a quick look at, but I must go back to include Geogebra, iknowit.com, and Polypad.
Position and Orientation (Pathways 😏) - this is definitely one of the favourites. This was a cool activity (The Treasure Map). I would make it clearer where the treasure was though! I can see a lot of potential with this activity, and certainly having the students create their own (with answers) would be the most obvious.
Overall an interesting day, with lots of great resources once again, which I love! My walls are looking a bit bare at present so bring on all the maths art :)
And Mathigon :)
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