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Arthur Benjamin does Mathemagic
This may entertain you and your class if you are doing some ‘non-calculator’ activities! You may be inspired to try some of Arthur Benjamin’s number tricks.
www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic.htmlInstitute of Surveyors activities day
The Institute of Surveyors is organizing a free activities day for Year 10 students at Bicentennial Park on Friday 21 August 2009.
The main objectives of the Field Days are:
- To provide able Year 10 mathematics students with an opportunity to do some interesting practical mathematics activities in a pleasant outdoor location;
- To increase the students' awareness of surveying as a profession that involves mathematics, and give them some idea of the range of activities that surveyors can be involved in.
Please make contact with the relevant people if you are interested in participating. Download an information form.
Maths Teachers' Day. University of Wollongong, 7th July 2009
The School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics at the University of Wollongong is hosting a Mathematics Teachers' Day on Tuesday July 7th, 2009, from 9.00am to 3pm. Attendance is free and morning tea and a sit-down lunch will be provided. The primary organizer for the Day is Associate Professor Jacqui Ramagge.
More information is available at www.uow.edu.au/informatics/maths/about/mathsday/index.html
Download a flyer for the day.Mathematics in Movies
You may like to use some of these film clips in your classroom. This site looks at the Mathematics used some famous movies and TV series. Enjoy! www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/
You may also like to show your Stage 6 Mathematics, Extension 1 and Extension 2 classes this little clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKq6_vjrxMo
UPDATE 2009 - Stage 6 Mathematics Syllabuses
Please have a look at the latest information from the National Curriculum Board. A 'Shaping Paper' for the Mathematics curriculum is available on the National Curriculum Board website or click onto the link below.
www.ncb.org.au/verve/_resources/Australian_Curriculum_-_Maths.pdfMembership form for 2009 now available.
FREE resources
Laptops 4for Learning
The DET have a link to some useful information for use in your classroom with laptops: www.L4Lmaths.pbworks.com.
At the moment it is a place for teachers to share resources and ideas. You may like to contribute.Institute of Surveyors activities day
The Institute of Surveyors is organizing a free activities day for Year 10 students at Bicentennial Park on Friday 21 August 2009. This information form contains worksheets for the planned activities.
The main objectives of the Field Days are:
- To provide able Year 10 mathematics students with an opportunity to do some interesting practical mathematics activities in a pleasant outdoor location;
- To increase the students' awareness of surveying as a profession that involves mathematics, and give them some idea of the range of activities that surveyors can be involved in.
Please make contact with the relevant people if you are interested in participating.
Science and Mathematics at the Centre for learning Innovation
The science/maths team at the Centre for learning Innovation have started an exciting initiative to support maths and science students and teachers called Science talk. We will be involving real scientists and mathematicians - some young, some prominent, some young and prominent - in interesting kids in the opportunities that studies in science and mathematics have to offer. If you would like a sneak preview of the website (very early days), containing some science and maths resources suitable for a whole range of students, go to www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/sciencetalk/index.htm.
Origin Energy provides free curriculum resources for schools to assist in the understanding of energy, efficiency and safety.
Energy Savers (primary)
A new resource teaching upper primary (Years 5-6) students about saving energy and the environment is being developedHome Energy Project (secondary)
A comprehensive resource for Years 7-9 that encourages students and their families to save energy and the environment.Online solar and renewable energy (primary and secondary)
Free online resources on solar and renewable energy.Energy Safety Week (ESW) (pre-primary / primary)
Monday 3 – Friday 7 August . The ESW toolkit contains activities on energy safety and is designed to teach students how energy works and raise safety awareness.For more information or to order a resource: visit - www.originenergy.com.au/education or call - 1800 659 511 (free call)
STAGE 6 Board of Studies Update
MANSW members are invited to contribute to 'The stories we tell', a publication to help mark MANSW's centenary.
