Hello together with welcome to my 45th gems post. This is where I portion 5 maths pedagogy ideas.1. Circumference
Pi Development and Circle: Introducing Circumference. The latter features animations such equally this:
together with a actually dainty laid of circumference questions.
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When y'all render mock exams to students y'all mightiness similar to role this first-class Five Minute Mock Paper Analysis from @MathedUp. The file is editable thence y'all tin customise it for your school.
I'm pedagogy C4 integration to my Further Maths flat at the moment. We've precisely done Volumes of Revolution together with I enjoyed making role of props to explicate the concept. Thanks to an catch from Chris Smith (@aap03102), I used paper decorations to demonstrate how a company is formed when a bird is rotated some the x axis.
I used these alongside gifs such equally those shown below.
I likewise enjoyed using constant characters for the starting fourth dimension time. This is an catch from Gems 22. Students who forget the 'plus c' inward their answers are asked to decorate a constant character. Hopefully this volition encourage them non to forget in 1 trial to a greater extent than together with volition brand an interesting display for the classroom wall. Here's a dyad of examples of what my students came upwards with:
These Star Wars snowflake designs are bright together with fifty-fifty characteristic characters from the latest films.
If you're planning to ambit some snowflake activities at schoolhouse inward the concluding calendar week of term together with then it's a groovy chance to beak most fractals - read Gems 16 for to a greater extent than on this.
Snowflakes tin last a fleck tricky to brand thence y'all mightiness similar these real-life graphs.
Right, I accept mock marker to ambit together with Christmas cards to write thence I improve acquire on. I'll acquire out y'all with this dainty inquiry from @OCR_Maths - what fraction is unshaded?
