Heidi

Calculating area and perimeter

Symmetry art

Heidi was able to make a 2D and 3D model.  She is beginning to be able to identify how many vertices, edges and faces that the shapes have.

Heidi is able to rotate shapes in various ways using directional language, clockwise, anti-clockwise, north, and degrees.

Length activity "I measured both snakes accurately and then added them together."

MEASUREMENT

Each class member participated in an experiment that used a variety of mathematical concepts.  This was an experiment out of Figure it Out Level 3/4 called 'Candle Trials'.  Children got to...

-Use a timer to identify how many seconds it takes for a candle to go out once a jar is place over top of it.

-Fill jars with water and estimate and measure the capacity

-Work out the average time it took for candles to burn out

-Compare the time taken to the capacity of the container

-Make predictions about the time it would take to burn a candle in another container (i.e. 2000 mls)

Everybody enjoyed this hands on experiment.