Connected learning stories: Mathematics
The following stories of successful classroom practice the Mathematics KLA illustrate a range of approaches and strategies for incorporating information and communication technologies (ICT) into teaching and learning.
Comparing shapes (pdf - 101kB)
ES1 and Stage 1 students used the ability within paint software to move shapes to complete comparison activities for the Area strand in Mathematics K-6.
Creating a shape game (pdf - 218kB)
Stage 2 students enhanced their understanding of the attributes of 2D shapes by creating a game. Using draw software, students produced a computer-based learning activity for younger students to use.
Kids' database (pdf - 153kB)
Stage 2 students created and used a database containing information about their favourite topic: themselves!
Logo in practice (pdf - 140kB)
Stage 2 and Stage 3 students use logo, a computer language. This involved them in creatively solving problems while directing their own learning and cooperating with others.
The talking clock (pdf - 141kB)
Stage 2 and Stage 3 students leaning Japanese used graphics and sound recording software to produce a clock which "talked" in Japanese each hour of the day.
Canteen profits - creating a spreadsheet (pdf - 53.5kB)
Stage 3 students created a spreadsheet to record data on the prices in our school canteen. Students were able to enter, analyse and graph information as well as test predictions of profit, based on sales and profit margins.
Some things change, some things remain the same (pdf - 260kB)
Stage 4 students use a dynamic geometry software package to investigate the relationship between angles formed with parallel lines. This snapshot makes use of the software's capacity to animate a diagram and to automatically record data generated by the animation.
Interpreting graphs (pdf - 156kB)
Stage 4 students used a software package Compute-A-Graph to represent data in a variety of forms, including column graphs, bar graphs, pie graphs and picture graphs.
Australian statistics (pdf - 206kB)
Students from Stage 4 and Stage 5 are introduced to the concepts of data collection, data analysis and data presentation. Students visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics web site to collect data.
Square: Yeah, yeah! (pdf - 279kB)
Students in Stage 4 and Stage 5 use drawing software to investigate the square and its properties. This is achieved through the use of electronic grids, rectangle-generating tools and the software's capacity to support duplicating, rotating and reflecting shapes.
The human height graph (pdf - 408kB)
Students from Stage 4 and Stage 5 collect data on other students' heights and organise the information. They graph the collected data on paper, then form a human graph. The computer is used to construct a variety of graph types, allowing students to interpret and manipulate the graph and test "what if" scenarios.
Solving simultaneous equations graphically (1) (pdf - 161kB)
Stage 5 students explore links between the graphs of equations and the solution of simultaneous equations. The first activity makes use of the Internet, while the second uses the software xFunctions 2.2
Solving simultaneous equations graphically (2) (pdf - 136kB)
Stage 5 students explore links between the graphs of equations and the solution of simultaneous equations using xFunctions 2.2
