Good morning, How are you today? I must tell you it has been a wild and crazy weekend. So now, that I can actually sit down and get back on track I wanted to let you know of a new Math Resource you can use in your Homeschooling Classroom. The new resource is called Motivate- maths enrichment for schools.
I have a question for you this morning have you used this website in your classroom and if so what did you think of it and why? Did your children like it and if so why and if not why not? As for me I am kind of torn as I am not sure Charlie will like it and also I am wondering if it would be to hard for Charlie and confuse him. So while he is in school this morning I plan on researching the site and seeing what I can find out.
Age Range: 11-18 (Grades 6-12, with parental supervision)
This archived site from the University of Cambridge presents downloadable multimedia explorations of how math relates to real life issues such as nutrition, disease, vaccinations, and the economics of health. The math topics covered include percentages, graphs, probability, equations, contingency tables, tree diagrams and much more!
When you get to the site you’ll see a description of what’s provided on the site. Click on the links under the title “Pack Topics” to get to the engaging math activities that answer questions such as:
- Is eating bacon sandwiches bad for you (or are the statistics misleading)?
- What are the odds that you test positive for something and the test is wrong?
- How do mathematical models make predictions about epidemics?
Explore these and other health-related questions from a mathematical perspective.
You can also do an in-depth study of “Babylonian Maths” that hone skills in number and place value, multiplication, division, inverses, shape, and symmetry.
If you still want more, click over to the “Cross-Curricular Resources” section to find correlations between mathematics and art, geography, history, music, science, sports and more. Some of the videos (VCs) in this section don’t work any more, but there are plenty of good suggested activities to stimulate learning over a wide variety of subjects.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
