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AHA Engineering Maths Moments

• Year 7 - Number and Patterns

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Presentation Content

• Prior Knowledge and students attitude to Algebra
  and number Patterns
• Designing a unit of work that covers all areas
• Assessment and results
• Student Feed back

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What do students really know?
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Unit of Work
Alternative unit plan Algebra
Number patterns 2 lessons Maths 300 4 arm shapes Text book 301 page 56 Question 4,5 Fibonacci Numbers Notes
Using tables- 2 Lessons Popsicle stick activity Get students to explain what they had found. Forming tables on books. Page 61 q 3,q 7
Number changers (1 lesson) Mutating numbers ( Refer to notes) Backtracking ( maths 300 19) Page 64 Question 1
Whats my Rule?/ linear equations ( 2 Lessons) Algebra Walk, computers excel activity (Notes), Questions 1,2,3 page 69, questions 1,2 page 73
Assessment (2 lessons) Alternative assessment test
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Creating Patterns

• Working in groups year 7s created different
  patterns
• Over two lessons they explored the patterns
  followed by recording it in their books.
• Some students were given the opportunity to graph
  the results to observe the linear relationship

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Including Text books and board notes!!
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Algebra Walk

• Great activity before introducing graphing linear
  equations and forming tables.
• Some students understood the concept of gradient
  and some even non linear equations
• Year 7s love being outside on Friday Fun Day

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Alternative Assessments

• Project and presentation
• Concept Maps
• Test ( for comparison)

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CONCEPT MAPPING
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Test

• When comparing the two year seven classes there
  was not a significant difference in the results.
• Both of the classes have similar results, this is
  likely to be due to the revision test which is
  similar to the actual test.
• But the class which engaged more in hand on
  activities performed better in concept mapping
  and the project assessment.

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Student Feed back