Embedding Maths Dave Kirby January 2017

Starter Which is correct, six and six is four or six and six are four? Divide 30 by a half and add 10 A train is on a perfectly circular track. It travels at 30mph. If it goes clockwise, it takes 1hr 10mins, in the other 70 minutes. Why? If a doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long will they last? When can you add 'two' to 'eleven' and get 'one' as the correct answer?

Answers Which is correct, six and six is four or six and six are four? Neither, 2 Marks Divide 30 by a half and add 10 70, 5 Marks A train is on a perfectly circular track. It travels at 30mph. If it goes clockwise, it takes 1hr 10mins, in the other 70 minutes. Why? They’re the same, 3 Marks If a doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long will they last? 1 hour., 2 Marks When can you add 'two' to 'eleven' and get 'one' as the correct answer? On a clock, 4 Marks

Aims Raise awareness of Maths Know a little about where we are with teaching maths Walk away with some ideas about how Maths and English can be embedded in your lessons

What is Maths The abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts (pure mathematics), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering (applied mathematics). Dictionary.com Teaching maths has three strands Develop fluency Reason mathematically Solve problems The statutory programmes of study and attainment targets for mathematics at key stages 1 to 4.

Which is…. Arithmetic Shapes Measuring Time Patterns and Sequences (ordering) Statistics Graphical Representation Angles Algebra Co-ordinates Ratios and percentages

Some Facts Staff aren’t confident People think there is a right way to do things Students hate it Many students are very, very weak

Research For engagement, context is everything. For success, discrete maths is all Transferability Students hate it

Why? It is necessary to function in society Use it or lose it. Transferability Employability Fairness Upriver of the school experience Identified by OFSTED as a weakness

Starter and Plenaries

1. Lateness How late are you? What time did you leave the house? What time should you have left the house to be here on time? How many buses are there an hour? How many minutes late? How long were you on the bus? What time would you have got here if you’d caught the 7.55 bus? 15 minutes walk – how far is that? “When’s break?”

2. Marks Give students different marks per question Add up totals Scale to marks out of ten Percentage Students put marks on a post it and stick on board Sort into order Mean Mode Median Range And you’re monitoring progress!

3. Maps, Plans, Diagrams Using maps and plans brings in plenty of maths such as measuring and scales

4. Flowcharts Flowcharts can be used in two ways: 1. Ask students to create a flowchart 2. Give students a flowchart and ask them to follow it Word has all the flowchart shapes if you have access to machines e.g. Dice Game You will need scrap paper and a pen to record

5. Surveys Audience research Give numerical values Analysis Graphs Stats Mean Mode Median

7. Estimating Bill Gates has $79.5billion If hidden under his bed in dollar bills would it reach up to the moon? Around 150,000 square kilometres of tropical rainforest, equivalent to the size of England and Wales, is destroyed every week Is this true? Annual sales of Guinness total 1.5 billion Imperial or 1.8 billion US pints How long would it take Dave to drink it?

8. Use Tables Tabular data is easy to perform maths on. Pub story 2 Pints of Carling ½ Guinness Gin and tonic Smirnov and splash of coke Check your change.

9. Dates and Times Use dates to reference data How long since the internet was created? How long has the queen been on the throne? How long in minutes, seconds, days? How long is it until break? 6050 seconds Reverse it

10. This is the news… Brexit England voted 53.4% for out Scotland 62.4% remain 46,501,241 turn out Trump Clinton got 65,844,954 (48.2%) Trump got 62,979,879 (46.1%) Sport Scores League Tables Extra time

11. Maths in the everyday world If something comes up, run with it. Car insurance Cost of the new iPhone Petrol and small engines Promotion perms and combs

12. Use personal experiences Lateness Break Counting stairs Pub story Research story There’s a shepherd in a field…

A Modest Proposal

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