“Here- Me- Now” meaning for students “Here-me-now” refers to the way the brain is attracted to things that are personally valued and that have the potential to bring pleasure of satisfaction sooner, rather than later. We want students to develop the capacity to delay immediate gratification, but first they need to be engaged in the process of extending their knowledge. This is not an inherently pleasurable goal for the brain which is programmed to survive danger …..When we ask students to take on the brain stress of extending their knowledge beyond what they already understand, we are asking them to move out of their comfort zones…. Using ‘here-me-now’ strategies increases the likelihood that the brain filter will select the information you want students to take into their brains”
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Number Village of 100 Infographic site for pictures shown world-of-100/ world-of-100/ video
Our Task
What the students did
Stats NZ info graph reports/2013-census-infographic-nzvillage.aspx
Balloon Fractions Adapted from this site
Measurement - hooks to engage and make relevant Starters from the Guinness Book of World Records
Guinness Book of World Records For each of the Guinness Book of World Records estimate the length and choose which record it is from the five below: 1.Largest high heeled shoe 2.Largest hand span 3.The height of which a boy can rollerskate under an object doing the splits 4.Narrowest street 5.Height of the largest afro
How much ribbon would you need to buy
How many students would we be able to fit in the classroom if you sat like this?
Student Work
How many people would fit on one square metre?
How many people could you fit in an old fashioned phone booth? (no one can stand on any one’s shoulders)
How many balloons would fit in the classroom?
Student Work
Shoe Box Apartments Using small spaces George Clarke’s amazing spaces videos Other Ideas
How much would it cost to cover this in foil?
How much paper would you need?
Website for ideas
Assessment? less skill based and more open ended What the students thought. “Maths is better than English not quite as good as PE” YET