Outdoor maths: An interesting angle
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Help your class to discover maths in the real world by taking your lessons outside
Investigate angles outside
The outdoors provides us with the space to teach maths in creative and imaginative ways. This is not just enrichment, but at the core of enabling learners to see maths as relevant to the world around them. The change of environment can, in particular, help to make learners feel less threatened and perhaps more willing to offer suggestions and just ‘have a go’.
What is an angle?
In the first of our outdoor maths series, we look at angles in the outside world. Although it might be tempting to rush straight outside, you’ll first need to establish children’s prior knowledge. For example, can they define what an angle is? Can they name any angles? Which sorts of angles can they recognise? So, before heading out for a bit of organic maths, children will need to define, recognise and name angles to get the most out of their experience.
Elicit that an angle measures the amount of turn. The corner point is called the vertex and the arms are called rays. There are five angles to learn:
Published 23 June 2008
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hisham
on 8 July 2016amazing
It was quite amazing
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deborahroome
on 8 May 2016Can't wait!
This looks great!!
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Ali
on 8 April 2016Excited
Was looking for a resource just like this! Excited to try it out with my kids on Monday!
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Saadi
on 25 September 2015Experimenting
Sounds excellent and fun! Will try this out soon!
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Millicent
on 10 February 2015Hands on Maths
Great ideas for making Maths practical and realistic! I am sure my children will love it!!! What a lesson to usher in half term!
Thank you!
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Rhys
on 20 June 2013Angles
Excellent lesson.
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Catherine
on 10 June 2013Loved this!
Great maths - my yr2/3/4's loved this today.All were really excited !
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Kayti Selbie
on 15 May 2013Outdoor Maths
What a great way to get the children outside investigating in a meaningful way!
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Zoe Aspinall
on 12 April 2013Yr 6 Angles
A great way to get my year 6s up and active learning.
Lucy Masterson
on 21 May 2017
outdoor maths- an interesting
Great ideas. I will use them all. Thank you so much