Looking for inspiration from the #MathsToday crew. On Friday I have my first lesson with top set y7 who I will be seeing 1/fortnight from now. I'll be doing rich tasks with them. What would you start with, which task is your favourite?
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2. Geometric magic squares, did you know over every number magic square there are loads of geometric ones! So much fun and creative problem solving, not to mention display work if you need that stuff!
I forgot, the geometric magic squares is better if you have done a pentominoes investigation first! Lots of systematic searching, questions of how you know you have found them all etc.
Follow up with finding all possible tilings of a 3 by 5 rectangle and the reasoning to know you got them all
Here is another one I can't resist sharing. We ask if two equal squares can equal another square. Number work galore, and hiding behind it all we get to approach the irrationality of sqrt 2. Can do this over two lessons.
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1. Make 15, this is an number game that turns out to be isometric to noughts and crosses played on a magic square
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cALkOr49do6FwD7s8kLoTrT4KvEpZq19/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=117115613208898417545&rtpof=true&sd=true
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14caSflVIgrQIDuroJwABs56mBiwkHNo_/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=117115613208898417545&rtpof=true&sd=true
Follow up with finding all possible tilings of a 3 by 5 rectangle and the reasoning to know you got them all
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uWTn6CmmKJllhpZ0f7xXXTb_1dlZkp7H/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=117115613208898417545&rtpof=true&sd=true