Apple tree multiplication: A sample differentiated single task lesson
An apple farmer plants his trees in straight lines. He likes his lines to have equal numbers of trees. He has 72 new trees to plant in two fields. One field is smaller than the other. How could [...]
‘Mission to Mars’ – An AMSI Schools ‘Rich Task’ in Number & Place Value
It is the Year 2035. You and your students are members of the International Solar Exploration Federation (ISEF) team, charged with exploring and setting up a base on Mars. Working for the [...]
Work Unit: The Geometry and Algebra of Honeycomb
Have you ever taken a good hard look at a piece of honeycomb? Bees create honeycomb to make honey out of nectar, to store honey, to store pollen, to lay eggs and to raise young bees (larvae) into [...]
Work Unit (Multiplication and Algebra, Years 5-8) – Adaptive Speciation of Honeybees
The huge variety and diversity of living things in the world is mind-boggling! Using the example of the humble honey bee, this integrated Science and Mathematics unit illustrates the way in [...]
Mathematics as Storytelling
Those “a-ha!” moments in teaching, and especially in teaching Mathematics, are the stuff that inspires us and drives us as educators. All too often, however, those moments arrive few [...]