by Matthew TAYLOR | Feb 28, 2018 | Grade 8, Secondary Maths, The Grades
This week Grade 8 have been applying their knowledge of Similarity & Trigonometry to the world around them.They we’re investigating how to use three different objects to calculate structures around the school campus. These objects were a mirror, a set square...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Feb 28, 2018 | Grade 11, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Math Studies students considered this question in the context of independence testing. In a bag of animal biscuits, some are carnivores and others are herbivores; some will be broken and some will be undamaged. On the surface, this seems a silly question because these...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Feb 1, 2018 | Grade 8, Secondary Maths, Uncategorized
This week Grade 8 began by looking a how a depth could be calculated by recording the time from when an object is dropped until it hits the ground. See here actthree This led to questions about gravity. They started designing tasks where they could calculate the...
by Eletia THOMAS | Jan 24, 2018 | Grade 10, Secondary Maths
This week students are finishing up their unit on Statistics before we start Probability next week. Students have practiced using their graphics calculators to calculated mean, median, Q1 and Q2 and use this information to then calculate range and inter-quartile...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 11, 2018 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths, The Grades
If you ever wished you could lock up a room of kids… well this is what we did this week in STEAM. Students were flung into a cavern and were required to solve a variety of puzzles to advance from one room to the next. Their next challenge is to create their own...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Jan 11, 2018 | Grade 6, Secondary Maths, Uncategorized
This week grade 6 mathematicians have been further investigating probability. They were examining the chance of one or more event occurring. They were thinking, discussing, trying and reflecting. They viewed the tasks from the differing perspectives of form &...
