Mathletics 2013

Here are our five finalists from Room 16 for Mathletics 2013.

We were learning to use geometric designs to create a poster. It involved a lot of accurate measuring and drawing.

Create a Symmetrical Mathletics Poster:

We will know we can do this when:
 Used a ruler to accurately measure and draw all straight lines
 Our design is symmetrical (balanced) from the centre or rotated
 Any curved lines are drawn with a compass
 There are no free drawn lines
 Has Mathletics 2013 carefully drawn 
 Black and white only- (sharpie)
 All unneeded pencil lines are rubbed out. 

Joshua, Year 6

Tyrone, Year 5

Elijah, Year 5

Hannah, Year 6

Cameron, Year 5

Amazing 3D Models!

Hannah's rectangular prism

Tyrone & Dylan's cubes

Olivia's square pyramid

Bree's octagonal prism

Nakita's tetrahedron

Hemani's cuboid

Henry's stellated dodecahedron

Cameron's 3D models (including a dodecahedron)

Joshua's stellated dodecahedra

Inderpreet's pentagonal prism

Here is Joshua's amazing video about welding his stellated dodecahedron on the weekend with his Dad! It is made of stainless steel.



The Birth of a Stellated Dodecahedron from Room16 Parkvale on Vimeo.

Drawing a 10cm Square

Drawing a 10cm Square from Kieren Moriarty on Vimeo.

WALT create mathematical patterns. Here is a small but very important step along the way: measuring accurately.

Our Tessellation Art

WALT: create art with tessellating shapes

• no overlaps / gaps
• pattern can keep on going
• colours stand out - pattern, pastel / dye, blending

WALT: use number strategies to find perimeter

A quick question to explore and develop our understanding of perimeter while using our number knowledge.

This image is from the maths dictionary.

 Below is an example from Katrina.

Here is another from Sami.

Everything We Know About This Square

Please add a comment if you can think of or find out anything else about this square.

WALT: Identify & Describe 3D Shapes

We made 3D shapes from nets downloaded at Adrian Bruce. Visit the website to find more nets, play the 3D shape game and check on the features of 3D shapes.