Mathematics
Learning mathematics creates opportunities for and enriches the lives of all Australians. The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics provides students with essential mathematical skills and knowledge in number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. It develops the numeracy capabilities that all students need in their personal, work and civic life, and provides the fundamentals on which mathematical specialties and professional applications of mathematics are built.
Mathematics has its own value and beauty and the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics aims to instil in students an appreciation of the elegance and power of mathematical reasoning. Mathematical ideas have evolved across all cultures over thousands of years, and are constantly developing. Digital technologies are facilitating this expansion of ideas and providing access to new tools for continuing mathematical exploration and invention. The curriculum focuses on developing increasingly sophisticated and refined mathematical understanding, fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. These proficiencies enable students to respond to familiar and unfamiliar situations by employing mathematical strategies to make informed decisions and solve problems efficiently.
The Australian Curriculum: Mathematics ensures that the links between the various components of mathematics, as well as the relationship between mathematics and other disciplines, are made clear. Mathematics is composed of multiple but interrelated and interdependent concepts and systems which students apply beyond the mathematics classroom. In science, for example, understanding sources of error and their impact on the confidence of conclusions is vital, as is the use of mathematical models in other disciplines. In geography, interpretation of data underpins the study of human populations and their physical environments; in history, students need to be able to imagine timelines and time frames to reconcile related events; and in English, deriving quantitative and spatial information is an important aspect of making meaning of texts.
The curriculum anticipates that schools will ensure all students benefit from access to the power of mathematical reasoning and learn to apply their mathematical understanding creatively and efficiently. The Mathematics curriculum provides students with carefully paced, in-depth study of critical skills and concepts. It encourages teachers to help students become self-motivated, confident learners through inquiry and active participation in challenging and engaging experiences.
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Assessment – 3D Object Profiles
An assessment task designed for students to demonstrate their ability to make 3D object models and describe their features.
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The Problematic Pyramids
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2D or Not 2D?
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Revising Analogue and Digital Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise analogue and digital times.
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Skip Counting by 2s
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore skip counting by 2s.
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Developing Timetables
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a timetable of daily activities.
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Operations with Fractions Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This Mathematics unit covers a range of concepts relating to fractions.
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Rounding Numbers to 10, 100 and 1000
A 60 minute lesson in which students will round 5-digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.
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Representing Numbers - Assessment Task
A hands-on assessment task in which students will demonstrate their understanding of how the numbers from 0 to 10 can be represented in different ways.
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Jump or Split
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn the jump and skip strategies to subtract.
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Linking Addition and Subtraction
A 60-minute lesson designed to investigate the relationship between addition and subtraction.
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Split Strategy
A 60-minute lesson designed to progress students' understanding of mental addition by partitioning numbers into place value to help them find a total.
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Bridging to Ten
A 60-minute lesson designed for students to recall 'friends of ten' facts and use this knowledge to solve addition sums.
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Capacity Investigation - Filling the Fish Tank
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply their knowledge and understanding of capacity to a real-world situation.
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Fractions Everywhere
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Area Investigation - Big, Loud Feet!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of area to a real-world context.
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Revision of Length
A 60 minute lesson in which students will revise and consolidate the concept of length.
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Measuring and Comparing Length
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure and compare lengths of objects using informal units.
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Measuring Length with Dinosaur Footprints
A 60 minute lesson in which students will measure and compare lengths of objects using informal units.
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Maths Investigation - Prepare to Party (3)
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge of decimals and percentages to a real-world context.
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The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 6: Evidence and Opportunity
The Adventure Agents will begin bringing all the information from the witnesses and evidence together to start forming a picture of what happened on the night the Mona Lisa was stolen.
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals
A 60 minute lesson in which students will add and subtract decimals.
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Early Multiplication – Assessment
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of multiplication.
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Arrays of Sunshine!
A 60 minute lesson in which students explore the concept of arrays.
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Skip Count to Multiply
A 60 minute lesson in which students use knowledge of skip counting in order to add multiples of the same number.
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Repeat That Adding
A 60 minute lesson in which students explore multiplication through its representation as repeated addition.
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Partitioning and Expanding 3-Digit Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how 3-digit numbers can be partitioned.
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Fractions Investigation - Fly That Flag (3)
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply knowledge and understanding of fractions to a real-world context.
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The Test of Time
A 60 minute assessment in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of time.
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The Sands of Time
A 60 minute lesson in which students will apply their knowledge and understanding of time to a real-world context.
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Do You Have the Time?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will refine and consolidate their knowledge of time conversions.
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Creating Common Fractions
A 60 minute lesson in which students will represent common unit fractions and their multiples to create a whole.