18 Sep 2014
Snow Gums Mathematics Challenge
The schools involved in the challenge are: Bald Blair PS, Ben Lomond PS, Black Mountain PS, Chandler PS and Ebor PS.
The challenge is designed for students Years 3 to 6 to work collaboratively in an online learning community. The challenge is mapped to outcomes from the NSW Board of Studies Mathematics K-10 Syllabus vol 1.
The Snow Gums Mathematics Challenge offers many real life problems that can be challenging to students. Each challenge is designed to be solved in about five to ten minutes. If the challenge is not solved within this time frame students should be encouraged to look at the solution. All the challenges have been used in Primary classrooms.
The Snow Gums Mathematics challenge is based on Red Dragonfly Mathematics Challenge with was edited by Peter Gould, Masami Isoda and Foo Chuan Eng. adapted from the Math Brain Quiz (red) by Yasuhiro Hosomizu (2006), Sansu Nou. Training: Toyokan, originally in Japanese.
Copyright of the English translation of the Math Brain Quiz (red) is reserved by Masmi Isoda.
Copyright is held by the State of NSW Department of Education and Communities 2010.
Staffs involved in the project were required to
- Teach lessons and provide feedback to the group via video conference, email or edmodo;
- Contribute to the development of new lessons;
- Contribute to the maintenance of the online learning site.