Lesson Account: A lesson about clarifying the concepts of area and perimeter. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 9-10 years. Hardware: Tablets and Interactive Whiteboard. Software: NearPod (student response system). Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying. Time needed: 1 hour. FaSMEd Partner: The University of Nottingham. Summary The lesson focussed on clarifying the concepts of area…
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Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity involving 3D shapes and nets. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: iPads (1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow, Apple airsever or Showme and Reflector software. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying, Processing and Analysing. Time needed: 3 hours. FaSMEd Partner: University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Summary:…
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Lesson Plan: A concept development lesson about using properties to determine the quadrilateral. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Non-digital Technology: Small and big cards Mini whiteboards. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying. Time needed: 60-90 minutes. FaSMEd Partner: The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre. Summary: This lesson is first about…
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Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about optimisation involving the construction and calculation of areas and the comparison of percentages. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: Tablets (iPad 1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow Apple airserver OR Showme and Reflector OR Plickers. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying Processing and analysing….
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Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about understanding the ratio concept and mathematical reasoning. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: Tablets (iPad 1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow + Apple airserver, OR Showme and Reflector, OR Plickers. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying, Processing and analysing. Time needed: 2-3 hours. FaSMEd…
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Lesson Account: A lesson focusing on 2D shapes and tessellations. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 10-11 years. Hardware: iPads and Interactive whiteboard. Software: ‘Tessellation Creator’ app. Functionalities: Sending and Displaying. Time: 1 hour. FaSMEd Partner: University of Nottingham. Summary The lesson focused on clarifying concepts and terminology about 2-D shapes before students explored the concept of…
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Lesson Account: A problem-solving lesson using the concepts of volume, capacity and surface area. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: iPads – with Internet access – for students Interactive whiteboard. Software: Google forms (student response system), Showbie (connected classroom technology),         Explain Everything (optional). Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying. Time needed:…
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