Primary 5-7 took their Outdoor maths to a new level today when they headed up to Low Auchenree farm, by kind permission of the Ross family, to do some real life maths. While at the farm they;
* estimated and measure distances in metric units – including the circumference of the base of the wind turbines.
* used trigonometry and angles to calculate the height of a wind turbine.
* measured the r.p.m, of the wind turbine blades, using a stopwatch timer.
* Used formulae and pi to calculate the speed of a wind turbine blade
* estimated quantity and visualised 3d models to count bales
* calculated costs and VAT using multiplication and percentages
* used formulae to calculate areas and perimeter of a poly tunnel.
It was a whole lot of maths in one morning at the farm! Many thanks to Miss Whorlow and Mr Ross for organising this very worthwhile exercise.
How good to have Portpatrick School visit Auchenree again. I’m sorry I wasn’t there to see you. I did see Mr Ross’s ingenious ‘Heath Robinson’ invention for measuring the wind turbines. Perhaps you’ll all come back and see the poly tunnel when it’s finished?