Primary 4 1 explored the theme ‘Maths in Motion’ during Maths Week Scotland.

The children discussed the different jobs they believed used Maths with their talking partner and wrote them on the board. We soon realised that most careers use maths in some way and how important it is that we engage in learning all different types of Numeracy and Mathematics! 

Our first challenge of the week was to create a skier that would travel the furthest down a slope. We watched footage of skiers going down slopes and noticed how their skis are usually parallel. We agreed the best material would be K’nex and we got to work in our partners!

We were very creative when we were building our structures, not focusing on look but mainly speed.

“I made something but then I took most of my pieces off because I realised that it made it go slower. Mine is very simple so it is light.”

Once our structure was built, we tested it down the slope in our classroom. We discussed different ways of making the test fair. and how we could measure who went the furthest.

For problem solving, we explored the number of different ways a ball could fall into a cup through a Pinball Machine. We drew diagrams on our mini whiteboard and made a table to help find the answer.

Later in the week, Mrs Denny set another challenge. Everyone had to design their own marble golf course with limited materials ⛳ Everyone was so impressed  with the end result and we all had lots of fun playing the courses at the end.  We had to make our way through the course in as little turns as we could. Mrs Denny was impressed by our creativity, teamwork and problem solving. 👏

Some children chose to work on the BeeBots, making them move to specific places or creating directions with the movement cards.