• https://www.youcubed.org/

“Here- Me- Now” meaning for students“Here-me-now” refers to the way the brain is attracted to things that are personally valued and that have the potential to bring pleasure of satisfaction sooner, rather than later. We want students to develop the capacity to delay immediate gratification, but first they need to be engaged in the process of extending their knowledge. This is not an inherently pleasurable goal for the brain which is programmed to survive danger …..When we ask students to take on the brain stress of extending their knowledge beyond what they already understand, we are asking them to move out of their comfort zones…. Using ‘here-me-now’ strategies increases the likelihood that the brain filter will select the information you want students to take into their brains”

.and other

ideas!

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Number• Village of 100• Infographic site for pictures shown • http://www.toby-ng.com/graphic-design/the-worl

d-of-100/• video • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6eTr4ldDYg

Our Task

What the students did

• Stats NZ info graph• http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-

reports/2013-census-infographic-nzvillage.aspx

Balloon Fractions• Adapted from this site• http://www.numberloving.co.uk/resources.php

Measurement - hooks to engage and make relevant

• Starters from the Guinness Book of World Records• http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/explore-records

Guinness Book of World Records

• For each of the Guinness Book of World Records estimate the length and choose which record it is from the five below:

1. Largest high heeled shoe2. Largest hand span3. The height of which a boy can rollerskate under an object doing the

splits4. Narrowest street5. Height of the largest afro

How much ribbon would you need to buy

How many students would we be able to fit in the classroom if you sat like this?

Student Work

How many people would fit on one square metre?

How many people could you fit in an old fashioned phone booth? (no one can stand on any one’s shoulders)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJq0eapRtas

How many balloons would fit in the classroom?

Student Work

Shoe Box Apartments

• Using small spaces• George Clarke’s amazing spaces videos

Other Ideas

http://robertkaplinsky.com/work/foil-prank/

How much would it cost to cover this in foil?

How much paper would you need?

Website for ideas

• http://www.101qs.com

Assessment? less skill based and more open ended

•What the students thought.

“Maths is better than English not quite as good as PE”

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