This week we have been inspired by the amazing sets from Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis. Here is a clip from the film: We have designed, and will be making our own buildings in the next couple of days. Hopefully it will teach us all a lot about how to build 3d shapes and how [...]
Categories: art, maths
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Tags: 3d, architecture, design, maths, Metropolis, modernism, modernist, shape
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Today in maths we were told to answer a question that was impossible to find the answer to (not really, it was just that we couldn’t find the answer to it!) OK, are you ready to be blown away? The question was… Why does seven come up the most when we roll two dice? Well, it [...]
Categories: General News, maths, Problem solving
| Tags: Amina, maths, probability
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Today we worked in the groups we will be making our towers in for the first time. On Friday we will be constructing towers ONLY using marshmallows and raw spaghetti. Each group can choose one of two options. They can either try to make the tallest tower possible, or the strongest. Here are some pictures [...]
Categories: maths, Problem solving, science
| Tags: collaboration, design and technology, engineering, geometry, marshmallows, maths, Problem solving, science, spaghetti, structure
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We have been looking at probability in maths. It is quite a tricky concept, but we have been having lots of fun! Yesterday we played a very old dice game called “Pig”. We had to work out how to get to 100 points. You can find the rules here. Why not leave a comment explaining what [...]
Categories: General News, maths, Problem solving
| Tags: chance, dice, maths, probability, Problem solving
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Apparatus: Marshmallows (as many as you want) Spaghetti (raw) Method: First you count how much marshmallows and spaghetti you need. Then use some marshmallows and some spaghetti sticks and add them like your about to roast them on a fire but in a shape. Make a different shape on top of the shape that you [...]
Categories: maths, science
| Tags: homework, marshmallows, maths, Omar, spaghetti, tower
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This week in maths we will be looking at probability. Probability is about thinking about how likely something is to happen. For example, if you toss a coin, the chances of getting a ‘heads’ are the same as the chances of getting a ‘tails’. We might say that we have every chance of getting a [...]
Categories: maths
| Tags: activity, BBC, coin, dice, game, maths, probability
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During maths, we were set a special task to predict how many lines of symmetry there are in a Decagon. Here are our prediction. Sharon: I think that there are 8 lines of symmetry in a Decagon because I spotted a pattern in other shapes. The pattern was to add 2 to the number of [...]
Categories: General News, Music, Problem solving
| Tags: Amina, George, maths, Problem solving, Shapes, Sharon, Symmetry
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Have a look at an imaginary interview with Fibonacci on this website. What can you tell us about Fibonacci? Write your research as comments to this post…
Categories: maths
| Tags: fibonacci, maths, pattern, sequence
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How many interesting word problems can you write where 45 is the answer? How tricky could you make it? Click here for a larger version of the Voicethread.
Categories: maths, Problem solving
| Tags: maths, Problem solving, Voicethread, word problems
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We have been looking at timetables in maths this week. Have a look at this 3 day forecast from the BBC. When will it be coldest? When is it most likely to snow? Which day will have the strongest wind, and what will the temperature fall to on the coldest night? You must have a [...]
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| Tags: maths, snow, timetables, weather
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