AAMT and Questacon have put together some activities for National Maths Day: http://nlnw.aamt.edu.au/Activities-and-projects/National-Maths-Day
Some other ideas you may like to consider include:
- Have a Sudoku challenge at lunchtime
- Invite a guest speaker – try to contact ex-students who are now working in a mathematics related field
- Have a Mathletics online challenge
- Investigate how calculations may be done without a calculator (e.g. log tables)
- Use some problems from http://www.twitter.com/nctm
If you have any more ideas, please share them in the comments section below, or via twitter @jharnwell.
Hi All,
ReplyDeleteI think National Maths Day is a great idea to get students involved in Maths. Interactive learning is essential for a student's development not only in the said subject but also in the personal wellbeing and allows them to bond with the whole class, without any exclusion of some students. I find activities such as Mathletics, Class Quiz Competitions and Maths related TV shows like 'A Beautiful Mind' and 'Numbers.'