{"id":139,"date":"2013-06-07T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T11:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T13:02:09","slug":"maths-outside-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mshe\/projects\/maths-outside-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Maths outside the classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 7th, 2013 Ruth Edwards and Christian Bokhove ran a &#8220;Mathematics outside the classroom&#8221; day with PGCE and SKE+ students. On this day students started with a fraction relay, went out do do some readymade outside maths activities, and then used these for inspiration for making their own trails. Every group made a four-node maths trail for Year 10, and in the afternoon the trails were swapped between the groups. This dedicated page is used for the resources and the results.<\/p>\n<p>Students were given this document for outside maths ideas:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/22597386\" width=\"640\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br\/>\n<p>The introductory slides and the planning for the day are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/maths_outside_classroom.pptx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion extended the range of the examples, like other apps for smartphones, geocaching ideas etc. After evaluating the trails for &#8216;best practices&#8217; it was clear that good trails preferably are\/have: open ended, related to real-life, engaging, linked or themed narrative, a different range of maths skills needed, and a variety of tasks.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/results.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-193\" title=\"results\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/results-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The resulting maths trails:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Group A: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/groupA_mathstrailsoton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">groupA_mathstrailsoton<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Group B: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/groupB_mathstrailsoton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">groupB_mathstrailsoton<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Group C: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/groupC_mathstrailsoton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">groupC_mathstrailsoton<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Group D: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/groupD_mathstrailsoton.pdf\">groupD_mathstrailsoton<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Group E: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/groupE_mathstrailsoton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">groupE_mathstrailsoton<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Group F: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mase\/files\/2013\/06\/groupF_mathstrailsoton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">groupF_mathstrailsoton<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to try and combine the ideas and trails in one Google Maps application. Pictures of the day in the Facebook group <a title=\"FB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=oa.460942750666121&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 7th, 2013 Ruth Edwards and Christian Bokhove ran a &#8220;Mathematics outside the classroom&#8221; day with PGCE and SKE+ students. On this day students started with a fraction relay, went out do do some readymade outside maths activities, and then used these for inspiration for making their own trails. 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