More Poly Plug Activities

These activities build a broader, deeper picture of how Poly Plug can be used at all year levels to support the development of mathematical concepts and skills. They will help you see why this resource has been chosen as a preferred material of the Calculating Changes network.

Chance & Data The Crawl Counting & Order Counting Frames Grab Making Digits Vicky's Problem Fractions Fraction Game Operations & Equations Investigating Division Pattern & Algebra Introducing Algebra Kite Tails Vicky's Problem Shape & Space Copy Cats Exploring Symmetry Making Digits Rotation Challenges

Kids' Own Games One of the exciting things about kids having easy access to Poly Plug is that they often invent their own games. The games may not be directly related to learning mathematical skills, but the reasoning, justification and communication skills required to design, trial and modify your own game are the core work of a mathematician and support the development of literacy. Harry's Holes Poly Plug Battleships Poly Plug Penté Queenie The Game Suite (West Ulverstone Primary School, Tasmania) Poly Plugs & Problem Solving A task has three lives and one of those is as a whole class investigation. In this context teachers model how a mathematician works. To engage this life there needs to be enough copies of the concrete material. For many tasks, Poly Plug can provide that material as detailed in the investigations at this link. Mathematics Task Centre Recording Tools Plug Frame (1 full size Poly Plug shape) Poly Plug Paper (12 copies of a Poly Plug frame on one page)

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