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TGHS Maths

TGHS Maths Index

Year 9 Scheme of Work

Measurement Overview
Lesson	Content	Notes
1-3	Document: What you need to know	Measurement Progressions explain what is needed for Level 3-6 of the NZCurriculum. The 'What You Need' sheets cover the basic skills required. It is intended to give a self-paced coverage of teh basic concepts. All students should cover circles (circumference and area). Volume of pyramid etc is extension. Most students will not need this (and none need to learn the formulas).

Measurement Overview

Lesson

Content

Notes

1-3

Document: What you need to know

Measurement Progressions explain what is needed for Level 3-6 of the NZCurriculum.

The 'What You Need' sheets cover the basic skills required. It is intended to give a self-paced coverage of teh basic concepts. All students should cover circles (circumference and area). Volume of pyramid etc is extension. Most students will not need this (and none need to learn the formulas).

Converting metric units
Lesson	Content	Notes
1-2	Team Puzzles These get progessively harder. Teachers will need to show students how to construct a triangle with compasses. When the four pieces are accurately drawn, they assemble into a rectangle (answers given). Matching Cards These are intended for playing a 'memory game', and can be used as a starter for any lesson in this section. As can the student created cards for other units	Three-minute lesson starters are included for use at the beginning of each lesson. They are open-ended starters, revising basic skills
3-4	Shipwreck Shipwreck kit list	Continue to make full use of the 3-minute lesson starters.

Converting metric units

Lesson

Content

Notes

1-2

Team Puzzles These get progessively harder. Teachers will need to show students how to construct a triangle with compasses. When the four pieces are accurately drawn, they assemble into a rectangle (answers given).

Matching Cards
These are intended for playing a 'memory game', and can be used as a starter for any lesson in this section. As can the student created cards for other units

Three-minute lesson starters are included for use at the beginning of each lesson. They are open-ended starters, revising basic skills

3-4

Shipwreck

Shipwreck kit list

Continue to make full use of the 3-minute lesson starters.

Area
Lesson	Content	Notes
1-4	Design a house	In 'Design a House', the fishpond is an extension, and is harder than the rest of the task. Solutions shouild be presented as a poster. Could be group or individual work.
5	The Goat	Covers area/fractions of circles. The solution can be found by trial-and-improvement methods, providing lots of opportunity for using the circle formulas.

Area

Lesson

Content

Notes

1-4

Design a house

In 'Design a House', the fishpond is an extension, and is harder than the rest of the task.

Solutions shouild be presented as a poster. Could be group or individual work.

The Goat

Covers area/fractions of circles. The solution can be found by trial-and-improvement methods, providing lots of opportunity for using the circle formulas.

Volume and Surface Area
Lesson	Content	Notes
1-3	Rabbit Hutches	Painting the hutch (and researching cost/coverage) would be a good extension, but requires Pythagoras in some cases.
4-6	Volume and surface area. Make a human body out of multilink cubes (approximately!). Draw it on isometric paper. Use it to estimate the volume/surface area of a human. Improve the model by using, for example, spheres and cylinders.	Teachers will need to cover isometric drawings. The 'extended abstract thinking' nature of the improvement should be made explicit.
7-8	Soup

Concepts Practice
Lesson	Content	Notes
1-3	Sportsbag Bunting Fruit Pies	The intention is *not* to do all of these.