Galactic Theme Park: Awesome Week Long Maths Project

Galactic Theme Park

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The Galactic theme park is a brilliant maths project for students from years 3 - 9.  It offers a large range of mathematical challenges and students will love the creativity associated with it. 

Everything is included here.  Teachers and Students will need to work through the downloadable booklet and Grid paper required to complete the task and I have also included a PowerPoint above as an overview of how the project works for you to introduce it to students on your IWB.

This is a great authentic assessment task for students and will keep them busy and engaged for at least 4 - 5 lessons.  Enjoy.

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TeacherLED – This site is dedicated to making the use of Interactive Whiteboards (IWB) easier and more productive. This comprehensive site features resources to use with IWBs in math, English, and geometry.

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Information Reports

Teachers and students will hopefully find this set of lessons included in the PowerPoint below really useful in teaching students about writing information reports.  It is suitable for students of all ages.  You Can Simply Download the PowerPoint Here.

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