Friday 24th Feb – Square Numbers, Triangle Numbers and Divisibility Tests

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: you will learn how to generate Square Numbers and Triangle Numbers and discover how to test if a number is divisible by 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 10

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to write down the first 10 square and triangle numbers and be able to tell if a number can be divided exactly by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10

Divisibility Rules

STARTER: Watch this Video

LESSON: Using the Video explain how triangle numbers can be generated. Ask for other patterns that can be spotted

Use this Video to show how to generate square numbers.

Extra Challenge if time:

Add together two triangle numbers that are next to each other. What do you notice? Can you explain why this happens?

After Lunch.

How can you tell if a number can be divided by 2?

How can you tell if a number can be divided by 10?

How can you tell if a number can be divided by 5?

Is there a rule that you can use to test if a number can be divided by 3?

Or 4?

Or 6?

Or 7?

Or 8?.....

For each of these numbers Can you explain which numbers are divisible by 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 10

248, 1680, 3495, 7764, 6745, 9852, 13344, 36750, 7896, 234 564

PLENARY: Checking Answers throughout lesson, quick summary of triangle num, square num and divisibility checks from students, with five finger feedback.

Thur 23rd Feb – Grouped Frequency

LEARNING OBJECTVIE: How to collect data and display results in a grouped frequency table

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will understand what a grouped frequency table is, be able to collect data in a grouped frequency table and draw a suitable chart to display the grouped frequency data

STARTER: Complete the Stacked Bar Chart or Clustered bar chart from yesterdays data collection at the end of the lesson

LESSON: Use screens 1 & 2 from this lesson to establish and demonstrate what we mean by a grouped frequency chart.

Have a go at Ex 8C page 97 of Year 7 Book2 text book.

EXTENSION: Extension work on Page 96

PLENARY: Checking answers. Five Finger Feedback

Weds 22nd Feb – Frequency Tables for Discrete data

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: How to collect discrete data and summarise in a Frequency table

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to collect data accurately and display the data as a frequency table

KEYWORDS: Discrete, Frequency.

STARTER: Draw a tally chart for the different colours of smarties in the picture you have been given.

LESSON: Discussion on Collecting Data, Tally Charts, Accuracy.

What do we mean by a Frequency Table.

Make a frequency table from Tally Charts. Discussion on how to draw a bar chart – essential elements

Draw a bar Chart of this data

Work through this Mymthas Lesson with whole Class.

If time get class to collect their own data for Ice Cream flavour favourites and draw either a clustered bar chart or a stacked bar chart to display the information

PLENARY: Checking answers throughout the lesson, checking at student tables. Review of keywords and key ideas with five finger feedback.

Thurs 9th Feb – More work on Converting between metric units

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: You will be able to use your understanding of metric prefixes to convert between different metric units.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to convert easily and quickly between metric units

STARTER: Kangaroo Helps Dingo Because Dingo Cannot Multiply

Metric Song

LESSON: After explaining some more examples students have to complete the worksheet crossword started yesterday, then try the second worksheet

Metric Number Puzzle Crossword

Metric Number Puzzle Decimals

PLENARIES: Supporting Students at their tables, stopping the whole class if common errors, checking answers. Five finger feedback on confidence.

Weds 9th Feb – Converting between metric units

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: You will be able to use your understanding of metric prefixes to convert between different metric units.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to convert easily and quickly between metric units

STARTER: Copy the following sentences and fill in the gaps

1. 2.4m is the same as .........cm
   
2. 245cm is the same as .......m and .... cm
   
3. 45cm is the same as .........mm
   
4. 4563m is the same as ........km and ......m
   
5. 6.7km is the same as ........cm
   
6. 2l is the same as ........ cl
   
7. 45cl is the same as .......ml
   
8. 5.4 kg is the same as .......g
   
9. 3.4 kg is the same as ................mg
   

LESSON: Use answers to above questions along with this metric prefixes ladder to revise converting between different metric units.

Metric Number Puzzle Crossword

Metric Number Puzzle Decimals

PLENARY: Checking answers (Put answers on IWB), supporting students at their tables

Fri Feb 3rd – Converting between metric units

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: TO understand how the metric system works

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You will be able to convert between metric units – eg convert cm to m, mm to cm, g to Kg,

STARTER:

Write down all the different measurements we use to measure the length of something

Write down all the different measurements we use to weigh something (or someone?)

LESSON: Use answers to Starter to discuss Metric and Imperial Measurements

Look at the Metric Ladder of prefixes from mm to Kilo

Metric Prefix Table

Prefix	Symbol	Multiplier	Exponential
yotta	Y	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	1024
zetta	Z	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	1021
exa	E	1,000,000,000,000,000,000	1018
peta	P	1,000,000,000,000,000	1015
tera	T	1,000,000,000,000	1012
giga	G	1,000,000,000	109
mega	M	1,000,000	106
kilo	k	1,000	103
hecto	h	100	102
deca	da	10	101
		1	100
deci	d	0.1	10¯1
centi	c	0.01	10¯2
milli	m	0.001	10¯3
micro	µ	0.000001	10¯6
nano	n	0.000000001	10¯9
pico	p	0.000000000001	10¯12
femto	f	0.000000000000001	10¯15
atto	a	0.000000000000000001	10¯18
zepto	z	0.000000000000000000001	10¯21
yocto	y	0.000000000000000000000001	10¯24

Show how to use the ladder to convert between different units of length

Metric System worksheets to Use

PLENARIES: Checking answers, working with tables, feedback on correct answers...