MindfulMaths

This bundle contains lesson notes, slides and activities for 24 lessons focusing on number sense, the four operations, and calculations: Number Patterns & Rules - 5 lessonsThis 5 lesson unit aims to answer the question: "What can number patterns tell us about number operations?"Lesson 1 - focuses on exploring number patterns & sequences. Lesson 2 - focuses on exploring common factors, multiples and prime numbers. Lesson 3 - focuses on exploring square numbers and cube numbers. Lesson 4 - focus

This purposeful unit for Number Operations includes 12 lessons, and embeds financial literacy throughout: Lesson 1 - focuses on mental calculations and estimation. Lesson 2 - focuses on adding and subtracting integers and decimals. Lesson 3 - focuses on short multiplication. Lesson 4 - focuses on long multiplication. Lesson 5 - focuses on multiplying decimals by integers. Lesson 6 - focuses on short division. Lesson 7 - focuses on introducing long division. Lesson 8 - focuses on practicing and

This purposeful unit for Division & Remainders includes 4 lessons, and embeds real life scenarios throughout: Lesson 1 - focuses on the role of divisibility rules and factors in relation to remainders. Lesson 2 - focuses on remainders as fractions and decimals in context. Lesson 3 - focuses on contextualising remainders and how and why to format remainders as fractions, decimals, or to ignore them or round them. Lesson 4 - a short project lesson where students apply their understanding of divis

This two-lesson project serves as a comprehensive and engaging application of the four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division - and develops your students' financial literacy throughout. By assuming the role of a Historical Logistics Team, students must prove they can manage a complex $12,000 budget with professional precision and convince board members that their methods were the most efficient when planning a 7 day time travel expedition. Knowledge and Skills Covered:

This lesson provides your students with an engaging way to apply their understanding of division and remainders, through problem solving for a museum. By solving a range of problems, your students will demonstrate their understanding of how contexts impact the most appropriate way to record remainders - either ignore, round, as fractions, or as decimals. Knowledge and Skills Covered:💡 Knowledge: Short division with remainders, long division with remainders, and remainders in different context

This lesson takes BIDMAS out of the textbook and into a real world engineering challenge! Students will apply the order of operations to solve a complex, multi-stage project: redesigning your school’s emergency warning system and building a custom housing structure for its hardware. Knowledge and Skills Covered:💡 Knowledge: Advanced order of operations (BIDMAS) and complex, multi-step problem solving. ✍️ Skills: Apply BIDMAS to real-world financial and engineering scenarios, justify methodology

This lesson takes PEMDAS / PEDMAS out of the textbook and into a real world engineering challenge! Students will apply the order of operations to solve a complex, multi-stage project: redesigning your school’s emergency warning system and building a custom housing structure for its hardware. Knowledge and Skills Covered:💡 Knowledge: Advanced order of operations (PEMDAS) and complex, multi-step problem solving. ✍️ Skills: Apply PEMDAS to real-world financial and engineering scenarios, justify

This lesson takes BODMAS out of the textbook and into a real world engineering challenge! Students will apply the order of operations to solve a complex, multi-stage project: redesigning your school’s emergency warning system and building a custom housing structure for its hardware. Knowledge and Skills Covered:💡 Knowledge: Advanced order of operations (BODMAS) and complex, multi-step problem solving. ✍️ Skills: Apply BODMAS to real-world financial and engineering scenarios, justify methodology