Maths News
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF TRIGONOMETRY
Year 9 Stage 5.2 students had a practical activity applying Trigonometry in the school campus. The aim of the activity is to make this topic relevant to the students and how they can apply the topic in a real world situation. Using an improvised clinometer, they have measured the height of a tree, height of the flagpole and the height of the building as well as the covered court. This activity has made mathematics learning joyful and fun. It has encouraged students to accept challenge, build their mathematical understanding, develop links and connections within their knowledge and develop positive attitudes towards the mathematical learning and knowledge.
PRACTICAL ACTIVITY ON LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS
Year 10 Stage 5.1 students had a practical activity on the topic of Linear Relationships by constructing a hologram using their knowledge of Cartesian Plane. It was a learning experience for the students and enjoyed the hologram they made that produced a 3D picture when placed on the computer’s you tube website. This only shows that students learn best by making connections, designing, building, testing, evaluating and modifying the design until the project was done. They immersed the integration and application of technology and mathematics in this activity.
Senior Vitruvian students are….
As part of the Senior Mathematics General 2 assessment on Mathematics and Health, Year 12 students learned about relationships between measurements of body parts and making predictions/conclusions based on those measurements. They have to communicate and justify their responses with mathematical calculations regarding the correlations of ideal human proportions based on the drawing and text made by Leonardo da Vinci and accompanied by notes of the architect, Vitruvius. The following measurements were taken :
- Height
- Arm span (outspread arms)
- Foot length
- Elbow to fingertip
To be a Vitruvian girl/boy, a student’s height must be equal to his/her arm span, the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is a quarter of the height and that the foot length is one/seventh of the height.
And the Vitruvian students are……….. Erin Golden, Gorav Bains and Veniana Caquasau!!!!!
2017 MATHEMATICS WEEK CELEBRATION
The college celebrated Mathematics Week last week from July 24-28 . As in the previous years, the whole week was full of different activities that provided opportunities for each student to enjoy the many applications of Mathematics in their daily lives. Each student was encouraged to enter at least one of the activities set for the week.
The theme for this year’s Maths Week was : Mathematics is Fun!
Last Monday, July 25, the Bake a Cake/Cupcake Contest was on. Mathematics’ teachers judged the entry/ies based on the artistic aspect of decorating the cake with mathematical symbols/signs. As soon as winners were announced during lunch time and prizes were claimed, cakes were returned to the students who participated in the competition.
Also on this day, Year 9 and 10 students did a Maths Challenge Problem Solving activity in the Hall, where the students, in groups of four, competed with each other in Problem Solving. The group that gathered the most number of points, won the activity!
Wednesday, it is now the Year 7 and 8 students who competed each other in the Maths Challenge Problem Solving Activity in the Hall. The same rules applied that the group that earned the most number of points, won the game!
Lunch time, Ms Benten and Mrs. Blanco handed out the Maths Treasure Hunt sheets where students answered Mathematical and Trivia questions posted all over the school ground. The first three groups that have the most number of correct answers, won prizes!
2017 MATHS CHALLENGE RESULTS
The college started this year’s Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians on the first 3 weeks of Term 2. This is a problem-solving activity organized by the Australian Mathematics Trust which is aimed at the top 15% of students in their year level.
Students received a problem booklet containing 6 problems. They were required to present written solutions to as many of these problems as they can. The problems were challenging and required time and persistence but were based on Mathematics which should be known at that level. Students work with a partner on all the 6 problems.
I congratulate the following students on their efforts in attempting the Maths Challenge Stage problems. The fact that they participated indicates a desire to achieve. The problems were meant to be challenging, and for students to achieve and have a feeling of enjoyment and success, they needed to be committed.
It is not just about completely solving the problems; it is a matter of participating to the best of one’s ability and learning in the process.
CONGRATULATIONS TO :
Li, Yingxin – Year 7 – Distinction
Singh, Imreet – Year 8 – Credit
Harrison, Amanda – Year 8 – Credit
Scoble, Aidan – Year 9 – High Distinction
Scoble, Zachary – Year 9 – High Distinction
Singh Sidhu, Karanbir – Year 9 – High Distinction
Karunapalan, Piriyarathan – Year 9 – High Distinction
Forner, Julia – Year 9 – Distinction
Navaneethan, Nayani – Year 9 – Distinction
Kaibwa, Aribo – Year 9 Distinction
Chowdhury, Muntaqim – Year 9 – Distinction
Salvestro, Matthew – Year 9 Credit
Davidson, Blair – Year 9 – Credit
Giran, Jasmine – Year 10 – High Distinction
Cerato, Talissa – Year 10 Credit
E.BLANCO
Maths Coordinator