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Further Mathematical Experiments
This resource is designed for use by lower secondary school students and consists of twenty five activities and practical experiments to enrich the curriculum.
Prime Numbers: uses a hundred grid to find the prime numbers, often referred to as the sieve of Eratosthenes.
My Bicycle: calculating how many revolutions a bicycle wheel will make when travelling one kilometre.
Squared Numbers: using a hundred square grid to show the pattern created by square numbers.
Constant Ratio and Conversion Graphs: students use a conversion graph to show the ratio between litres and cubic centimetres.
Estimation-Length and Weight: in the first experiment, students estimate the lengths of objects before measuring the actual distances and calculating their error. In the second the first experiment is repeated using weight.
Density: students fill a cube with rice, salt, flour, sugar, milk and water , weigh each and compare which are lighter and which are heavier than water.
Using a Compass-Direction: students use a compass a tape measure and some chalk to plot a route.
Finding Heights from Shadows: an investigation looking at angles of elevation.
Percentage: visualising fractions and percentages on squared paper.
Circles-How They Grow: an activity plotting graphs to compare the diameter, circumference and the area of circles.
Decimal Fractions-Thousandths: visualising fractions and decimals.
Finding the Area of a Parallelogram: an activity in which students discover how to find the area of a parallelogram.
Symmetry-Regular Shapes: exploring symmetry and congruency.
How Far Across the River?: a practical experiment using a scale diagram to calculate the width of a river.
Spheres, Circumferences and Volumes: using graphs to compare the diameter, circumference and volume of a solid.
Averages: an experiment weighing ten, then twenty students, and comparing the averages.
Map Locations-Grids: locating reference points on a map.
Angles of Polygons: an investigation into the sum of the interior angles of a polygon in terms of the number of right-angles made.
Volumes, Cubes and Cylinders: an experiment to compare the volumes of cubes and cylinders.
Pulleys (1): experiment to find a relationship between the weight lifted and the effort required.
Making a Code-Equations: using equations to make codes.
Pulleys (2): finding the ratio of weight lifted and effort required.
Cones and Cylinders: an experiment to compare the volumes of cones and cylinders.
Springs: an experiment to find a relationship between the weight placed on a spring and the amount of stretch.
How Fast Can I Run?: an experiment to calculate speed in metres per second
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