Data Handling Games for Students Aged 9-11
This game, published by BEAM, poses a number of questions aimed at developing students' understanding of simple probability using a set of number cards. Probably - a game for two players. The chooser chooses a card from the set of cards. The guesser has to guess whether the card id shows an odd or an even number. Game…
Data Handling Games for Students Aged 7-9
Published by BEAM, these two data handling games are from the Maths of the Month series. Three digits - a game for two players. Each player takes turns to place a counter on a number. The winner is the first player to have three counters on numbers which contain the same digit. Venn Diagram Game - a game for two players. Players…
Data Handling Games For Students Aged 5-7
Published by BEAM, these two games encourage students to develop their skills of sorting shapes using one criterion and numbers using one or two criteria. • Sorting - a game for two players requiring one student to choose which shapes go inside the circle and to make up a label for the circle. The second student has to guess…
Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 5-7
Published by BEAM, this is a data handling activity which focuses on properties of shape. Students have to identify and draw toys that are round. Studeents are then required to sort them from those that are not round. • Sorting toys - a task requiring students to sort using one criterion. This could be used as a follow up…
Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 3-5
Published by BEAM this is a data handling activity for early years students. The task requires students to compare sets of toys presented in party bags. The students are to identify which toys are missing from which bags. This activity is ideal for exploring strategies for success on such a task and could lead on to simple…
Calculation Games for Students Aged 7-9
These resources, published by BEAM, are aimed at Key Stage Two and give students opportunities to practise and consolidate their mathematical knowledge through playing games. The games and their mathematical content are : • Shapes - counting sides of shapes • 20 or more - addition to 20 • Add 9 - single…
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Calculation Activities for Students Aged 5-7
A selection of resources published by BEAM for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles to help students practise and consolidate their mathematical understanding. The activities, presented with their mathematical content, are: • Words - recognising multiples of 5 and single digit…
Fraction Games for Students Aged 9-11
Published by BEAM, these games provide a means by which students can practise and consolidate their mathematical understanding of fractions and decimals. • Halves and thirds - a game for two players requiring students to find fractional quantities of numbers • Planetary wars - a dice game for two players requiring…
Place Value Games for Students Aged 9-11
Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge of place value, number recognition and ordering. • Aim for 500 - in this game both players roll the dice and use the numbers to make two three-digit numbers, then add them up. Whoever gets a total closest to 1500 wins the game. •…
Counting Activities for Students Aged 9-11
Published by BEAM, the activity What's what? challenges students to identify numbers and match them to a list of given properties including, negative, square, and mixed numbers before deciding which description(s) fit several numbers. Students are then asked to make up their own descriptions that fit several numbers.
Counting Games for Students Aged 7-9
Two games, published by BEAM, to help Key Stage Two students to develop their counting and sorting skills. • Big numbers - a game for two players requiring students to use the results of rolling four dice to write down a four digit number and then read out the number written. • Writing numbers - a game for two players…
Counting Activities for Students Aged 7-9
This dot to dot activity, from the Maths of the Month series published by BEAM, challenges students to recognise and sequence numbers from 80 to 104, producing a picture of a house. • Dot to dot - sequencing two digit numbers.
Cross Reference Guide and Record Sheets
These booklets from GAIM contains a cross referencing guide and record sheets for the GAIM activities and investigations. Part One of the cross-referencing guide includes items from some mathematics teaching schemes which allow satisfaction of GAIM topic criteria. They have been referenced by teachers in GAIM pilot schools, and…