Year 9 Maths curriculum: Transformations, statistical diagrams and 3D shapes (see project plan and scheme of work)

Project Summary:

This exciting 7 week project was collaboratively planned and delivered by a maths teacher, an architect and a member of the NE Local Enterprise partnership. The aim was to introduce the students to a workplace setting where maths is used in a variety of ways and to connect their classroom learning to a real-world application. The project started with a visit to the architects’ office where the students were presented with a project brief (Ouseburn Farm Goat House Challenge) and a series of tasks. All of these required to students to apply their mathematical knowledge (three dimensional shapes, statistical diagrams and transformations.) The students continued to work on their designs in their lessons supported by their class teacher, and by regular visits from the architect and two university maths undergraduate students. The project culminated in a presentation of the students work.

Skill development:

• Applying maths subject content knowledge to unfamiliar real-life problems
• Working to deadlines
• Working independently and in a group
• Creating a final product (presentation, 3D model)
• Communicating ideas, findings and the maths used, to an external audience (in lessons to the architect/ university students and during the final presentation to an external audience)