Introducing Algebra in ESO 2nd Course

This year, we have started our ESO 2nd Course with Algebra. In the begging of this unit, we have introduced them some vocabulary, so we are going to suggest them an activity in order to reforce them the knowledge of some basic algebraic expressions.

These are the Educaplay activities we have prepared:

Starting out in ESO 1st

Welcome to 2012/13 course. This year, we are going to work not only in ESO 2nd course, but also in first and third courses.

Our first bilingual activities with ESO first course are going to be some funny games in order to encourage them to study a bilingual subject, that can be not only a difficult task, but also an interesting activity.

First of all, with the help of our language assistant, Becky O'Neill, we are going to emulate the world famous quiz "Who wants to be a millionaire?" with a mathematical version: Who wants to be a mathionaire?.

Later we can test the calculations abilities of our students with another game: Speed Math.

A quiz to review percentages

All our students know what a percentage is, and how to calculate percentage of a quantity. So, all we want to get is to review some concepts, and methods of calculation. And, if it is possible, to make it enjoying.

So, finally we organized a quiz between two teams. They can get some points, and they can also lose them if they are wrong in any answer. Here you have the presentation we used. It was really funny, and we use two or more sessions to finish the quiz!

4 percentages game

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Ratio and proportion

In order to work the contents about ratios, and direct or inverse proportions, we download and adapt the following presentation and try to explain the students directly in English:

Direct proportion

View more PowerPoint from Dep. de Matemáticas - IES Ciudad de Hércules

We shouldn't abbuse of magistral classes, but sometimes we need them

Gymkhana in Benamahoma

We are five teachers in our bilingual group: one of Natural Sciences, another one for Arts and Crafts, the language assistant, the bilingual coordinator (she is an English Teacher), and I, as a maths teacher. A social sciences teacher is supposed to be with us, but finally, we still don't have any.

However, last year, when we were preparing some materials and activities for this course, we used to work in the integrated curriculum, chosing one unit of social sciences and trying to prepare activities in our subjects related with that social sciences unit.

For the first term in ESO 2nd Course, we prepare an excursion to Benamahoma, related with the unit about Arabic Age in Spain. We prepare a Gymkhana in Benamahoma with several quizes related with maths, natural sciences or Arts and Crafts, and, later, we walked the path from Benamahoma to El Bosque along the river, searching some species between such biodiversity.

Here are some of the files related with this activity.

• Benamahoma map 
• Preparation for teachers
• Quizes 
• Presentation in order to prepare the visit.

Here you can read a blog post about this day in the language assistant blog.

Sexagesimal System

The numeral system applied to the measurement of certain magnitudes in which each unit is divided into sixty units of lower order is the sexagesimal system. This system is used for measuring times and angles.

You can practice with the following activity. You will need the program JClic, and once you got it, you can download this activity:

• Sexagesimal System

Once you have your download (you have to click on the button "Download Original"), you open the programm JClic, and you click on "Archivo", "Open" and you look for the file.

We hope you will enjoy it. See you soon!

Working with decimal numbers

In order to work with decimal numbers, we are going to practice shopping.

We are going to the market with a shopping list. Read this file and answer the questions in a white sheet, where you will write your name:

• Buying At The Groceries 

Later, you will be able to work with a calc sheet in order to test your previous work

• Calc Sheet

 We are sure you will have learned a lot with this activity