Michelle Bradley's Creating Authenticity in STEAM Education goes beyond the confines of traditional teaching methods and invites educators to discover the transformative potential of STEAM education. No longer confined to mere straws and plasticine, this book delves into the essence of authentic learning experiences, offering a diverse array of meticulously curated resources and examples. Through a fusion of design thinking and project-based learning, Bradley's mission is to ignite a passion for critical thinking, providing a roadmap for educators to cultivate a generation of innovators and problem solvers. Unleash the power of STEAM education and witness the evolution of engaged and empowered learners ready to navigate the complexities of the modern world.

Problem-based learning is a powerful alternative to drill-and practice or skills-based learning, especially within maths, but it can be difficult to source rich materials that engage an entire class.The Creative Activities in Mathematics series provides a wealth of investigations and open-ended active learning activities, designed to engage students with mathematics and develop their problemsolving, collaboration and mathematical skills.Book Three provides nine different class activities suitable for students in lower and middle secondary school (Years 7 to 10), along with teaching notes and staged lesson plans. Each activity is a whole-class investigation with open-ended answers that takes a particular scenario and develops it over four levels. This enables it to be used both at different year levels and with students of differing ability in the same class. All activities are firmly rooted in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics and linked to the content descriptors of the Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability strands. Student materials Download a full set of activity sheets that provide a framework for student responses. These can be printed or copied for use in class. This set also includes a number of extension activities for advanced students. Download activity sheets Additional online resources Part 1: Number and Algebra Chapter 2: The Tower of Hanoi Francois Édouard Lucas - http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Lucas.html Tower of Hanoi simulation - http://www.towerofhanoi.org/ Tower of Hanoi simulation - http://britton.disted.camosun.... Tower of Hanoi simulation - http://www.mazeworks.com/hanoi... Scientific calculator - http://web2.0calc.com/ Chapter 3: Nim-like games The 21 game - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nim#The_21_game Nim history - http://www.archimedes-lab.org/game_nim/nim.html Nim - strategy game or scam? - http://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A20725760 Win at Nim - http://www.archimedes-lab.org/How_to_Solve/Win_at_Nim.html   Part 2: Measurement and Geometry Chapter 4: Hidden treasure The Story of Mathematics - http://www.storyofmathematics.com/ Euclid - http://www.storyofmathematics.com/hellenistic_euclid.html GeoGebra - http://www.geogebra.org/cms/do... Compass and straight-edge constructions - http://schools-wikipedia.org/w... Circumcentre of a triangle - http://www.mathopenref.com/constcircumcenter.html Hexagons - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Hexagon.html Chapter 5: Tessellations Attack on the pentagon results in discovery of new mathematical tile - http://gu.com/p/4b9b3/sbl Penrose Tiles - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PenroseTiles.html Polyominoes: A big word for a lot of fun - http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/L... Polyominoes and other animals - https://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/polyomino.html Pentominoes: An introduction - http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk... About pentominoes - http://isomerdesign.com/Pentomino/ Tetraominoes - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/blue/TetrominoFaultFree.shtml Chapter 6: How high is a building? Basic clinometer from classroom materials - http://www.instructables.com/id/Basic-Clinometer-From-Classroom-Materials/ Make a clinometer - http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Clinometer How to make a clinometer (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMLcU1Qknts Basic rangefinders - https://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-rangefinder-basic.html Make a simple rangefinder - http://www.ehow.com/how_7857303_make-simple-rangefinder-mirrors.html   Part 3: Statistics and Probability Chapter 7: Greedy Pig Greedy Pig - http://nzmaths.co.nz/resource/greedy-pig-0 Greedy Pig - http://nrich.maths.org/1258 Game of Pig: Sixes - http://www.math.usu.edu/~schneit/CTIS/GreedyPig/ Dice roller - http://www.roll-dice-online.com Dice roller - http://www.brockjones.com/dieroller/dice.htm Virtual dice - http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custo... Chapter 8: Pascal's triangle Pascal's triangle - http://www.mathsisfun.com/pascals-triangle.html The hockey stick theorem - http://luckytoilet.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/the-hockey-stick-theorem-an-animated-proof/ Pascal's triangle and its patterns - http://ptri1.tripod.com/ Pascal's triangle (video)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUqHdxxdbyM Linking newspaper rings, Pascal's colours and poetry of math - http://mathmunch.org/tag/pascals-triangle/ Chapter 9: Monty Hall's problem Monty Hall's problem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem Monty Hall's problem simulation - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/science/08monty.html?_r=0# Monty Hall's problem simulation - http://www.stayorswitch.com/ Monty Hall's problem simulation - http://blossoms.mit.edu/legacy/monty-hall/index.htm Monty Hall's problem (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTosh1aZ5fs Monty Hall's problem (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhlc7peGlGg Bertrand's box paradox - http://www.datagenetics.com/blog/june72013/index.html Bertrand's box paradox - http://blog.zymergi.com/2013/06/bertrands-box-paradox.html Two envelopes problem - https://www.math.hmc.edu/funfa... Two envelopes problem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_envelopes_problem Two envelopes problem (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Odh-7Cz1d8 Sleeping Beauty problem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem Sleeping Beauty problem - http://measureofdoubt.com/2011... Sleeping Beauty problem - http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/41208/the-sleeping-beauty-paradox Sleeping Beauty problem (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cqbf86jTro Sleeping Beauty problem (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL52lG6aNIY Three prisoners problem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Prisoners_problem Monty Hall and three prisoners - http://www.mathrecreation.com/2009/03/monty-hall-and-three-prisoners.html Classic probability problems - http://probabilityblogger.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/classic-probability-problems-revisited.html The birthday paradox - http://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/ The birthday paradox - https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability-shared-birthday.html Boy or girl paradox - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_or_Girl_paradox Additional sites Maths 300 - http://www.maths300.esa.edu.au... NRICH - http://nrich.maths.org/ NZ Maths - http://nzmaths.co.nz/ AMSI TIMES (The Improving Mathematics Education in Schools) Modules - http://schools.amsi.org.au/times-modules/

Igniting STEM Learning: A Guide to Designing an Authentic Primary School STEM Program is a groundbreaking resource for teachers and leaders ready to take on the challenge of bringing robust and sustainable STEM learning to their primary schools. Having kicked STEM programs into gear around Australia, experienced educator, coach and consultant Dr Adrian Bertolini distils decades of practice into a book that has the capacity to empower and transform. In Igniting STEM Learning, you’ll find the support you need to establish the ways of thinking, structures and ongoing practices that develop students and teachers alike as learners and problem solvers. From delivering learning experiences to meeting curriculum requirements, designing authentic assessment and more, this comprehensive resource lights the way to a primary school STEM program that ignites curiosity and prepares students to thrive in a changing world. Access the resources and templates from the book here  

The Starwheel is an immersive experience for teachers and students, combining the authenticity of First Peoples’ voice with non-indigenous science. The Starwheel brings an ancient perspective of the night sky to modern observers, shining a light on the complexity and depth of Indigenous observation, science and creativity. Observers measure distances between stars using the Indigenous measurement of hand spans. Features include glow-in-the-dark Sky Figures, to aid with night-time observation, and water-resistant card. The Starwheel is sized to fit in a small backpack.

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