Working in teams - and responding to change - to put maths in context
This thought provoking workshop sees students working in teams to create a series of budgets designed to fund an exciting new community initiative. The sting in the tail, though, is that each team will represent a different interest group, with, of course, different priorities. And whether the students are representing other young people of their own age, local businesses or police officers, they’ll have to bear those priorities in mind as they put maths in context by putting together “wish lists” based on limited budgets. They’ll be given the prices of some popular items (other costings being available on request!) and will be supported throughout by a structured planning scaffold - but they’ll also have to continually review their decisions in the light of rapidly changing events. At the end of the day, however, only one budget can be implemented - and it’ll be the power of teams’ final presentations that determines the outcome!
Exploring: maths in context, additive reasoning, multiplicative reasoning, fractions, percentages, teamwork, oracy
Duration: 2 lessons (the activity can be repeated several times in a single day)
Suitable For: KS3/KS4 / S1 - S5 (up to 30 students at a time)
Related Pages
Maths Workshops for Secondary Schools
Maths Workshops for Secondary Schools in Scotland
Maths Workshops for Secondary Schools in Ireland
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