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Girth of the Earth: A practical mathematics activity using modern technology and a little straight forward circle geometry to measure the dimension of our planet Earth

MAV Archive of "Problems of the Month" (located in the MAV Members' area)

• Problems for Lower to Middle Primary
• Problems for Upper Primary to Lower Secondary
• Problems for Upper Secondary
• Challenging Problems

Other sites

• Mathematics Task Centre
  • Sphinx album
  • Task Cameos
  • Poster problems (primary)
  • Recording sheets
  • Photographs of tasks in action
  • Task Centre Manual
  • Infant level tasks
  • Tasks for Years 10 to 12
  • Task Centre book in pdf
  • Task Centre Research
• Maths300
  • Educational Services Australia’s home page for Maths300
  • Tasks and Maths300
• Maths With Attitude
  • Details, prices, ordering
    
  • Enhancing Maths With Attitude (descriptions of extra tasks and lessons)
• Calculating Changes (for K to 8)
  • Maths on the Move (inc. Engineering ‘aha’ moments in Number)
  • Working mathematically with infants

Some documented history and experiences

• One school’s experience
• Problem Solving Task Centres: A Ten Year Retrospective
• Indigenous students & tasks, including INISSS