example of parallel lines, intersecting lines, right angles. Increase the challenge by asking children to include properties of shapes, e.g. This is an interdisciplinary activity where the maths is threaded through what is happening. Group masking tape art Exploring shapes within shapes and discussing what we can see within a picture.A group activity that gets children talking about what they see and notice in different and changing arrangements of sticks. Properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects – outside Happy Faces: How many different faces can you make with sticks, stones and cones.Remember Fibonacci Day is 23rd November (1,1, 2, 3) Some practical activities to help children explore this number pattern outside. A game based upon the attributes of leaves. Why little and large sticks are fan-ta-stick. Scale and geometric patterns with sticks.
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Practical exploration of how to create fractal formations.
How to make a fractal dragon with sticks. Exploring fractals in nature: looking at the range of fractal formations. Great for wet days and early years classes. Exploring pattern our environment through tin foil. Exploring the number of triangles it is possible to make with 9 sticks. A nifty adaptation of this popular game using natural materials. Exploring attributes of numbered pebbles in a game similar to Black Jack or Uno. 
Open-ended and suitable for a broad age range.
Nice little exploration of creating pyramids through creating rules and using natural objects. A great way for older children to use their area and ratio skills and knowledge in an outdoor and real-life context.
What area of woodland do you need to capture your carbon footprint? A visual illustration of the impact of individual lifestyle choices on the amount of woodland needed to capture the carbon. Exploring data handling and comparisons standard and non-standard units of measure. Great for assessing whether a young child understands aspects of length. A simple stick measuring game for little children. Grow your own sticks and use practical measuring skills to cut them to size. Outdoor stick stacking challenge invented by a Primary 4 class. The outdoor measuring continues with Primary 4. Does the length or mass of a stick affect how far it can be thrown and how can you measure this? For older classes an additional challenge is to convert the answers to millimetres or metres. This enables the combined length of different elements of each picture to be calculated. Using cut sticks of specific lengths to create pictures. When natural objects are substituted for numbers. A games based approach with a Primary 5 class. Fractions, decimals and percentages outdoors. Creating fractions wall and a get together in a nature reserve to explore fractions. Leaf fraction walls Sorting leaves to create fraction walls and discussing the ins and outs of naturally found objects when meeting the rigour of pure maths. Using painted number pebbles and dots to help children learn the concept of multiplication. Leaf multiplication Exploring compound leaves as a route to understanding multiplication. What’s your picture worth? Exploring multiplication and calculating the value of a child’s art work through the quick creation of pictures outside. This is focusing on the theme of 100 outside. Exploring how tapping with sticks can aid children learn more about number. A simple yet challenging activity for children in Primary 1 or Primary 2 that involves collecting 20 objects. It’s pirate maths outside for young children. Lifting the learning through a more unusual approach to subtilising. The stripy sticks – a subtilising challenge. Careful thought to questioning can lead to some very creative explorations as demonstrated by the staff during a training day. Maths investigations from Tyntesfield Primary. Worth getting if you work with children, aged 3-6yrs old. Answering some question about my award-winning book. An interview with Andrea Stevenson, a primary teacher who completed over 100 maths sessions outside in three months, having never previously taught outside. Messy Maths and Outdoor Classroom Day. Useful posts to get you started teaching maths outside
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