Purpose
This website is built for Alamanda K-9 College students to access online Math videos and tutorials in order to help them with their personal learning and goal setting during Math lessons. “Providing opportunities for students to personalize the learning objectives identified by the teacher can increase their motivation for learning.” (Brophy, 2004, Morgan, 198; Page-Voth & Graham, 1999). Students feel a greater sense of control over what they learn when they can identify how the learning is relevant to them. (CITW , McRel.) This website is built as a resource for Alamanda (and other) students to engage in the personal goal setting process.
Alamanda College Math lessons are designed using the understanding by design model of unit planning where students are exposed to what they need to know, understand and be able to do in order to further their conceptual understanding of mathematical concepts. As part of the MYP of the IB program, students are also exposed to a greater level of conceptual understanding through the Math concepts in a global context as listed as part of the IB program.
Alamanda College uses the standards from the Australian National Curriculum as a basis for academic content and assessment for student achievement as well as the planning and assessment guide from the MYP for assessment purposes.
Differentiated student learning and goal setting is catered through the use of personalized continuums at Alamanda College.
Welcome to Alamandamaths, a truly differentiated way of learning!
Students will explore the concept of variables and solve simple equations and inequalities. They will explore concepts of simplification and expansion such as factorizing and the distributive laws.
Students will identify, construct and classify the different types of angles, as well as specialized angles created within parallel lines.
Students will explore finding the area and perimeter of common 2-D shapes and more complex composite shapes. They will progress towards finding the surface area of 3-D prisms and pyramids.
Students will evaluate the probability of events occurring. They will explore single and multi-step experiments and calculate relative frequencies.
Student will critically evaluate statistical information and develop intuitions about data. They will analyse, collect and interpret data and draw inferences.
Students will explore the usage of decimals in everyday life. They will progress through the 4 operations with decimal numbers as well as rounding numbers to the appropriate number of decimal places.
Students will explore the usage of fractions in everyday life. They will explore the 4 operations and their usage in everyday life.
Students will explore the usage of integers in everyday life. They will complete the 4 operations with integer numbers as well as looking into the order of operations.
Students will plot and sketch linear relationships on the Cartesian plane and find features of their graphical representations.
Students will develop an understanding of relative location and movement of 2-D and 3-D shapes and figures.
Students will delve into the everyday usage of the different units of measurement. They will convert between the different units and their calculations in solving problems.
Students will explore the usage of money in everyday life. They will calculate change given from a sale as well as calculate the discount and mark up of sale items. They will progress to calculating simple and compound interest.
Students will apply number sense and strategies for representing numbers and their magnitude. They will perform the 4 operations with numbers to conduct investigations, solve problems and communicate their reasoning.
Students will explore the usage of percentage in everyday life. They will calculate finding a percentage of a quantity, percentage increase and decrease as well as converting between fractions, decimals and percentages.
Students will utilize geometric reasoning to deduce the usage of Pythagoras’ Theorem and Trigonometry to solve right-angled triangle problems.
Students will develop an understanding of size and shape of 2-D figures in the plane and 3-D shapes in space.
Students will explore the concept of time and how it is used in everyday life.
Students will develop an understanding of relative position and movement of 2-D and 3-D shapes and figures.