Maths Trail

Location: Scoil Barra Naofa Buachaill, Beaumont, Cork Class level: 5th class
Date: Friday 30th April 2013

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We are going on a Maths trail around our school. Make sure you follow the trail rules! Stay with your partner at all times. Start the maths trail at the station given to you by the teacher. Follow any directions the teacher gives you. Remember, other classes are working in school today so we must speak quietly and walk there is no running allowed at any stage. Safety is vital so take care at all times and always look out for traffic when walking around the school driveway. The teachers will be watching these areas, so listen to their instructions at all times. Try to answer all of the questions and work together as a team. Dont forget to bring a pencil and eraser! HAVE FUN!

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Name: Trail Partner:

Starting point:

A quick pre-trail question name these 3-D shapes:-

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

A. Walk out the front door of the school and take ten steps forward. Make a 180 turn back towards the school so that you are facing the front door.

1. How many window panes are in the front wall of the building? Estimate Count

2. If a quarter of the window panes are open, (i) how many are open? (ii) what percentage are open? (i) (ii)

3. What 2-D shapes are the windows?

B. Now make a 180 turn and walk back towards the green bins. 1. What 3-D shapes can you see (name and draw some)?

2. Can you find any natural or man-made object that has a line of symmetry? Name and draw:-

3. Can you find this shape:Name: How many faces does this shape have?

C. Now make a 90 turn to the right and look at the gate and the houses and gate pillars. 1. What 2-D shapes can you see?

2. What 3-D shapes can you see?

3. Can you see any lines of symmetry? Draw them:-

4. Now walk back to the front door of the school and look for the line marked q on the ground. How many right angles can you find here? D. Now walk around the school building to the left (towards the girls school). How many 2-D and 3-D shapes can you find? 2-D shape Square Rectangle Triangle Circle Semi-circle How many? 3-D shape Cube Cuboid Cone Sphere Cylinder How many?

1. What shapes are the stones in the walls of the school?

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Now walk to the car park. This is a quiet car-park but we always

watch out for cars!

Do a tally of the different coloured cars in the car-park.

Black car

Silver car

Red car

Blue car

Other

1. What 3-D shapes can you see on the cars?

F. Now walk to the blue container in the car-park.

1. What shape is the container?

2. (a) How many faces has it? (b) How many edges has it? (c) How many vertices has it? (d) What 2-D shape is each face? (e) If each face was a square, what would (a) (b) (c)

Hint: dont forget that the base of the container is also a face of this shape.

we call the 3-D shape? (d) (e)

3. What 2-D shapes can you see on the container? 4. Look at the numbers on the side of the container. What is the highest number you can find?

Station A

Station B

Station C

Station D

Station E

Station F

Place Partners Skills Front door of the Eric & Rory Using vocabulary of school spatial relations; simple Adam & Dylan & following directions; describe, Craig name and explore shapes; identify the use of shapes in the environment Green bin area Using vocabulary of Peter & Cian spatial relations; describe, identify Alan & Tim lines of symmetry in nature and local environment Front gate facing the James & Brian Using vocabulary of houses spatial relations; describe, name and Calum & Charlie explore shapes and patterns; identify lines of symmetry Side of the school Tommy & Sam Using vocabulary of (near the girls spatial relations; school) describe, name and Zach & Patrick explore shapes Car-park Create a tally sheet of Gary & Mario objects sorted according to a Patrick & Michel particular criteria; describe, name and explore shapes Blue container Describe relation between 2-D and 3-D shapes