Guest Blogger: Jessica Donaldson – Pre-engineering teacher, Berkeley County School District in Moncks Corner, SC There are times when my students have trouble grasping economic concepts. But when those topics are transformed into an independent, interactive, and relevant learning experience, things definitely get easier. That experience is what Econ Essentials and the Facts About
8 resources for teaching properties of shapes
Geometry has two sub-groups in the curriculum; properties of shape and position and direction. This post focusses on properties of shape — the main areas within that are: 2D and 3D shape and angles. I thought I’d quickly summarise the objectives: Y1 – recognising and naming 2D & 3D shapes Y2 – identify, describe &
Digital numeracy tips & tricks: Using footage of real life contexts to teach fractions and more
Videos on Discovery Education Espresso contain great real-life context. I’m going to demonstrate how to utilise this using an example from KS2 Maths. One of the videos is Fraction, decimal and percentage problem and is set on a space station. Play until just past the first minute and pause on the screen below It’s unlikely
Digital numeracy tips & tricks: Welcome!
Through talking to lots of teachers throughout the UK and other countries about Discovery Education Espresso common issues came up. Many didn’t know how much was on the service, or how to get to it. So on this and the other blog posts (see them all listed on our UK Community page) I will be