Fruit fractions: Growing with fruit
Explore fractions through plant growth in this engaging lesson. Embark on a journey into the world of fractions through the growth of garden plants. Students will measure and represent plant growth using fractions, gaining a clear understanding of numerators and denominators. This interactive lesson encourages creative exploration of equivalent fractions while fostering a deeper connection with the concept of fractions in the context of gardening.
This lesson is one of a series of lessons developed in collaboration with the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT).
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| Year level(s) | Year 4 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching, Differentiated teaching |
| Keywords | Maths Hub lesson plan |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Sustainability |
| Strand and focus | Number |
| Topics | Fractions, Decimals |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M4N03
Find equivalent representations of fractions using related denominators and make connections between fractions and decimal notation
AC9M4N04
Count by fractions including mixed numerals; locate and represent these fractions as numbers on number lines |
| Numeracy progression |
Interpreting fractions (P5, P6)
Number and place value (P7) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Copyright | © 2024 Commonwealth of Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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