Ideas for Maths Trails
Added: 19 Dec 2019
Contributor:
PDST
Resource type:
Guide/notes
Sample questions for designing a Maths trail that covers shape an space, data, number, algebra and measures. May be adapted to suit your school an age levels. Originally devised by the Primary Curriculum Support Programme (PCSP).
How it maps to the curriculum
- 3-4
- Mathematics
Strand: Data
Strand unit: Representing and interpreting data
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- read and interpret bar-line graphs and simple pie charts
- read and interpret tables, pictograms, block graphs and bar charts
Suggestions for use: Use as a basis to design a maths trail.
Strand: Measures
Strand unit: Area
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- estimate, compare and measure the area of regular and irregular shapes
Suggestions for use: Use as a basis to design a maths trail.
Strand: Algebra
Suggestions for use: Use as a basis to design a maths trail.
Strand: Shape & Space
Strand unit: 2-D Shapes
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- construct and draw 2-D shapes
Suggestions for use: Use as a basis to design a maths trail.
