STEM Mathematics Workshop 2024: Summer Hill NSW - The Sector
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STEM Mathematics Workshop 2024: Summer Hill NSW

February 20, 2024 - February 20, 2024

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Rise and Shine Orbit STEM Hub 1/15 Smith St, Summer Hill NSW 2130

Experience the beauty of mathematics unfold in familiar patterns, shapes, and structures and discover the potential of play in the development of mathematical skills. In this hands-on workshop, you will immerse yourself in creative maths experiences, learn to identify opportunities for maths exploration in the everyday, and develop your confidence and enthusiasm for engaging children in this essential topic.

 

STEM topic: Mathematics

 

In this interactive workshop, you will learn to create rich STEM learning experiences in your service through the exciting topic of mathematics and use it as a topic through which to teach the outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework. Age-appropriate mathematical learning activities may include:

 

  • Investigate different types of symmetries in cut fruit and vegetables.
  • Design and build a tool to help draw an ellipse.
  • Search for traces in the sand and investigate the objects that made them.
  • Play with perspectives and try concealing a large object with a small object.
  • Build a staircase with toy blocks or up the challenge to a spiral staircase.
  • Discover tessellations and design your own Escher-like mathematical artwork.

 

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