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This bundle has all the MIST Investigations for maths with accompanying videos and lesson ideas.
A) Developing Number Ideas
Investigations
| 1. World without Number | How numbers are used in everyday life |
| 2. Sort it Out | Choosing criteria for sorting and classifying |
| 3. Take Your Partners | Developing the ability to match two objects |
| 4. Enough for Everyone? | One-to-one matching between objects |
| 5. More or Less? | Comparing the number of objects by matching |
| 6. What’s the Order? | Ordering different amounts of continuous materials |
| 7. How Big? How Small? | Size involves comparisons |
| 8. Repeating Patterns | Sequences that repeat |
| 9. What are numbers? | The ways in which the same number may be written or spoken |
| 10. Looking at numbers | Helping to build the concept of what a number is |
| 11. What Counts? | How numbers can be used to find out how many of something there is |
| 12. Ways of Counting | Counting is done all over the world |
| 13. How many are there? | Discovering the numbers of objects around you |
| 14. How many altogether? | Understanding addition |
| 15. How many here? | Addition and subtraction within a range of contexts |
B) Developing Number Ideas
Investigations
| People and Numbers | How important some numbers can be to people |
| Tens and Hundreds | Exploring our Base 10 number system |
| Addition Grid | Understanding the number patterns of addition |
| 100 Grid | Recognising number patterns in a completed 100 grid |
| Hundreds and Thousands | Reading and writing very large numbers |
| A Multiplication Grid | Helping children see patterns in multiplication |
| Negative and Positive Numbers | Using a number line to understand negative and positive numbers |
| Patterns in Calculations | Developing a range of methods for calculation |
| Growing Numbers | Explaining sequences and predicting numbers in series |
| Patterns in Numbers | Seeing numbers in spatial arrays |
| Powerful Numbers | Seeing how quickly numbers can grow when multiplied |
| Ratios | Recognizing and understanding ratios in different contexts |
| Where is it? | Locating things using 1, 2 and 3 dimensions |
C) Number in Action
Investigations
| Half of It | Exploring halves of whole things and halves of numbers of things |
| Halves and Quarters | Exploring the relationship between halves and quarters |
| Everyday Fractions | Developing an awareness of different fractions |
| Tenths and Hundredths | Exploring tenths and hundredths as fractions of real things |
| Living Fractions | Creating fractions from examples in everyday life |
| What’s the Point | Learning how to read and write decimal tenths |
| Decimal Hundredths | Learning how to read and write decimal hundredths |
| Decimal Places | Practising using decimals with a variety of decimal places |
| Different Decimals | Learning how to convert one metric unit to another |
| Percentage Numbers | Understanding simple percentages |
| Are there enough? | Estimating numbers of things and approximating answers |
| About How Many? | Estimating and measuring quantities |
| Nearer and Nearer | Using trial and adjustment with various measures |
| What’s the Distance? | Introducing a variety of linear measure eg width, height, depth |
| How Accurate? | When to be accurate and when to use approximations |
Using & Applying Number – Coming Soon!
The Herb Garden
| Designing the Garden | Investigating shape and area and perimeter |
| Growing Seeds | Working out what calculations to make |
| Planting Out | Using trial and error when starting to solve a problem |
Using Water
| Investigating Use | Deciding what information is needed |
| Measuring and Recording | Devising ways to measure and record |
| How Much is Needed? | Deciding what calculations are necessary |
The School Show
| The Audience | Using calculations when planning |
| Tickets and Seating | Using calculations to solve problems |
| Refreshments | Using approximations for a real purpose |
The School Newspaper
| Planning the edition | Using calculations in creating something real and solving problems |
| Pages, Columns & Words | Using calculations to explain the reasoning behind decisions |
| Pasting Up | Learning to piece together information and display the results |
Canary Wharf
| The Visit | Taking measurements and planning |
| Making a Model | Using ratios for comparisons and problems that involve scale |
| Working to Scale | Interpreting information and presenting the findings |
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