Making Things Work

This set of Cre8ate maths materials has been designed to support the teaching of mathematics in the context of construction design. Each of the resources encourages students to apply their mathematical knowledge in a practical scenario. The activity Bridges and structures creates an opportunity for students to analyse, design, build and test structures for strength. In Stretchiness students collect data to investigate the properties of materials and how they are affected by changing conditions. Printing provides a kinaesthetic activity which requires careful consideration of the structure of a booklet, formed from folding a sheet of A4 paper, and the order in which the pages are numbered. The Pit stop activities focus on the performance of model solar cars, through a series of racing challenges and include calculation of averages, estimation and distance-time graphs.