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How to Build a Pond
This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, is an example of how mathematics can arise naturally from a school activity and contains the work of students who attended Lady Margaret Junior School in 1967.
The development of their project to build a pond is described in detail by the class teacher, who recognised that a practical activity would benefit the mathematical understanding of the students. The class consisted of 18 boys and 13 girls between the ages of nine to eleven who were inspired to explore the design of the pond, materials needed, drainage and costs involved.
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