This activity combined our History topic of Romans, with our Maths focus of measurement, plus a little bit of shapes and fractions thrown as an assessment of the previous units taught.
Students receive a letter from Emperor Hadrian, with the command to rebuild sections of Hadrian`s Wall. They then worked in differientiated groups for calculate the correct measurements for the wall. Once the correct measurements had been calculated they then used their knowledge of 3-D shapes to build the wall. I have included the activity and instructions in pdf and word format for editing.
My class loved it, but I have to be honest - it took them all morning!
Learning Objectives covered:
Geometry: Property of Shapes:
• Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials.
Measurement:
• Measure, compare, and add lengths (m/cm/mm)
• Continue to measure using the appropriate tools and units, progressing to using a wider range of measures, including comparing and using mixed units and simple equivalents of mixed units (for example, 5m = 500cm).
Fractions:
• Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects.
• Recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10
Something went wrong, please try again later.
Looks really fun, thanks. I'm just trying to work out how to do it to scale and what materials we'll need!
Report this resourceto let us know if it violates our terms and conditions.
Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch.
£0.00