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Teaching tools,
tests, games and much more...
Try
our own Interactive Activities &Teaching Tools
(Several of these activities use state of the art Internet technologies
- (FLASH
5 plugin required)
At Ambleside
we involve children in all parts of the process of designing and creating
content for our website. Many of these games have been designed by, or
with children. .
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PROGRAMS
MADE BY PUPILS: (Made
as independent or group work in Numeracy Hour)
Problems?
- No problem - Try our multiple choice quiz made using FLASH 5
(requires
the new FLASH
5 plugin)
The
Fractotron
- Pupils in Year 6 made this game to practise their fractions after creating
the formulae to generate the numbers on a spreadsheet!
Your
Number's up! This
is a four player game (5 if someone is in charge of the mouse). Made completely
by Callum, Jennifer, James, Alex, Pieran (playtested.. to death... by
Jonathan!) TOTALLY AWESOME EXCITEMENT!
Your
Number's up - EASY VERSION!
This is an easier four player version of our game. We made the numbers
smaller.
FUNCTION
MACHINES - Powerful number problems program. Created
from spreadsheet formulae by children in Year 4
THE
TABLE TREES - Practice your tables with this great activity designed
by Tarn & Alex in Year 4
CALLUM'S
ADDITION PYRAMID - Can you open the Mummy's Tomb? - This game was
designed by a Year 4 pupil.
THE
TOTALLY MENTAL MACHINE - challenging mental arithmetic "real
world" problems! - Thanks to the children who invented the questions
and defined the random number ranges to create just the right amount of
challenge!
TOOLS FOR TEACHING:
ONLINE CALCULATOR
- Try this new online calculator, or check out the original whiteboard sized one below.
BIG ONLINE CALCULATOR
- Do you need to teach how to use a calculator to a whole class? - Try
this big buttoned, highly visible screen calculator.
Shape,
Space and Angles:
WHAT'S MY ANGLE?
- online resource for teaching angles.
ANGLE ACTIVITIES
- 20 interactive investigations using a protractor. 
VIRTUAL TANGRAM -
Explore shapes with our amazing interactive tangram.
100
/ Table square activities:
COUNTER SQUARE
- Don't bother with an OHP. Support your Numeracy Hour with this useful
tool. Try the "Four in a Row" game!
SCRIBBLE - SQUARE
- 100 square that can be drawn on and annotated onscreen..
SCRIBBLE - TABLES
SQUARE - Times Table version.
INTERACTIVE
NUMBER SQUARE - a teaching tool with 100 uses!
INTERACTIVE
MULTIPLICATION SQUARE - Tables practices
Number
sequences and patterns:
BIG COUNT - Early
Years Counting Program - Simple to use - endless uses!
NUMBERLINES -
Really useful tool for teaching Number Lines
THE DECIFRACTATOR
- Explore decimals and fractions with your class.
SUPER SEQUENCER
- practice your number patterns and decimals with this totally MEGA useful
program! - Essential for Numeracy Hour at all ages. It can sequence decimals!
MULTI SEQUENCER
- explore fractions tables and number relationships with this extended
program that can display two changing number sequences at the same time.
NUMBER PATTERN GRIDS
- practice number patterns with this useful tool.UPDATED to provide random
tests.
NUMBER BOND MACHINES
- Practice this vital skill here - to 5, 10, 100 or set your own. Very
useful!
GUESS THE NUMBER
- the classic estimation and halving activity.
Graphs:
AMBLEGRAPH - Create
simple bar charts online. Children can use if for very quick surveys or
a teacher can use it to model the construction of a bar graph with a class
or group. Most elements are editable.
Time:
ANALOGUE CLOCK - Time
Teaching Tool for Teachers!
Skills
practice programs, games and puzzles:
BUTTON BEACH CHALLENGE
- Puzzle and Problems - A taster of our forthcoming "Oddsocks
- The Land of the Lost" Interactive web based mental maths
adventure. (Allow 10 seconds for the download to complete.)
The Multiplication Machine
- Quick, simple practice for your tables.
The Addition Machine
- Choose a skill level and off you go.
The Subtraction
Machine - Keep on going
The Division Machine
- If you know your tables this should not be too hard!
Other useful
tools for teaching:
INTERACTIVE
GEOMETRY SECTION - online tools to support the teaching of shape,
angles and symmetry.
(req. JAVA enabled browser)
MORE OF OUR
CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND INTERACTIVITIES
Interactive Number
Base Convertor - learn all about Binary, Hexadecimal and more! (may
not work on all machines)
The Fraction Machine
- compare and create equivalent fractions with this interactive activity.
Shape Database - use our
online database to learn your 2D & 3D shapes.
Yahtzee - play this challenging
game of probability and chance online!
Prime Number Checker
- use our interactive machine to learn about these amazing numbers!
Your weight on other planets
-use our own online calculator to learn about gravity.
Temperature Conversion Program - converts
Celsius to Farenheit and back!
Guess the number - a Javascript
version of this classic classroom activity.
INTERACTIVE MATHS QUIZZES MADE BY CHILDREN DURING THEIR INDEPENDENT
WORKING TIME
Tables Test 1
Tables Test 2
Brainwave - mental maths
test
Braintwister - harder mental
maths test
Braindrainer - very hard
mental maths test
For loads
more interactive learning activities, try our new ClickOn@Ambleweb
section or check out our expanding collection of Maths
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