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SolveMe Mobiles
SolveMe Mobiles from the US National Science Foundation invites students to play with virtual mobiles: balanced structures with hidden values for the weights. These interactive puzzles help develop algebraic and problem-solving skills.
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Year level(s) | Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, Year 10 |
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Audience | Student |
Purpose | Student task, Home practice tasks |
Format | Interactive |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model |
Keywords | algebra, balance beam, unknowns |
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Strand and focus | Algebra, Build understanding |
Topics | Algebraic expressions, Patterns and algebra |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA175
Introduce the concept of variables as a way of representing numbers using letters
ACMNA133
Continue and create sequences involving whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Describe the rule used to create the sequence
ACMNA121
Find unknown quantities in number sentences involving multiplication and division and identify equivalent number sentences involving multiplication and division
ACMNA083
Find unknown quantities in number sentences involving addition and subtraction and identify equivalent number sentences involving addition and subtraction
ACMNA060
Describe, continue, and create number patterns resulting from performing addition or subtraction
ACMNA035
Describe patterns with numbers and identify missing elements
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