Key Stage Two : Maths : Measurement : Time : Firework Display
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to calculate the duration of different fireworks in a bonfire night display using times in minutes and seconds. The class can use a formal written method of columnar addition to add the timing of pairs of selected fireworks.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to calculate the duration of different fireworks in a bonfire night display using times in minutes and seconds
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Learning Objectives
Solve problems involving converting from minutes to seconds. Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts.
Learning Outcomes
I can convert a measurement in seconds into minutes. I can use a written method to add pairs of two and three digit numbers.
Firework Display
Teaching sequence to help the children calculate the duration of different fireworks in a bonfire night display using times in minutes and seconds
Firework Times (support)
Activity to help the children select and add pairs of times of different fireworks in multiples of five seconds using a columnar addition method
Firework Times (core)
Activity to help the children select and add pairs of times of different fireworks in seconds using a columnar addition method
Firework Times (extension)
Activity to help the children select and add pairs of times of different fireworks in seconds using a columnar addition method
Firework Display
Interactive activity to help the children calculate the duration of different fireworks in a bonfire night display using times in minutes and seconds
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to calculate the duration of different fireworks in a bonfire night display using times in minutes and seconds
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