Ship builders

Did you know that there were about 75 sailors on board HMS Beagle? We worked out that there is 1/3 of that number of children in class two (more maths!!)

We decided that if we made our HMS Beagle 1/3 of the size, we would have to make it 9m long and 3m wide. More problem solving! We did a great job of it! 

Ship's biscuits and Shrewsbury biscuits, part two

We have done so much maths today in class 2! We started off with measuring weights of ingredients and we had to think very carefully about the equipment that we needed. A ruler wouldn't help! 

We had to look at the recipe carefully and we had to halve the ingredients so we had enough to go round. More tricky maths!!

How big was HMS Beagle? (More maths!!)

We found out that HMS Beagle was about 28m long and 8m wide. We used trundle wheels on the playground to get the size right. We could see exactly how big the ship was.

Ship builders!

After cooking we all became ship builders. We had to use our measuring skills to make scale models of HMS Beagle. It was really hard! 

We learned that it was better to measure together. 

We learned to listen carefully to instructions and start at the bottom. We also has to remember to get the depth right as well as the length.

We then had to get the scale of the masts right. It was really challenging and only a few got to the end, but we learned loads in the process! 

Even more Darwin maths!

We were ordering numbers on a timeline of Darwin's life yesterday. We used our brilliant maths skills!

Cheese sniffer challenge!

We have really enjoyed the cheese sniffer challenge today too! Who could get the most cheese?!

Galapagos maths!

Today we have been setting each other Beebot challenges! We have had to write algorithms for the Beebot to visit two places on the mat. We are trying to make them tricky for our partners!

Sam wrote an algorithm to get his Beebot to the butterfly, then the lava lizard! 

Frog Belly Rat Bone

Last week in maths we had a bit of a problem to solve for Frog Belly Rat Bone. A boy had found some treasures that he needed to put in the ground. But nothing happened!

Frog Belly made him read the note again more carefully. They needed to be in equal rows! Could we help him? Of course we could! 

We opened our seed packets, set to work, then found out different ways that the seeds could be planted. We need to tell the boy and Frog Belly Rat Bone how many ways they can plant different amounts of seeds!