{"id":26669,"date":"2020-03-30T19:54:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T18:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=26669"},"modified":"2020-03-30T19:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T18:55:03","slug":"angles-triangles-in-real-life-year-6-ks2-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/30\/angles-triangles-in-real-life-year-6-ks2-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Angles & Triangles in Real Life – Year 6\/KS2 Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maths is such an important topic to learn because it really is everywhere in the real world. In fact some people even believe that by just living life you can pick up all the maths that you need to survive. Unfortunately I hear a lot of people do not like maths, but personally I just feel that they have been taught it in a way that doesn\u2019t quite work for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"equilateral<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think learning maths in a real life situation is going to help with understanding and committing it to memory. Things that are visual are more concrete so that will help store them in long term memory also. The obvious things that come to mind in teaching a UK Year 6\/Key Stage 2 maths at home are probably by using baking or fractions when cutting up cake or pizza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the Key Stage 2 Year 6 Curriculum involves being able to identify the different types of angles and triangles. I thought that a good way to achieve this was by considering how they are each used in the real world – for what purposes. So first we learnt about each type and then we went for a walk and identified the angles and triangles that we could find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"angles<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I took photos of them and when we got home we labelled them,\nthen I had them printed out and stuck them on the fridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Different Types\nof Angles<\/strong><\/h2><\/u>\n\n\n\n
  • Right Angle<\/strong> is 90 degrees.<\/li>
  • Acute angles<\/strong> are less than 90 degrees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \"acute<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    • Obtuse Angle<\/strong> is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.<\/li>
    • Reflex Angle<\/strong> is greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Identifying Different\nTypes of Triangles<\/strong><\/h2><\/u>\n\n\n\n

      Whilst we did our walk the boys also had a sheet with the\ndifferent types written on it so we could make sure that we were able to\nidentify them all and not miss any out. Right angled triangles were fairly easy\nto spot but we did struggle with finding an obtuse triangle and in the end we\nhad to improvise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"recording<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      The Different\nTypes of Triangle<\/strong><\/h2><\/u>\n\n\n\n

      Right Angled Triangle<\/strong>\nis one in which one of the angles is a right angle (90 degrees).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Equilateral Triangle <\/strong>has\n3 equal sides and angles. All angles are 60 degrees which means that they are acute<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"isosceles<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

      Isosceles Triangle <\/strong>has\n(at\nleast) two equal sides. Therefore an equilateral triangle is also an\nisosceles triangle, but not all isosceles triangles are equilateral (if only 2\nsides are the same they would have acute angles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Obtuse triangles<\/strong> have\nan angle which is more than 90 degrees but less than 180.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Scalene Triangle<\/strong>\nis when all the sides and angles are different. Right angled triangles can also\nbe scalene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Why don\u2019t you go for a walk and see what different angles and triangles\nyou can find. Why do you think they were used? Think about how engineers might\nchose different angles and triangles for different things?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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