Inquiry Based Learning Activities for Teachers
These projects are open-ended investigations and tasks which encourage the students to think critically and logically to complete tasks. Projects encourage independence and self-management.
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Chance and Data Maths Investigation - Roll Me a Six!
Explore probability, collect data and draw evidence-based conclusions through a hands-on dice experiment.
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Independent and Dependent Probability Worksheet Set
Provide students with this independent and dependent probability worksheet set to give them practice identifying independent and dependent events.
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Year 4 Budget Planning Project
Use budget planning project activities to help students apply real-world money skills while practising the four operations in an engaging school fair scenario.
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Decimals and Percentages Maths Investigation – Plan a Party!
Get your students connecting their maths knowledge to the real world with this decimals and percentages party planning project.
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Probability Experiments — Mystery Bucket Challenge
Conduct probability experiments like our ‘Mystery Bucket Challenge’ to give your students hands-on experience with concepts of chance.
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Coin Toss Probability Worksheet
Engage your students with this coin toss probability worksheet that guides them through a hands-on probability activity.
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Duration of Time and Converting Units of Time Project
Build duration of time skills with this engaging Year 4 maths project.
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Data Collection Project
Complete this data collection project with your students to give them practise developing a statistical question, collecting data and displaying the results.
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Area and Perimeter Haunted House - Year 5 Halloween Maths
Design your own haunted house and practise finding the perimeter and area of rectangular figures with an exciting Halloween mathss Activity!
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Hands On Probability Activities — Cuboctahedron Conundrum
Use our hands on probability activities to make teaching concepts of chance and experimental probability a student-centered experience.
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Data Collection Investigation Project
Assign this data collection project to enable students to master the skills of acquiring and recording data.
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Angles Maths Investigation – Design a Room
Turn your students into interior designers with this inquiry-based maths project based on drawing and measuring angles.
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Persuade Your Parents – Persuasive Writing Project
Download this ‘Persuade Your Parents’ persuasive writing project to guide your students through the process of convincing a parent or carer to change a household rule.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions Maths Investigation — Renovate with a Rug!
Immerse your students in all things fractions with this maths project based around a real-world scenario.
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3D Shape Building Activity — Creature Creator Challenge
Inspire 3D shape building with a creative project that encourages students to design, construct and reflect on a fantasy creature and habitat made entirely from cubes.
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Plan a Halloween Party – Estimation Project
Plan your own Halloween party and practice estimating sums, differences and products of whole numbers and decimals with an engaging maths project!
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Data Maths Investigation – Line Up the Coins
A mathematics investigation about data, embedded in a real-world context.
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Year 4 Create and Critique - Comparing Graphs Worksheet Pack
Use this graph comparing worksheet activities to help students create, analyse and compare different data displays.
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Properties of Numbers and Operations Challenge — Year 5
Use this multiplication properties activity to help students solve number mysteries while building mathematical reasoning and problem-solving skills.
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Unit Fraction Donut Investigation
Explore unit fractions in this fun donut-themed maths investigation for your students.
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Five Wonders Theme Park Resource Bundle
Unlock creativity and engage your learners with this Five Wonders Theme Park resource bundle, consisting of 10 open-ended inquiry projects on a range of topics.
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Mass Investigation - How Heavy Are the Objects in Your Classroom?
Explore the mass of objects in the classroom with this mass mathematics investigation embedded in a real-world context.
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Severe Weather STEM - Build a Storm Shelter Project
Design a storm shelter to protect against wind and rain with a hands-on Weather Stem Challenge.
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My Dream Home Project
Introduce our 'My Dream Home Project’ to your students to help them increase spatial skills while designing the house of their dreams!
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Fun Volume Activities
Bring maths to life with these fun volume activities that will have students building prisms, going on a scavenger hunt and estimating volumes!
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Financial Planning Maths Investigation - My Day at Leisure Land!
A mathematics investigation involving financial planning, embedded in a real-world context.
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Persuasive Speech Writing Task
Use this writing project to guide your students through the process of researching and constructing a persuasive speech about a significant global issue
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3D Objects Maths Investigation - Make Me a Radical Robot!
Relate knowledge of 3D shapes to the real world with this student-led mathematics project.
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Pattern Investigation - Friendship Bracelets
Support early maths learning with this pattern investigation, designed to help Foundation students recognise and create repeating patterns through a hands-on friendship bracelet activity.
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Word Origins Inquiry Project
Download this word origins project where students will investigate a Greek or Latin root word and use their research to create an engaging museum-style exhibit.
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3D Objects Maths Investigation - Which Net Fits Best?
Relate knowledge of 3D nets to the real world with this student-led mathematics project.
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A Map of Our Classroom - Mapmaking Project
Develop primary mapping skills with a classroom mapping project.