In my year 6 Maths group today, we were looking at practical ways in which we were able to demonstrate our knowledge of scale factors using cones in the hall.
The children were given a simple row of 3 cones and were told to enlarge the original shape by a scale factor of 2. After a few attempts, all were able to identify how to arrange the cones to make an accurate enlargement.
We then repeated the process with a more complex shape - a 4 x 4 square - which they then had to enlarge by a scale factor of 4. This required not only problem solving skills but also collaborative working as there were not enough cones for each group to make the up-scaled version.
A great session year 6 - your knowledge of ratio and scale has come on leaps and bounds!
- Mr Hardy
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