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The vision of the Maths Badges is to develop extension and enrichment in mathematics. Interested students undertake in-depth mathematical investigations independently, or co-operatively, over an extended period of time developed within classroom programmes or in students' own time.
Make sure you select the right level of challenge for you:
CRACAMAC is related to Level 2 of the NZ Maths Curriculum
MAC is related to Levels 3-4 of the NZ Maths Curriculum.
If you are unsure which level is right for you, talk to your Maths teacher.
Students work from work cards and complete a total of 6 investigations from 2 sections:
Section A: Students select and complete 3 investigations, from a list of 5 from the work card.
Section B: Students select and complete 3 investigations, from a list of 6 from the work card.
Each investigation needs to be signed off on your work card by your Maths teacher.Badges and certificates are awarded on completion of all 6 investigations.
Click on the folders opposite to see a copy of the work cards for each of the CRACAMAC or MAC challenges. This will show you the investigation choices you will have for each badge challenge.
There is a description of the badge challenges below to help you to select one that will be interesting to you. You can also check out the MAC website.
BADGE DESCRIPTIONS
CRACAMAC Badges:
MATHS SMART: Topics: surveys & data, measurement of distance, 3D shapes, money boxes, flag design, patterns, geometry, wordfinds, temperature, area, chance & probability.
NUMBER CRUNCHER: Topics: time, frequency, glossary, games, shapes, songs, costing, basic facts, distances, volume & mass, surveys.
NUMBER NUT: Topics: fractions, wordfind, shapes, temperature, design, surveys, data, calculating, place value, reraltionships & patterns.
NUMBER STAR: Topics: geometrical shapes, addition, patterns & relationships, odd / even numbers, number systems, definitions, surveys, greater than / less than, place value.
MAC Badges:
2-D DESIGN: Topics: flags, perspective drawings and optical illusions, cultural designs, tangrams, tessellations, murals, stained glass windows, polygons.
3-D SHAPE: Topics: toys, structures, scale models, environment, kites, computer generated shapes, mobiles, graphics, packaging, Mauritus Escher diagrams.
COOKING TECH: Topics: fast food, school canteen, barbeque aprons, favourite food, food packaging, budgeting, serviette folding, theme parties, ice-cream 3 course meal, modern kitchens.
COST OF LIVING: Topics: value for money, family expenses, redecorating, a bedroom, pocket money, shopping, clothing, investments, recreation costs, money box savings, small business.
CULTURAL MATHS:Topics: ancient civilizations, calculators, hangis, fashion, number systems, geometrical designs, games, scale models, musical rhythms, weights and measures.
DYNAMIC NUMBER (Numeracy): Topics: currency, fuel consumption, athletics and timing, scale drawings, analyzing our number system, calculators, puzzles, fractions in everyday life, airline travel, pay rates, conversion of decimals / fractions / percentages, discounts, number lines.
GAMES & PUZZLES: Topics: chance, codes, maths whoppers, computer games, competitions, grids and co-ordinates, spinners, isometric puzzles, maths trails, 2-D and 3-D games, class games.
MATHS MEDLEY: Topics: shapes, sporting events, outdoor collage, G.S.T and junk mail, temperature, puzzles, glossary, earning money, birthday parties, landscape design, games tournaments.
ME, MYSELF & I: Topics: poems, songs and stories, measurement, celebrations, budgeting, posters, growth rates, family trees, body parts, timelines, puppets, time analysis.
NUMBER WHIZ (Numeracy): Topics: household electricity a/c, area measurement, metric measurement, temperature statistics, digit order, junk mail, large numbers, glossary, earning and budgets, 4 operations, fraction board, investments.
SPORT: Topics: surveys, games, costs, sports records, fitness, diets, performance, injuries, geometry.
TECHNOLOGY: Topics: inventions, digital camera, technology in the home, sport, universal signs, cars and travel, computer graphics, 3-D art, video production, pop design, home appliances.
THE OUTDOORS: Topics: games, events, cross country, sports people, camping and tents, 3-D mazes, recreation surveys, rafting, tee-shirt design.
TIME: Topics: clocks, time zones, codes, timelines, calendars, cultures, school week, digital and analogue time, phases of the moon, daylight saving, measuring devices.
TRAVEL: Topics: luggage, currencies, planning a trip, transport surveys, number plates, holidays, aircraft, cycle trails, N.Z mapping, time zones, measurement of distances, orienteering.
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