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If anyone wants some rich tasks in money contexts that tick all the functional maths boxes then the My Money Maths Resource is for you. Excellent maths activities can be built up into lessons and units of work. And it's free! Download it or order a paper copy from
http://www.mymoneyonline.org/resources
click on the 'Secondary Resource' tab.
I confess I'm a bit biased since I wrote some of it but I'd be interested to know what other people think about it.

Chris

Hi Kasim
Sorry about the tardy response! I have now submitted the lesson plan and simulation file for moderation and should know within 10 days whether it has been accepted.
Chris

Yes please Chris. I'd be very interested in gambling simulations that allow the exploration of consequences.

Hello Chris,

May I ask where I could watch Maths 4 Real series 2?
I've noticed that TeachersTv no longer has these videos available.

Thanks.
Kasim.

I have uploaded a few lesson plans all of which have financial contexts and would be useful in addressing the functional maths agenda.
Chris

Teachers' TV is certainly great. But jimmybond's comment is not a response to the earlier posting but just an ad ignoring any maths teaching issues. If you post comments like this it will just clog up with irrelevancies what should be an interesting forum for a specific topic.

This has nothing to do with maths teaching. Please can you post this sort of comment somewhere more appropriate where it could be useful.

Chris

I know that gambling is a hot potato. Teachers cant encourage it. But without education about the risks involved how will young people make informed choices and avoid serious personal problems? And 74% of children have gambled by the time they are 15 (Mori/Igru 2006 survey for Tacade). Luckily theres some strong backup for maths lessons on gambling - it is specifically mentioned in the 2007 Mathematics Programme of Study.

How do we square the circle of making lessons on gambling interesting without making gambling itself seem too exciting? Obviously theres a lot of PSHE work to do on the emotional and moral issues but there is also the numerical side which only maths can pick up. One avenue Im exploring in various workshops I run in schools is a bit of full-blown functional maths. Pose the following problem for students: Run a parents evening gambling game to raise cash for charity. Dont lose money! Being in charge of the game makes children realise that it is set up so punters lose. Money motivates the maths. Suddenly the probabilities become very important not just mildly interesting. I have designed some spreadsheet-based lessons which contain simulations of simple gambling situations so children can explore the consequences of their decisions and lose their shirts virtually of course.

Is anyone else interested in this?

Chris

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Hi everyone

Thanks for joining this group and welcome.

This is a very interesting time for maths teaching. Many people are interested in the functional maths agenda and of course finance is the aspect of functional maths which nobody can escape. There are good resources out there but most are for PSHE and don't deal with the quantitative aspects of money.

But the functional challenge can be used to reinvigorate maths teaching. And money is something which most students are naturally interested in.

I would like the group to:
1] review and create interesting learning/teaching resources
2] encourage context-driven rather than content-driven maths learning
3] help to 'humanise' school maths
4] advise Teachers' TV on possible projects

Has anyone any other ideas?

Chris