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MYP 4 Math Extended- Treasure hunt on Surds and Question framing activity for Revision of Laws of exponents - Reena Narang

MYP4 extended group had two student engagement activities recently.

Activity 1:

Treasure Hunt

Objective: To revise the concepts of simplification of surds.

Activity: the students were sitting in pairs, and they were given twenty cards with one question and one answer (not matching each other). They could start from any card number. Solve the question and find the card that had the answer and then solve the question on that card. They had to do this repeatedly till they exhaust all the questions and all the cards.

They were racing against each other and only correct answers would lead them to complete the treasure hunt.



Activity 2:

Objective: To revise laws of exponents

Activity: the students were given A4 size sheets with exponential number written on it. For example 210

The objective was to frame 3 questions using three different laws of exponents to arrive at this number.

On the back side of the sheet was a variable with an exponent. For example x4. They repeated the exercise with different laws this time.

Once they had finished, they exchanged their sheets with other students and peer assessed each other’s work. Those who finished early were given answers of higher difficulty.


-Reena Narang

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  1. Engaging and interactive activity that turns surd simplification into a thrilling treasure hunt, fostering active learning and competition among students

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