TY Mathematics - Gort Community School

Transition Year Curriculum

Subject: Maths
Length of Course: Full Academic Year

Teachers: Ms. E Quinn, Ms M. Brady

Aims of Course:

To stimulate students interest in Maths
To improve Maths skills for Leaving Certificate
To introduce elements of new maths syllabus by teaching strands given by ProjectMaths team

Course Outline:

Week 1 – 2 Introductory lessons: Kernel Numbers, Pallindromes, Lychrel Numbers, Prime numbers, Exploring BIMDAS, Algebraic substitution puzzles, various mathematical puzzles
Week 3: Exploring Pascal’s Triangle
Week 4: Fibonacci Numbers and The Golden Ratio
Week 5: Airline Mathematics
Week 6: Days of the Week Formula
Week 7: Pythagoras Theorem Investigations
Week 8: Identifying and Exploring Graphs
Week 9: Binary and Hexamdecimal Numbers
Week 10: Lotto and Probability
Week 11 – 15: Project Maths Statistics and Geometry Leaving Cert Strands including Vectors and Trigonometry with much use of Student CD and activities

For more detail see Mathematics Subject Plan Folder

Visiting speakers/Outdoor trips etc:

Cross-Curricular Aspects:

Geography Department: Timezones and locations for Airline Maths

Science Department: Data Handling (Statistics) and Measurements (Geometry)

Business Department: Data Handling and Probability

Construction Department: Measurements and Geometrical Constructions

Life-skills when undertaking fundraising

Proposed Teaching Methodologies:

Introducing facts and concepts on board/data projector and getting students to experiment and investigate these concepts
A lot of self-assessment through interactive quizzes and peer assessment by correcting each others work
Use of Project Maths Student CD with data projector for demonstration and printed activities for students to work on at PC
Use of internet for students to research (e.g. Prime Numbers, numbers in everyday life, the Golden Ratio in Nature, Timezones etc…)

Proposed Assessment Methodologies: