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Guided Inquiry poster (A4)
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Evidence Triangle (A4)
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The inquiry units below are from the three-part series Thinking through mathematics: Engaging students with inquiry-based learning (Sue Allmond, Jill Wells and Katie Makar, 2010). These books are no longer in publication and there are only a few left that you will find online to purchase.
​You can access further units from these books for free on the Members page.

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Food for thought: Do primary students eat nutritious breakfast cereals?
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In this unit, students explore the nutritional value of a variety of cereals and investigate whether the most popular cereals are actually nutritious.​
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 5: ACMNA105, ACMSP118, ACMSP119, ACMSP120
Year 6: ACMNA131​, ACMMG135, ACMSP147
Year 7: ACMNA157, ACMNA158, ACMSP169
Click here for further information on alignment between Food for Thought and the Australian Curriculum.
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Playing with dough: What is the best recipe for playdough?
Students use measurement and the procedural genre (recipes), and are
introduced informally to scientific testing when they follow a recipe to make
playdough, then determine their own criteria by which to rank the playdough to determine the ‘best’.
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 1: ACMMG022, ACMSP262
Year 2: ACMMG043, ACMNA034, ACMSP048
Year 3: ACMMG063, ACMNA059, ACMSP068

Linked up:
What is the longest paper chain that can be made from A4 paper?

In this unit, students use an A4 sheet of coloured paper to produce a paper chain.
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 1: ACMMG019
Year 2: ACMMG037
Year 3: ACMMG061
Click here for further information on alignment between Linked up and the Australian Curriculum.

Which way from here: Can others follow my route?
In this unit, students draw a map representation of their school grounds and use it to describe a walking trail: a sequence of areas they might visit to give a new student a tour of the school.
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 1: ACMMG023
Year 2: ACMMG044, ACMMG046
Year 3: ACMMG065
Click here for further information on alignment between Which way from here and the Australian Curriculum.

Biased Bingo:
What bingo card would give me the best chance of winning?

In this unit, students devise bingo cards which they believe will give them the best chance of winning a game of addition fact bingo.
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 3:  ACMNA055 , ACMSP067, ACMSP068, ACMSP069, ACMSP070
Year 5: ACMSP117, ACMSP118, ACMSP119
Year 6: ACMSP144, ACMSP146
Click here for further information on alignment between Biased Bingo and the Australian Curriculum.

Little boxes:
What is the most suitable way to package four small boxes?

In the context of a request from a health foods manufacturer, students are challenged to develop the 'best' design for packaging four small snack boxes.
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 5: ACMMG111
Year 6: ACMMG140
Year 7: ACMMG161
Click here for further information on alignment between Little Boxes and the Australian Curriculum.

Fight for Flight:
What is the best design for a loopy aeroplane?

In this unit, students combine knowledge of the principles of flight with the technology process to determine the most effective design for a loopy aeroplane.
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 7: ACMNA154, ACMNA156, ACMSP170, ACMSP171, ACMSP172
Year 5: ACMSP118, ACMSP119, ACMSP120, ACMNA105
Click here for further information on alignment between Fight for Flight and the Australian Curriculum.

Record Breaking:
Are athletes getting better over time?

In this unit, students will focus on sporting records and performance and consider factors that have had an impact on athletes' performance over time.
Links to Australian Curriculum: Mathematics:
Year 5: ACMMG108, ACMNA104, ACMNA105, ACMSP118, ACMSP119, ACMSP120
See our blog post Record breaking in every year level! for more information on how to align this inquiry with your own year level.
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