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Chocolate arrived in the classroom at Guthlaxton College when the Mathematics teachers decided to finish their busy academic year on a creative high. A mathematical project for students that involved looking at the dimensions of a Malteser, using many mathematical skills such as, calculating volumes and surface area of 3D shapes, (some as complex as Geodesic domes) constructing and measuring accurate nets. The project is also cross-curricular involving the Enterprise Dept.

Students were asked to design and accurately construct new packaging for a Maltesers box from one piece A4 card.

Prizes awarded for 1) Greatest volume/surface area, 2) Creative design and 3) Most aesthetically pleasing.

Date of project completion by Year 10 students
10.15am, 9th July

Contact: Julie Hughes/Sian Lockwood
Tel: 0116 2881611
Email: jhughes@guth.org.uk

Published on Thursday 2nd July 2009 at 09:00