Task Cameos

The task Eric The Sheep asks only one question. What happens if there are 50 sheep in front of Eric? The question is most often answered with the concrete materials provided. That may be all there is on the card, but this class poster shows there is a lot more to discover. The card is the tip of the iceberg. Read more of Eric's iceberg below in its Task Cameo.

A class exploration of Task 45, Eric the Sheep. Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

This section of our site offers information to guide you into the iceberg of each task. Task Cameos are your starting point. Printing these (mostly only 2 - 4 pages) and keeping them in numbered collections will encourage and support teachers and students to make better use of your task resource. Printing in colour from a laser printer will produce impressive documentation. Print this Cover Page to help you organise your collection. Tasks marked * indicate the task has a matching lesson on Maths300. Tasks marked ** indicate the matching lesson also has software support. Print this Task Catalogue... ...to see at a glance the curriculum strand(s) involved in each task and the range of year levels (2 - 10) at which it can be used. Remember, tasks can often be adapted to work for infants or senior secondary students. Special Cameos From The Classroom sections have been added to: Task 3, Doug's Tablecloth Task 9, Row Points Task 11, Lining Up Task 13, The Frog Pond Task 14, Heads & Legs Task 18, Same or Different Task 30, Truth Tiles Task 31, Cube Nets Task 37, Fraction Magic Square Task 45, Eric The Sheep Task 53, Have A Hexagon Task 63, Fried Rice Task 79, Tangram Teasers Task 84, Rectangle Nightmare Task 86, Thirty-One Task 119, Police Line Up Task 211, Soft Drink Crates Also sample Investigation Guides have been added to: Task 117, 12 Counters Task 127, Highest Number Task 178, Match Triangles Task 182, Jumping Kangaroos And a sample Maths300 lesson plan for a whole class investigation has been added to: Task 8, Addition Totals Other Iceberg Sources All that is known about the iceberg of any task has come from classrooms and it is from classrooms that we will continue to learn more about them. When you explore a new direction with your class, please tell us about it. See Contacts. In addition to the cameos in the list on the right, more information about some tasks is supplied through: Library Kit This link provides a list of all the tasks in the Library Kit for Home Lending and reveals their solutions (but not much iceberg information), so that families may access from home. Poly Plug & Tasks This link explores tasks which can be converted to whole class investigations using Poly Plug. Sphinx Album Task 166 is explored in incredible depth as a model for what is possible with all other tasks. Maths300 The richest additional source of iceberg information is the Maths300 site. This site provides extensive lesson plans, sometimes including software, to help teachers model the work of a mathematician. About half of these lessons are based on the iceberg of tasks. Those links are included in the Cameos where they exist. When exploring Cameos, consider having this page open in one browser tab and Maths300 open in another so you can easily move between the two. Visit Maths300 at: http://www.maths300.esa.edu.au Reviews of Maths300 The Classroom Connection Research Publications Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Task Dossiers Task dossiers support teachers. Originally each school developed their own version (an example is included below), however, it has now become more efficient and effective to share with colleagues through Task Cameos. Printing and binding these, or simply directly accessing Cameos from the web, is equivalent to making dossiers. Take A Chance Task 49: sample dossier in PDF form. Blank Dossier Word document on which the sample is based. Please visit again. Task Cameos are added regularly. If you join our eNews list you will be informed as new tasks are added to this list. Also, please contribute task-related stories as they unfold in your classroom.

Task Cameo Library New cameos are added regularly and publicised in our monthly eNews. If you would like to keep up to date with additions to the cameo list, submit your email address as shown here. Task 1, Final Eight* * Task 2, Cars In A Garage* * Task 3, Doug's Tablecloth Task 4, Window Frames Task 5, Make A Snake Task 6, Counter Escape* * Task 7, Consecutive Sums* Task 8, Addition Totals* Task 9, Row Points* Task 10, Find My Pattern* Task 11, Lining Up* Task 12, Matching Cards Task 13, The Frog Pond Task 14, Heads & Legs** Task 15, Domino Trails* Task 16, Octaflex Task 17, Truth Tiles 2* Task 18, Same or Different** Task 19, Cookie Count* Task 20, Pack The Box Task 21, Tactical Task 22, Time Together Task 23, Two Colours Game Task 24, Squares Around Squares (In April 2004 this tasks replaced Task 24, Lizard Hunt) Task 25, In Between Time Task 26, Travelling Australia Task 27, Can Stack Task 28, Plate Triangles Task 29, The Farmer's Puzzles Task 30, Truth Tiles** Task 31, Cube Nets* Task 32, Tetrahedron Nets Task 33, Dominoes* Task 34, Dice Differences** Task 35, Crosses** Task 36, Making Triangles Task 37, Fraction Magic Square* Task 38, The Mushroom Hunt* Task 39, Criss-Cross Numbers Task 40, Diamonds & Rectangles Task 41, Scale Drawing Task 42, Triangles Around Triangles Task 43, Number Tiles** Task 44, Latin Squares Task 45, Eric The Sheep* Task 46, Duelling Dice** Task 47, Red & Black Card Game* Task 48, How Many Triangles? Task 49, Take A Chance* Task 50, Flight Departures Task 51, Staircase* Task 52, Which Floor Task 53, Have A Hexagon** Task 54, Fay's Nines** Task 55, Fold Up Houses Task 56, Challenge Task 57, Two Squares Task 58, See-Saw Task 59, 13 Away Task 60, Back To Back Building Task 61, Double Staircase* Task 62, Four and Twenty Blackbirds* Task 63, Fried Rice Task 64, Difference Btn Two Squares Task 65, Shape Algebra Task 66, Pentominoes Task 67, Making Solids Task 68, Six Square Puzzle Task 69, Tricubes Task 70, Symmetric Shapes Task 71, Algebra Through Geometry Task 72, Farmyard Task 73, In The Bag Task 74, Button Sort Task 75, What's It Worth?* Task 76, Tube Toss Task 77, Tricube Constructions A Task 78, Which View? Task 79, Tangram Teasers Task 80, A Dollar To Spend Task 81, Pentagon Triangles* Task 82, Snail Trail* Task 83, Racetrack Task 84, Rectangle Nightmare Task 85, Time Swing Task 86, Thirty-One** Task 87, First Down The Mountain** Task 88, Rice, Rice, Rice Task 89, Doctor Dart** Task 90, Tricube Constructions B Task 91, Pick A Box* Task 92, Magic Squares** Task 93, Leading The Blind Task 94, Crossing The Desert Task 95, Reflections Task 96, Networks Task 97, Pythagoras Rods Task 98, Martian Maths Task 99, How Many Beans? Task 100, Mirror Patterns 1 Task 101, Pyramid Puzzle* Task 102, Crazy Animals** Task 103, Four Cube Houses* Task 104, Building Views** Task 105, Soma Cube 1 Task 106, Crossing The River 2 Task 107, McMahon's Triangles 2 Task 108, How Many Squares? ... Task 114, Where Is The Rectangle? Task 117, 12 Counters Task 119, Police Line Up* Task 120, Nim* Task 122, Football Ladder* Task 123, Bob's Buttons** Task 127, Highest Number 1** Task 154, 4 Arm Shapes* Task 161, Soma Cube 2 Task 178, Match Triangles* Task 182, Jumping Kangaroos* Task 184, Reverse Task 202, Rod Mats* Task 203, Make The Whole Task 211, Soft Drink Crates*