Maths is all around us!

Our Coolock students are engaging with real maths in everyday life as all students in Years 7 – 9 work on their submission for the Catherine McAuley College Maths Talent Quest this semester.

This exciting program gives students the opportunity to explore an open-ended mathematical investigation on a topic of their own choice. Projects submitted can be in the form of creative writing, a poster, a booklet, a multimedia presentation or a website.

Great ideas that our students ideas are investigating so far include the maths involved with:

• Designing a school
• Colonising Mars
• Renovate my bedroom
• Dream house
• Dream holiday
• Essendon Football Club
• Best netball shoes
• Comparing costs of dog breeds
• Building a vegie patch
• Creating a martial arts training space at home
• Comparing mountain bikes – costs, size, speed, wheels
• Making a recipe book
• The field of Psychology
• Film animation
• Planning a party with a budget
• Travel plans
• Fishing trips
• Investigating an AFL team and where the money goes
• Dream libraries
• Cafés (with menus)
• Music playlists
• Computer games
• Investigating existing buildings (tallest tower in Dubai)
• Setting up sporting facilities
• Shopping centres
• Netball (distance covered  by different positions and graphical representation)
• Football
• Mountain biking
• Dragon – scale drawing (3d pen to create 3d scaled model)
• Ultimate overseas holiday
• Best farming practice
• Spread of infection disease
• The human body
• Running a basketball competition
• Best tractor to buy

Mrs Karen Lichnovsky, Head of Mathematics