Focus:
Computer Programming Maths – Times Tables
Suitable for:
Key Stage 2
What you need:
Access to computers for the class Access to SCRATCH http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/19228900
What you do:
This lesson could focus on multiplication, where you, as the teacher set the children the task of completing the activity that is provided on the hyperlink above. It currently focuses on the 7 times table but you could remix it and change it to suit the needs of the class.
You could also get the children to remix the multiplication quiz themselves if they know how to use SCRATCH.
Learning Benefits:
Children get the opportunity to practice the times tables in an interactive way, using ICT.
Children can develop their computer programming skills.
By Alex Steele