The document discusses several educational tools that can help students meet different goals within the Australian mathematics curriculum, including practicing geometric reasoning, using location and units of measurement, developing number sense, and learning basic math facts. ProBots, BeeBots, Little Monkey Apps and XtraMath are presented as tools that allow students to engage with various curriculum areas such as angles, position, patterns, fractions and computation. YouTube is also mentioned as a way to incorporate fun while supporting math fact fluency.

2. Australian Curriculum
Geometric reasoning: Identify angles as measures of
turn and compare angle sizes in everyday situations
(ACMMG064).
ProBots provide opportunities for students to:
 practise skills relating to location
 use knowledge and skills relating to angles to
create geometric constructions
 follow and give a set of instructions
 investigate length using formal units of
measurement
(Attard, C., 2012)

3. Australian Curriculum
Location and transformation: Create and interpret simple
grid maps to show positions and pathways (ACMMG065).
Using units of measurement: Measure, order and compare
objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity
(ACMMG061).
BeeBots provide opportunities for students to:
 practise language of position
 follow and give a set of instructions
 engage in the problem solving process
 integrate with other content areas of mathematics
through the use of a variety of grids/mats
 use informal or formal units of measurement to move
the BeeBot from one location to another.
(Attard, C., 2012)

4. Australian Curriculum
‘Little Monkey Apps’ can be used across the Mathematics curriculum to
support learning in a range of areas including:
• Number and place value – odd and even numbers, place value
and partitioning, addition and subtraction, multiplication, division and
problem solving.
• Patterns and algebra – number patterns using addition and
subtraction
• Fractions and decimals – unit fractions eg. 1/2, 1/4, 1/3 and 1/5
• Data representation and interpretation – data collection and
organisation, graphs
• Location and transformation – create and interpret grid maps

5. Australian Curriculum
XtraMath is a Mathematics fact fluency program that
supports students to learn addition, subtraction,
multiplication and division facts. These facts are
fundamental in Mathematics and set students up for
success in higher level math.
Number and algebra:
• recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and
related subtraction facts to develop increasingly
efficient mental strategies for computation
(ACMNA055)
• recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and
ten and related division facts (ACMNA056)
XtraMath provides:
 teachers and parents with progress reports
 flexibility for students to continue learning at a time
that suits them

6. Australian Curriculum
YouTube clips incorporate an element of fun into the
classroom while also supporting students to learn
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.
These facts are fundamental in Mathematics and set
students up for success in higher level math.
Number and algebra:
• recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and
related subtraction facts to develop increasingly
efficient mental strategies for computation
(ACMNA055)
• recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and
ten and related division facts (ACMNA056)