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4 outdoor algebra lessons for Year 6

Year 6 - Algebra

Bring algebra to life outdoors with active, collaborative lessons where pupils solve equations, generate sequences, and apply formulae in real-world contexts. Using natural materials, movement, and creative problem-solving, children will secure key skills in a way that’s practical, memorable, and fun.

Lesson Plans

Using and representing formulae

In this outdoor lesson, your children will work practically to replace unknowns in equations with numbers and then solve them. They will work collaboratively on a large-scale to represent equations with bar models.

Learning objective:

To use and represent formulae.

Creating and describing linear sequences

The main activity of this outdoor lesson involves your children getting active to generate and describe linear sequences. They’ll also be challenged to find the formula for the nth term of each sequence!

Learning objective:

To create and describe linear sequences.

Expressing missing number problems algebraically

In this creative and fun outdoor lesson, your children will design and create their own missing number puzzle using natural materials! They will then challenge themselves to write the equations associated with another pair’s puzzle and use these to help them solve it.

Learning objective:

To express missing number problems algebraically.

Using formulae in real-life contexts

In this fun and engaging lesson outside, your children will work collaboratively, in an active way to use formulae in real-life contexts to solve practical problems. They will also hunt for equivalent expressions and explain their reasoning throughout the lesson.

Learning objective:

To use formulae in real-life contexts.

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