Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (c. 780 – c. 850) was a Persian who produced vastly influential works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. His treatise on algebra presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations.
ALGEBRA RULES
What is the geometry of algebra?
Key questions
1. What is algebra?
2. What are terms and expressions?
3. Can we combine terms?
4. Can we expand and factorise into single brackets?
5 lessons
Literacy
stories that set a frame or background
stories that accompany or intertwine
stories that introduce
stories that explain
stories that ask a question
stories that entertain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Equal Shmequal by Joan Holub
Introduce...
cuisenaire rods - 1, 2, 3
shuffle and match - 1, 2
sets to match - 1, 2
loop game - 2, 3
grand prix algebra - 1, 2
expression pyramids - 2, 3
grid moves - 1, 2, 3
translating - 1, 2, 3, 4
like terms search - 2, 3
v problems - 1, 2, 3
Develop...
interpreting algebraic expressions - 1, 2, 3, 4
snakes and spiders - 2, 3
sum product - 2, 3
rod brackets - 3, 4
quadrilaterals - 1, 2, 3
Extend...
algebra makes sense - 1, 2, 3, 4
perimeter expressions - 1, 2, 3, 4
performing number tricks - 1, 2, 3, 4
magic squares and magic circles - 1, 2, 3
algebra mystery - 1, 2, 3
three operations - 1, 2, 3
return of the magic square - 1, 2, 3