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Counting beetles

Counting beetles

TLF ID L8280

Choose to do the activities in levels one, two or three. Watch the beetles crawl into the garden or out of the garden. Watch some beetles completely or partially hide beneath the leaves. Work out how many beetles there are altogether. Remember to count any beetles hiding under the rock. Choose a number for your answer and check it.

Tags: Maths Subtraction
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Educational details

Educational value
  • Encourages the development of addition and subtraction strategies (from count-by-one strategies to counting-on and counting-back) through the use of concealed items.
  • Provides an answer check upon the selection of a numeral from 0 to 10.
  • Includes audio to support understanding of the tasks.
  • Facilitates modelling and class participation via an interactive whiteboard. For example, strong colours and clear graphics are easily visible in a classroom setting.
Year level

F; 1

Topics Number operations Addition
Learning area
  • Mathematics

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: MassMedia Studios Pty Ltd
  • Organization: MassMedia Studios Pty Ltd
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • Address: NSW, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.massmedia.com.au/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Person: Penn Short
  • Description: Script writer
  • Person: Jenni Way
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Person: Lynda Matthews
  • Description: Educational validator
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Colour independence
  • Device independence
  • Hearing independence
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.