Year 2: Mathematics – Building, measuring and comparing. 

In the last unit of Math Year 2 completed a BIG project. They had to make a robot out of shapes, compare their robot to another robot and find the difference and finally graph the kinds of shapes they used. There were some amazing creations!  

During this unit, one of the most challenging aspects was comparing two objects by measurement and finding the difference. In this activity (see photos) the Year 2’s had to build the tallest free-standing tower they could under a time limit. The groups then measured the towers to see how tall their tower was and compared it to another group’s tower. They had to find the difference by writing a subtraction algorithm and state which tower was taller or shorter with mention of the difference in measurement number.