Max Maths, Year 4, Learn together, Angles (3)

In an engaging and interactive activity designed for Year 4 students, the concept of angles is introduced using a creative approach with ice-cream sticks. The lesson involves placing ice-cream sticks within a circle to visually represent and name different angles. As part of the learning experience, students observe how the blue ice-cream stick is positioned at various points around the circle to signify different angles. When the stick is rotated to a point where it has turned one quarter of the way around the circle, students learn to identify this angle as a quarter turn, which is also known as 90 degrees (90°).

Moving on from a quarter turn, the activity further explores the concept of angles by demonstrating what happens when the blue ice-cream stick is rotated to cover half the circle. This position is described to students as a half turn, which corresponds to an angle of 180 degrees (180°). Through this visual and hands-on method, students are able to better understand and remember the common angles associated with quarter and half turns, laying the groundwork for a solid foundation in geometry and angle measurement.