Introduction

Workshop 6 focused on exploring connections in Maths and the idea of reasoning which leads to proof.  If you missed workshop 6 or want to go back over some of the activities done on the day, you’ll find videos of the full workshop and all the resources used or references during the workshop below.

Workshop 6 videos

Workshop 6

Part 1

Workshop 6

Part 2

Workshop 6

Part 3

Resources used or referenced in workshop

Teacher resource booklet 

Teaching constructions using a problem-solving approach 

Task 1 

Construction 12 

Circumcentre is not always the best location 

Task 5 

Video of a shard (for Junior Cert.) 

Video of shard (for Leaving Cert.) 

Proof in geometry and number 

Triangles and enlargements 

The relationship between scale factor and area 

Student activity on connections in triangles 

Converse statements and proof by contradiction 

Proof that √2 is irrational 

Geometry posters 

Geometry posters as individual pictures 

Geometry syllabus 2012 – 2014 

Junior Cert. strands 1 – 4 syllabus and resources 

Leaving Cert. strands 1 – 4 syllabus and resources 

Teaching and learning plan on ratio and proportion    

Teaching and learning plan on arithmetic sequences    

Teaching and learning plan on geometric sequences