Year 8 Maths Trail Excursion





On Wednesday 16th October the Year 8s went to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to participate in the Maths Trail. We picked our groups and each group received a booklet and were told a station to begin. The booklets had clues to the location of the stations and a map and we had to try and find our way around, which is easier said than done. The stations took us all around the gardens. The trail helped us to relate the maths we’ve been learning to the real world. We looked at how fast a leaf flows through water, used compasses to find locations, the Fibonacci sequence and others. My favourite part was using the compasses as no one in my group had used one before. We messed it up a couple of times but eventually figured it out. The trail was a lot of fun especially when we had no idea where we were going. The views were amazing and it was probably the best place to get lost.
Brooke Michalanney