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House Layout Exercise – Quick Ideas for Developing Spatial Literacy

This is a fun, self-contained exercise for working with differing levels of scale and detail in floor plans. I found this on the internet, but for the life of me cannot remember where. I converted the exercise so that all measurements are metric. Great for integrating maths, geography and spatial literacy. Just print off the [...]

Find past exam papers quickly

Past exam papers are normally a mission to find. TestGrab, a new service launched recently by EvaluNet, offers past exam papers for download from their web site, all based on the grade 12 matric exams for South Africa. Subjects included are: Accounting Afrikaans Business Studies CAT Consumer Studies Economics English Geography History Hospitality Studies IT [...]

Anglo American drives excellence in maths education in South Africa

Ten top achieving maths and science public schools in South Africa have been recognised and each awarded R150 000 in the annual Anglo American Maths and Science Excellence Awards at a function at the Department of Basic Education. These schools were selected from 200 identified by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) as having especially strong 2009 maths and science results, with a 60% pass rate for mathematics needed at a minimum.

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