Ideas for using newspapers

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Newspapers are filled with numbers and provide lots of opportunities for raising awareness (seeing the maths around us) and for solving problems.

There are many free newspapers available including community weeklies and the auto and property magazines at shops and garages.
Some of the sections that it’s easy to get children interested in are:

Sports pages
Advertisements for toys and electronics
Schedules for TV and movies
Weather maps
Car and motorbike prices
House prices (for reading big numbers)

Junior scavenger hunt

Middle scavenger hunt

Senior scavenger hunt

Click for some suggested questions to ask in Māori. (PDF, 80KB)