These free teaching resources were developed by Creative Maths. Many require Dragonistics Data Cards, The Dragon Games or Cat Maths from the Creative Maths shop. They are designed for students from New Entrant to Year 12.
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- 4 December 2018
A great active game for primary students. Use either cat or dragon cards.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Physical activities using Dragonistics data cards- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Sheets for various self-managed activities, including some used at our Curious Minds Rich Maths events.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Self-managed activity about smaller, larger and equal with multivariate data.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Small group activity to build fluency in addition and number knowledge.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Sheets for Cat Bingo. Can be played as an individual activity or a the group game Running Bingo.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Self-managed Cat Maths activity about comparing multivariate data.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Sheets for various sorting activities, including species, behaviour and breath.- Date
- 13 June 2018
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A range of sorting activities using the Cat Maths cards.- Date
- 13 June 2018
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An addition activity involving allocating cats to toy boxes which can hold different numbers of toys.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Self-managed activities investigating the differences in behaviour between male dragons and female dragons, and, the differences in breath type between species.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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All free resources for use with Cat Maths in one easy to download file.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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All resources on this page in a single PDF.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Three lessons introducing big ideas of statistics at high school level.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Dragon cards games practising ordering, counting and sorting, as well as strategy and turn-taking.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Sheets for Dragon Bingo. Can be played as an individual activity or a the group game Running Bingo.- Date
- 13 November 2018
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Rules for playing Multy Facty, the multiplication facts game using factora 2, 3, 5 and 10.- Date
- 13 November 2018
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Rules for playing Multy Facty, the multiplication facts game using factors 2 to 9.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Google Sheets spreadsheet to compare many different box plots. (Please make a copy).- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Introduces sampling to estimate population parameters.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Provides an appreciation of sampling vcariation.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Introduces inference to compare the difference between two groups.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Students experience different types of sampling to see the value of random sampling.- Date
- 21 June 2018
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Dr Nic is wary of dragons with fire breath. What is the chance that the next dragon she sees breathes fire? Investigate elements of chance and probability. Designed for for New Zealand Curriculum Level 3.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Investigates category data using Dragon Cards by sorting and organising a set of cards.- Date
- 21 June 2018
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Dr Nic wants a dangerous dragon. Is she better to get a red dragon or a green dragon? Explore chance using probability and reasoning. Designed for for New Zealand Curriculum Level 4.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Introduces students to statistics using dragon cards. Students physically form tables and graphs.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Investigates a set of Dragon Cards to discover information about the dragons on an island.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Investigates whole-number data using Dragon Cards by sorting and organising a set of cards.- Date
- 13 November 2018
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Rich task ideas and activities to use with Multy Facty the game.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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This app allows teachers to plan choral counting exercises for students. It can be run as a Say-and-Click activity.- Date
- 20 June 2018
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Take samples of dragon cards as csv files. This app is useful to extend the dragon card sampling lessons.- Date
- 19 February 2019
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This app is the game Guess the Multy. Try to guess the chosen multiple by asking about its factors.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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This app allows exploring of a simple angle choice for a colourful spiral.- Date
- 13 June 2018
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A3 poster showing strengths required for mathematics.- Date
- 25 June 2018
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A3 poster showing what mathematicians do.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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A list of rich task ideas using Dragon Cards. Helps teach and practise mathematical and statistical concepts and thinking skills.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Further information and guidance on a lesson plan. Curriculum level 3.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Further information and guidance on a lesson plan. Curriculum level 5.- Date
- 4 October 2018
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A tool to help teachers evaluate games for use in the maths classroom.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Further information and guidance on a lesson plan. Curriculum level 5.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Further information and guidance on a lesson plan. Curriculum level 5.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Further information and guidance on a lesson plan. Curriculum levels 6+.- Date
- 10 May 2018
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Further information and guidance on a lesson plan. Curriculum level 3.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Video playlist illustrating teaching activities using Cat Maths cards and materials.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Video playlist illustrating individual student activities using Dragonistics data cards and materials.- Date
- 9 May 2018
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Video playlist illustrating teacher led activities using Dragonistics data cards and materials.
