Another jigsaw practicing nth terms.

generates random straight line graphs and asks pupils to name the gradient, intercept and equation. could also be used the other way around by getting students to draw the line given the equation

A Tarsia activity on simple equations. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

An excel file that challenges students to work out 50%, 10%, 1% etc of random numbers. Great starter or plenary. quite good for working out percentages mentally

A Collective Memory activity on Probability and Averages. For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

Provides and editable set of data, and plots both the data points and the moving average.

A Tarsia activity on Place Value. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

Worksheet for the well known flowerbed investigation.

Geometrical Reasoning - Pythagoras and Coordinae geometry An excel file that randomly produces right angled triangles for students to calculate the hypotenuse or a non-hypotenuse side. Quick questions great for a plenary of starter. Triangles are on an acis so great for finding the distance between two points.

Manipulate constants to observe the effect on all types of functions. Use the tabs at the bottom of the worksheet to move between functions.

Have a play around with this task, and please share any questions, extensions, simplifications, modifications, or lines of inquiry in the comment box below. The idea is to collect loads of suggestions that can then be used for effective differentiation. The full set of these tasks, along with additional notes, can be found here: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/richtasks.htm

a flash file where students must match up fractions to their equivalent decimals. has 3 different levels and suitable for use on the IWB

A Collective Memory activity on Shape and Space Revision. For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

Practise the rules of indices and standard form.

Represents the binomial distribution graphically. can also be used to introduce hypothesis testing.

A nice set of follow-me cards for negative numbers.

A bingo game to test pupils' knowledge of indices.

Statistics Level 5 Short Activity/Plenary or Starter A crossword where students must work out the mean of a group of numbers to 2 decimal places in order to fill in the answers. solution provided

Pupils are faced with a series of questions and answers and they must decide if they are correct or not. Highlights some important misconceptions.

A Tarsia activity on straight line graphs. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.