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 nice activity to really test knowledge of area and perimeter.

This PowerPoint lesson gives a clear demonstration of how to work out the nth term of linear sequences. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 students.

A nice visual match-up activity that links together ratio and proportion. A word document that can be adjusted to different levels and is to be printed out for students. This activity is ideal as revision for KS3 and KS4.

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

Separate worksheets show the different forms quadratic graphs can take and how this determines their key graphical features.

A nice puzzle that tests pupils' ability to interpret information and use knowledge of averages.

A clear and simple PowerPoint with visualizations of square numbers, triangle numbers, Fibanocci numbers and shape patterns. This is ideal for KS3 and KS4 students.

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

Pupils must decide which nets can make a cube.

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 lesson involving a board game and some follow-up questions to test student's understanding of substitution.

A Tarsia activity on Multiplication. 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.

Four quite challenging puzzles about equivalent fractions.

Algebra Level: 8. A powerpoint lesson which demonstrates one way students may rearrange formulae

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 few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

This PowerPoint is suitable as a lesson and is an interesting and engaging way to practice 'like terms' in algebra. Magic squares are squares in which each column and row adds up to the same number or &'expression&';. A nice lesson to practice the concept of collecting like terms for KS3 and KS4 students.

A nice bingo activity to practice co-ordiantes.