Two vectors codebreakers with cheesy jokes having answered some questions. My classes like these and I’ve been using them whilst remote learning as they are easy to mark and the students know whether they are right or not straight away or almost straight away.

The usual stuff; cheesy joke revealed upon answering some questions.

Students must answer the questions on simplifying ratios to reveal the punchline to a cheesy fish-related joke. These work well both in class and online as students who are confident just get on with the words revealed whilst teacher can help those who need it.

Four sections of increasingly difficult circle theorem problems, some where students need to draw the question given some of the solution. Explanations are involved in every question too.

This came from observing a colleague and an idea of making students use their knowledge in a more general way. I have gone from basic angle facts up to circle theorems. I have also (acting on advice) given example reasoning for students to circle on some questions…

I needed something for a bar chart and pie chart consolidation lesson and thought of this in the car; Barbara likes bar charts, Piers likes pie charts (the puns are clearly intended). There are two bar charts to convert to pie charts and two pie charts to convert to bars.

Calculate the bearings and discover the punchline for a joke involving fish. These have worked really well in online lessons but also before with real-life lessons so enjoy!

Simplify the complex numbers (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing) to reveal the “hilarious” punchline. Good for something different…?

This was done using a free piece of software (search online for 'Physics Tracker') to track objects and plot a distance/time graph. I designed it to be a discussion activity, explaining what's happening at each stage of the graph.

Two situations regarding mutually exclusive events with six questions and ten potential answers. These are useful for students to get on and check that their answers are on the sheet whilst the teacher can help those who are completely stuck.

Three levels starting at simple metric conversion, then calculating with different metric units before converting imperial to metric. I used Vampire Diaries as one of my Year 9 class requested it. The worksheet is set out as a "RAG" activity where you prove what you know by answering the questions. It's short enough to be a plenary or starter and the presentation can be split into individual tasks.

Students can use the nth term to answer these sequence questions but it doesn’t push them that way. The joke is cheesy but you’ve probably come to expect that by now… ideal in class, online or as a homework.

Can students use the clues to work out the numbers and form the joke. These have been popular in class and online, despite the cheesy nature of the jokes!

Differentiate the expressions to reveal the punchline to a cheesy joke. I will probably use this as a starter but you can use it however you like…

Two jokes to be discovered: one on surface area and one on volume. Students answer the questions and reveal a cheesy, fish-related pun. These are useful for starters, plenaries, main tasks or online lessons as the answer reveals itself meaning that students can just get on or check if nothing is being spelt out.

Answer the questions regarding column vectors and reveal the punchline to a cheesy joke; popular in class and online despite the cheesiness of the jokes, which is a surprise if I’m honest!

Answer the questions, reveal the (cheesy) joke. These allow those students who are confident to get on and find their answers on the sheet whilst the teacher helps those who require it.

Find the coordinates based on the information given and reveal the joke. This is designed for the AQA Further Maths Level 2 Certificate course.

These are actual recipes so consider this cross-curricular but ultimately this involves recipes and proportion/ratio to find a (terrific) fish joke. Ideal for starters, plenaries, main tasks or homeworks. Proper one posted now!

Three headings: centre/radius or diagram, workings, equation. There are blanks in some parts of the table which students an fill on, working forwards and backwards.