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Making Maths Memorable

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Ever since my PGCE I have been convinced that every Maths topic has a unique and interesting way to be taught. 7 years later and I have collected and created 100s of resources to prove my point. All resources, including IB and A Level, are designed to be thoroughly engaging but yet cover every bit of content required with plenty of practise too. Teach LCM with the life of the Cicada bugs or teach proportions using celebrity faces and the golden ratio. All fully animated engaging powerpoints.

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Ever since my PGCE I have been convinced that every Maths topic has a unique and interesting way to be taught. 7 years later and I have collected and created 100s of resources to prove my point. All resources, including IB and A Level, are designed to be thoroughly engaging but yet cover every bit of content required with plenty of practise too. Teach LCM with the life of the Cicada bugs or teach proportions using celebrity faces and the golden ratio. All fully animated engaging powerpoints.
Surface area and Volume of all 3D shapes
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Surface area and Volume of all 3D shapes

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Around 3-4 lessons worth or material. All resources required to teach surface area and volume of all the 3D shapes required for the GCSE. Starts with cuboids and prisms and moves on to composite 3D shapes. Followed by cylinders, spheres, pyramids and cones. Finishes with A* style questions. Fun activities and interesting questions keep the lessons engaging. An end of topic assessment is also included that can me completed and peer marked in a lesson. This resource assumes knowledge in areas of all 2D shapes.
Escape Room (Puzzle Palace) - The Perfect End of Term Lesson
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Escape Room (Puzzle Palace) - The Perfect End of Term Lesson

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This activity runs on OneNote so students will need access to a computer. As it is done using online OneNote they do not need an account for it - just click the link and go! The powerpoint is for teachers reference to help guide students when they get stuck - the answers to each room can be found in the NOTES part of the Powerpoint. The only way I know to share this with students is using a share link which shares my original uneditable OneNote file. This does mean you will not be able to edit anything. If you spot a mistake, tell me and I will fix my original file and this will in turn fix it for anyone using the share link! If for some reason the share link stops working - just let me know and I will send you another share link. I have put the share link at the start of the powerpoint. HOW IT WORKS: Send the share link to students. DO NOT send the powerpoint to students. Each page represents a room which gives a code to access the password protected next page. Their aim is to access the final page. It works better in pairs. The Powerpoint is just for you. You only need to share the link with them. The final room tells you the 4 digit code to “the safe”. I have an actual small safe i bought online which i can easily change the code to and just put a bag of sweets in it. You could just tell them to “escape” to win or tell you the code to the safe to win. Content: This is full of logic puzzles which would work for all year groups though guided more towards the younger years.
Escape room (Numeracy lv2) - The Perfect End of Term Lesson
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Escape room (Numeracy lv2) - The Perfect End of Term Lesson

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This activity runs on OneNote so students will need access to a computer. As it is done using online OneNote they do not need an account for it - just click the link and go! The powerpoint is for teachers reference to help guide students when they get stuck - the answers to each room can be found in the NOTES part of the Powerpoint. The only way I know to share this with students is using a share link which shares my original uneditable OneNote file. This does mean you will not be able to edit anything. If you spot a mistake, tell me and I will fix my original file and this will in turn fix it for anyone using the share link! If for some reason the share link stops working - just let me know and I will send you another share link. I have put the share link at the start of the powerpoint. HOW IT WORKS: Send the share link to students. DO NOT send the powerpoint to students. Each page represents a room which gives a code to access the password protected next page. Their aim is to access the final page. It works better in pairs. The Powerpoint is just for you. You only need to share the link with them. The final room tells you the 4 digit code to “the safe”. I have an actual small safe i bought online which i can easily change the code to and just put a bag of sweets in it. You could just tell them to “escape” to win or tell you the code to the safe to win. Content: This covers Numeracy topics aimed at years 9 to 11 which are - Types of number Ratio Percentages Standard Form Venn Diagrams
Break the Safe (Algebra level 2) - THE PERFECT END OF TERM LESSON
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Break the Safe (Algebra level 2) - THE PERFECT END OF TERM LESSON

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Check out my free “Christmas maths escape room” to have a better idea of how this works. This activity runs on OneNote so students will need access to a computer. As it is done using online OneNote they do not need an account for it - just click the link and go! The powerpoint is for teachers reference to help guide students when they get stuck - the answers to each room can be found in the NOTES part of the Powerpoint. The only way I know to share this with students is using a share link which shares my original uneditable OneNote file. This does mean you will not be able to edit anything. If you spot a mistake, tell me and I will fix my original file and this will in turn fix it for anyone using the share link! If for some reason the share link stops working - just let me know and I will send you another share link. I have put the share link at the start of the powerpoint. HOW IT WORKS: Send the share link to students. DO NOT send the powerpoint to students. Each page represents a room which gives a code to access the password protected next page. Their aim is to access the final page. It works better in pairs. The Powerpoint is just for you. You only need to share the link with them. The final room tells you the 4 digit code to “the safe”. I have an actual small safe i bought online which i can easily change the code to and just put a bag of sweets in it. You could just tell them to “escape” to win or tell you the code to the safe to win. Content: This covers Algebra topics aimed at years 10 and 11 which are - Solving all Linear Equations Plotting straight line graphs Arithmetic Sequences Factorising and expanding single and double brackets
Oil Trading Game
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Oil Trading Game

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Fun one-off lesson. Perfect for end of term fun lessons! Students get to buy and sell oil barrels using news items to aid their decisions. All explained clearly through the powerpoint. 3 different sets of news articles so potential to use it for 3 different lessons with the same class. Lasts around 45 minutes. Teachers use a clever excel spreadsheet that does all the calculations for them. If students make a mistake with their own calculations the spreadsheet will "fine" them and calculate their totals by itself.
Vectors iGCSE
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Vectors iGCSE

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Everything required to teach the Vectors chapter in the iGCSE. Drawing vectors, finding magnitudes, calculating with vectors, vectors with bearings and solving problems with vectors.
Simultaneous Equations
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Simultaneous Equations

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At least 3 lessons worth of content here. Starts by teaching the elimination method followed by worded exam style questions. Then teaches the substitution method and solving by plotting the two equations. Last lesson on the A and A* questions solving quadratic simultaneous equations.
all Matrices and transformations iGCSE
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all Matrices and transformations iGCSE

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This resource covers the full matrices chapter from basic calculations to matrix tranformations. 42 slides detailed enough to teach(refresh!) the teacher beforehand. Resource assumes knowledge of normal transformations without matrices. Worksheets work alongside the PowerPoint.
Probability all GCSE
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Probability all GCSE

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Everything required to teach probability for the GCSE. Several lessons worth covering basic probability, sample space diagrams, experimental probability and tree diagrams. Lots of fun probability games and ideas included.
Binomial expansion (everything)
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Binomial expansion (everything)

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Everything you need to teach Binomial Expansion. This powerpoint is designed so that students can use it by themselves to learn independently if required or as the main teaching resource by the teacher. Many colleagues have used it to teach themselves too. Method is animated to clearly show each individual step. This resource covers all aspects of Binomial Expansion including the use of Pascal's triangle, combination notation, powers of n, non-integer powers and partial fractions. 2 mini assessments plus mark schemes also included.
All transformations GCSE
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All transformations GCSE

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Everything you need to teach all 4 transformations. Several lessons worth of material with many worksheets to help students to practise and understand translations, reflections, rotations and englargments. Includes combining transformations and negative enlargements. An end of topic test is also included which can be completed and peer marked in one lesson.
Despicable Me Maths Trail
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Despicable Me Maths Trail

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Fun one-off lesson. Perfect for end of term fun lessons. I spent hours watching this film to write a Maths trail. There is a surprising amount of maths in this film. Questions cover a wide range of maths from the KS3 curriculum. Students watch the film over two lessons whilst filling out the worksheet. In the second lesson you go through answers (on the powerpoint) to decide winner. *** YOU NEED TO BUY AND USE THE DESPICABLE ME FILM WITH THIS RESOURCE***
Boxplots and Cumulative Frequency
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Boxplots and Cumulative Frequency

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Enough for two lessons. Teaches how to calculate quartiles and the interquartile range to create box plots first. Then goes through two full examples for cumulative frequency diagrams (to be used with worksheet provided) followed by 4 practice questions with answers. Teacher could use this resource to teach the topic without any understanding of Cumulative Frequency.
Unit Circle and Radians - Chapter 8 - International Baccalaureate - Standard Level
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Unit Circle and Radians - Chapter 8 - International Baccalaureate - Standard Level

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Unit Circle and Radians - Chapter 8 - International Baccalaureate - Standard Level Everything required to teach this chapter in the IB Standard Level Mathematics course. The PowerPoint is designed to show step by step method through animation in a thorough and engaging way. This makes it ideal for the teacher to use it in lessons or for students to use it to self learn.
Inequalities - solving - diagrams - regions
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Inequalities - solving - diagrams - regions

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Everything required to teach all of inequalities (not including Linear Programming). Many lessons worth with a focus on the regions part. Print the blank coordinate grids and guide students with the powerpoint. Lots of practice for them to do too with all answers on the PowerPoint.
Vectors - Chapters 12 and 13 - International Baccalaureate - Standard Level
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Vectors - Chapters 12 and 13 - International Baccalaureate - Standard Level

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Vectors an their applications - Chapter 12 and 13 - International Baccalaureate - Standard Level Everything required to teach this chapter in the IB Standard Level Mathematics course. The PowerPoint is designed to show step by step method through animation in a thorough and engaging way. This makes it ideal for the teacher to use it in lessons or for students to use it to self learn.