I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
I taught in a range of schools for many years before moving into FE, where I found creative and imaginative approaches just as rewarding with adults. Most of my resources are concerned with giving control to the learner, through a range of methods. Some are great for just giving them experience of examination questions, and the chance to discuss these with other learners. I now concentrate on spreading the range of creations from UK KS1 to KS4, and across the Common Standards.
A comprehensive set of slides in PowerPoint that puts the concepts into context and gives simple investigations for learners to try. Some teaching, some learning.
A very useful formula booklet for GCSE level. A set of 48 posters that can be printed off (just remove the header and footer) but also published as a booklet in the form of a revision guide. I use it for Foundation GCSE, but most of it can be used at any secondary level.
I have them printed on A3 and displayed around the room - use them how you like.
GCSE Maths, bearings. A set of PowerPoint slides to introduce the topic, teaching enough for learners to try some themselves.
All images (c) Colin Billett 2017
A follow on from this, introducing the geometric aspect, is also free.
And a couple of worksheets plus a plenary/revision quid are available for two pounds only!
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-gcse-bearings-two-differentiated-worksheets-plus-plenary-quiz-in-pp-all-with-answers-11505938
Foundation tier now requires students to know the exact values in surd form of specific angles.
A simple and clear illustration of how to derive these values, and the values themselves.
Easy to use in the classroom, or print slides for crib sheets for learners.
The specs require:
'•know the exact values of sin θ and cos θ for θ = 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°
•know the exact value of tan θ for θ = 0°, 30°, 45° and 60 ’
Includes a recap of the trig functions and Pythagoras, and the graphs of each function to show values at zero and ninety degrees, plus showing that tan 90 does not exist.
Plus an activity to use the above values in sin and cos sum and difference formulas, giving practice in manipulating surds for higher candidates, and an extension to use the addition and subtraction formula for tangent.
Hence entirely suitable for A’level pure mathematics, and recap of GCSE knowledge and skills.
If you like this, try my big bundle of material on surds for £3. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/maths-gcse-working-with-surds-huge-bundle-of-stuff-11551032
Step by step look at multiplication of mixed numbers, building on multiplication of proper fractions and addition, to create a simple algorithm. Clear presentation plus two sided worksheet progressing from multiplication of common fractions to multiplication of mixed numbers. Both as PDF for ease of showing on muliple devices.
See my other stuff for presentations on PowerPoint of division, and addition and subtraction.
Very simple algebra equations from photographs of onions. I took lots of photos of fruit and veg and now I'm wondering how to incorporate them into my learning experiences. This is the first attempt - find the value of the letter to solve the simple equation.
Two sets, which can be shown on a screen or printed as slide handouts.
Modular GCSE questions from multiple choice modular papers, now defunct but great for variety. Suitable for KS3 or KS4.
I've previously added these in Word, and now adding PowerPoint. Part 1 are the easy questions, part 2 are slightly harder.
Final batch of nine worksheets in the style of test questions, arranged by topics, covering rounding-off to units of measure. In Word if you want to cut and paste, or PDF if you want to print them as they stand.
Good for revision and assessment.
You will find the first two set of worksheets on TES, this is the last. Hope they prove useful.
Simple poster illustrating symmetrical, negative and positive skew. For display or for learner's reference.
In Word or PDF, plus original spreadsheet file for playing with.
Can't say it is an introduction, but it is for post 16 learners, who I throw in at the deep end, or somewhere near it. An assortment of functions, formulas and some simplification, mostly copied from exam papers with a bit of poetic license. Later ones will be more specific in the topics.
Some puzzle and some displays to generate thinking, or just to plaster the walls - get ready for September, or any time.
(If anyone would prefer word versions, send me a message and I'll post them up.)
A brief warm up/review activitiy using numbered cards to find mean, median, mode and range, with simple starter questions followed by learners selecting numbers to fit the conditions. Some are not possible, I might add.
Colourful and kinaesthetic, as my learners like it to be. Enjoy.
What it says - simple 'fill in the gaps&' four rules of fractions, with some scaffolding by way of answers and interim stages for the addition and subtraction, which can be deleted before printing in the Word version if so desired. Plus pdf documents for those who prefer this format.
