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Lessons and Diferentiated Resources to reduce the planning mountain
Converting Time
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Converting Time

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Converting between decimal time and time in hours and minutes. Starter finding days between two dates. Worked examples. Question slides. Entering time on a calculator. Worksheet reviewing lesson. All answers included.
3D Pythagoras & Trigonometry
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3D Pythagoras & Trigonometry

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9-1 GCSE lesson. Starter bingo reviewing trig ratios. Worked examples of using pythagoras and trigonometry with cuboids, pyramids and prisms. Questions. Answers provided for all questions.
Ratio - Combining Ratios
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Ratio - Combining Ratios

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“If a:b = 3:4 and b:c = 5:6, find the ratio a : b : c”. Lesson examining both algebraic and worded examples of combining ratios. Full explanation of use of LCM and equivalent ratios. Fully worked examples. Questions of both types. All answers included.
Ratio: Simplifying ratios_ decimals/ fractions
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Ratio: Simplifying ratios_ decimals/ fractions

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Lesson looking at how we simplify rations which have either decimals or fractions as their component shares. Starter reviews simplifying and sharing with integer shares. Ratios with decimals looks at multiplying by powers of 10 and then simplifying where appropriate. Ratios with fractions looks at examples with common denominators and with different denominators. Differentiated slides on each topic. All worked examples and question slides include answers.
Frequency Trees
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Frequency Trees

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Starter look at two-way tables. Links made to similarities and differences between two-way tables and frequency trees. Worked examples including finding probabilities. Worksheet includes questions finding frequencies from proportions of the whole and extends to larger trees. All answers included. Worksheet answers provided on ppt.
Two-Way Tables
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Two-Way Tables

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Lesson looking at using two-way tables to find probabilities. Starter is a number puzzle finding answers from sums of rows and columns. Examples of populating a two-way table and finding probabilities. Worksheet has questions with table partly filled and questions requiring table to be filled from information. All answers included. Answers for worksheet included as slides on ppt.
Vector Proof
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Vector Proof

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Starter looks at adding vectors. Demonstrates how to find the magnitude of a vector using Pythagoras. Explanation of proving vectors are parallel and then if three points are on a straight line (collinear). Worked examples and questions on all skills. All answers included on ppt.
Enlargement - Fractional Scale Factors
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Enlargement - Fractional Scale Factors

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Examining the effects of using scale factors between 0 and 1. Worked examples without and with centre of enlargement. Includes worksheet for pupils to write on. All answers [including to worksheet] included on ppt.
Coordinate Geometry: Tangents and Circles
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Coordinate Geometry: Tangents and Circles

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9-1 GCSE lesson explaining how to find the equation of a tangent to a circle at a given point. Activities include writing equations of circles from centres and radii, finding perpendicular gradients. Worked examples finding the gradient a a radius, the gradient of the perpendicular line and substituting into y=mx+c to find the equation of the tangent. Full worked examples, question slides and full worked answers.
Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing
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Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Multiply and divide large and small numbers using Standard Form: Starter:10Q MC reading and writing numbers in SF. Worked examples on each of the skills, separate differentiated questions and answers on each skill. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Converting Units
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Converting Units

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Converting between metric and imperial units.Starter on choosing reasonable units. Worked examples and question slides on converting between gallons and litres, miles and kilometres, kilograms and pounds and inches and centimetres. Plenary examining area. Worksheet reviewing lesson. All answers included.
Scales and Maps
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Scales and Maps

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand a map scale and use a map scale to find distances. Starter on unitary ratios. Converting between metric lengths. Worked examples including unit conversion. Question slides. Worksheet reviewing lesson. All answers included.
Ratio - Writing a Ratio
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Ratio - Writing a Ratio

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Lesson covering the definition of a ratio and then examples and questions on writing 2 part and 3 part ratios in different contexts. Worksheet slide included to test understanding. All answers included.
Proportion - The Unitary Method
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Proportion - The Unitary Method

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Calculating solutions to proportion problems using the Unitary Method. Full explanation of why and how. Worked examples, individual questions and slides of multiple questions which could be used as worksheets. All answers included
Ratio - Sharing in a Ratio - Words
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Ratio - Sharing in a Ratio - Words

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Lesson looking at solving ratio questions using a structured worded approach [total shares, 1 share etc]. Full examples with 2 part and 3 part ratios. Questions covering 2 part ratios and 3 part ratios. Differentiated worksheet slide. All answers included.
Surds - Problem Solving
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Surds - Problem Solving

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Lesson looks at using surds with within questions such as finding areas and perimeters of shapes. Finding missing sides in right-angled triangles. Finding surface areas and volumes. Worked examples. All answers included.