A great activity to engage students and build both their mathematical ability and confidence, based on Kagan cooperative learning.
Students have a card each and move around the room asking the question on their card to other students. The answer is also printed on their card so they can see if their partner has the right answer. If needed, they can use their understanding to coach their partner towards the right answer. Once both students have asked their question they trade cards and move on so each student has a variety of questions that they are asking to others.
This activity involves simplifying algebraic expressions.
A great activity to engage students and build both their mathematical ability and confidence, based on Kagan cooperative learning.
Students have a card each and move around the room asking the question on their card to other students. The answer is also printed on their card so they can see if their partner has the right answer. If needed, they can use their understanding to coach their partner towards the right answer. Once both students have asked their question they trade cards and move on so each student has a variety of questions that they are asking to others.
This activity involves simplifying algebraic expressions.
A simple and engaging display based on the qualities of a resilient learner.
Speech bubbles for the main qualities and large colourful letters for the title.
Also included is my original design of CAPTAIN PI, the maths superhero!
A great activity to engage students and build both their mathematical ability and confidence, based on Kagan cooperative learning.
Students have a card each and move around the room asking the question on their card to other students. The answer is also printed on their card so they can see if their partner has the right answer. If needed, they can use their understanding to coach their partner towards the right answer. Once both students have asked their question they trade cards and move on so each student has a variety of questions that they are asking to others.
This activity involves finding factors that forms the basis of factorising a quadratic expression. Or just for general factorising practice.
Useful 2-page end of topic summary test + answers. Complete with marking grid (duplicated for A5 printing) to give students easy to read feedback, tips for improvement and extension work.
Great for showing comprehension, then progress if students are given time to make correction or attempt the extension based on teacher feedback.
Extension answer below.
In this test:
Find missing angles on a straight line
Find missing angles on opposite angles
Find missing angles in a triangle
Find missing angles on parallel lines
Find exterior angles of regular polygons
Find interior angles of regular polygons
Find the sum of the interior angles
Identify and name 3D solids
Identify quadrilaterals by their properties
Lots of other topics and levels available.
EXTENSION ANSWER:
x = (360/6) + (360/8)
x = 60 + 45
x = 105 degrees
A revision and consolidation activity intended to allow students to see the progress they are making in a particular topic.
Graded worksheet with 4 questions for each objective. Full answer sheet and blank student sheet for students to write their answers.
Also included is a basic powerpoint presentation that allows teachers to display the sheets on the board and outlines the learning objectives at the start.
Powerpoint Christmas quiz suitable for all ages. Fully complete quiz which lasts approximately 40 mins.
Cartoon design and sound affects all the way through!
Christmas Movie Montage - video plays automatically showing classic Christmas films to identify.
Guess the carols - intro to several well known carols to identify
Guess the Christmas classics - audio track playing the intro to classic Christmas songs
Picture round - guess the celebrity dressed as Santa
Christmas Trivia
All answers included in the powerpoint
Fun for any age!
Full resources for an eye-catching and informative maths display based on MEAN MEDIAN MODE & RANGE.
I've used the Beatles to get the info across (for no other reason apart from I like the Beatles!) but the resources can be easily amended so any characters could easily be used. I haven't included the pictures shown the photo for copyright purposes (I wasn't sure where the cartoon images came from) but they can be easily printed from google images.
Large letters for the title
Title of each section
Large simple descriptors
detailed speech bubbles describing the method
A fantastic 'Logic Puzzle Trail' display that looks good and can be used in corridors or classrooms for group activities or competitions. The activity features a maths superhero of my own creation, CAPTAIN PI! (Yes I know I'm a geek!), His trusty sidekick Theta the Dog and their nemesis, Dr Surd!
Loads of logic puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty (complete with solutions!) and pictures to go with each one to make the display more eye catching. You could add different pictures if you have some better ones.
Title letters that can printed out on coloured paper if desired.
I have also included character symbols so students can distinguish between the difficulty of each puzzle and a sheet of smaller identical symbols to go with each puzzle (the small circle next to each puzzle in the picture.
Easy - Level 1 - Theta the Dog
Medium - Level 2 - Captain Pi
Hard - Level 3 - Dr Surd
Also included are a sheet of Captain Pi's space boot footprints to lead students around the trail and add an extra eye-catching element to the display!
This display is in the corridor and I have used it previously as a competition for students to come up with solutions and submit to me for a prize draw. It could also be used in classrooms as a more scaled down version to start tasks and discussions. Fun and challenging!
Fantastic 4 page end of topic summary test + answers. Complete with marking grid to give students easy to read feedback, tips for improvement and extension work.
Great for showing comprehension, then progress if students are given time to make correction or attempt the extension (with solutions) based on teacher feedback.
In this test:
Parts of a circle
Are/Circumference of a circle
Vol/Surface area of a cylinder
Area/Arc length of a sector
Vol of Cone/Pyramid/Sphere
Surface area of a cone/sphere
Lots of other topics and levels available.
An unusual and eye-catching maths display based on Taxi Cab Geometry.
A great way to engage students and introduce them to different types of geometry. Also good intro to distance between two points using Pythagoras, loci and perpendicular bisectors.
Full resources that I have created myself.
Title letters
Descriptions
Distance between two points diagrams and descriptions
Circle/Ellipse/Parabola/Hyperbola diagrams and descriptions
(the files 'e' and 't' denote the loci in Euclidean and taxi cab geometries)
Perpendicular bisectors with diagrams and descriptions
Not included due to copyright are the two pictures I haven't created myself - the taxi and the grey square - both easily available online,
A revision and consolidation activity intended to allow students to see the progress they are making in a particular topic.
Graded worksheet with 4 questions for each objective. Full answer sheet and blank student sheet for students to write their answers.
Also included is a basic powerpoint presentation that allows teachers to display the sheets on the board and outlines the learning objectives at the start.
Find the percentage of an amount using a mental method
Find the percentage of an amount using a calculator
Find the percentage of an amount using a calculator – worded questions
Increase or decrease an amount by a percentage
Increase or decrease an amount by a percentage – worded questions
Find the percentage change
A revision and consolidation activity intended to allow students to see the progress they are making in a particular topic.
Graded worksheet with 4 questions for each objective. Full answer sheet and blank student sheet for students to write their answers.
Also included is a basic powerpoint presentation that allows teachers to display the sheets on the board and outlines the learning objectives at the start.
Find the percentage of an amount using a mental method
Find the percentage of an amount using a calculator
Find the percentage of an amount using a calculator – worded questions
Increase or decrease an amount by a percentage
Increase or decrease an amount by a percentage – worded questions
Find the percentage change
Find the compound percentage change
A revision and consolidation activity intended to allow students to see the progress they are making in a particular topic.
Graded worksheet with 4 questions for each objective. Full answer sheet and blank student sheet for students to write their answers.
Also included is a basic powerpoint presentation that allows teachers to display the sheets on the board and outlines the learning objectives at the start.
Find the percentage of an amount.
What would I multiply by to find a…
Increase or decrease an amount by a percentage
Find the percentage change
Find the original value
Find the compound percentage change using powers
A fantastic general knowledge quiz with 5 question rounds and 4 music rounds. The subjects cover geography (anagrams of European capital cities and other assorted geography questions), Sport, News, History and Science & Nature. There are picture rounds and normal questions to be asked. The questions needed are provided on a separate Word document along with all the answers.
In between each round is a music round playing a clip from 5 number one songs from each decade 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. I've previously done it where students can get a point for the song and a point for the artist but it can be used in any way you want.
Also included are the answer sheets where students can write their answers for the normal rounds and a separate one for the music rounds.
Works best with older students (Y11/Post 16) as some questions get a bit tricky!
Feel free to chop and change the order or miss bits out if necessary! Enjoy!
A fun quiz based on the Star Wars franchise for all ages. Complete with authentic music and intro story roll just like the films!
- Name the Character
- Identify the Lightsaber
- What happens next video round
- Name the Planet
It starts easy in each round and then gets harder!
Perfect for themed days or group activities or just as a bit of fun! Answers are included.
A fantastic end of year quiz. Rounds include Geography, Current Events (current to last year, sorry!), Arts & Literature, Famous Quotes, History and Sport.
5 Music rounds sorted by decades - identify the song and artist from the clip. Be warned - They're very hard!
Picture rounds and normal questions - all answers included.
Also included are some answer sheet templates for students to write on.
Fantastic Summer Quiz from 2016. Perfect for end of term activities, suitable for all ages.
All questions and answers are displayed on the PowerPoint so need for any extra resources.
Rounds include:
- Music clips of popular songs played backwards (then answers played forwards to settle any disputes!)
- Movie montage clips
- Name the sports company logo
- Spot the celeb with sunglasses on!
- Current events (Current to summer 2016, sorry! Can be easily skipped!)
Something for everyone to avoid any classroom arguments! All rounds custom made so they fit perfectly into a lesson. Enjoy!
-- SUMMER 2017 QUIZ COMING SOON!! --
Twelve progress grid lessons for a quarter of the total price!
All lessons include graded worksheets, answers, student sheets and a powerpoint to display on the board.
Ideal for assessing progress at the end of a topic.
Various different topics and levels:
Algebra Manipulation
Arithmetic
Fractions
Indices & Standard Form
Equations
Percentages
Quadratics
An original and fun interactive quiz suitable for all high school students.
Engaging rounds, fun pictures drawn by me, sound effects and more! I've been making these quizzes for years now and the students really love them!
The them this time is summer holidays so all the rounds are linked to that.
Round 1 - Geography - name the country from the capital city. Capital cities appear on a n airport departure board and the student shave to name the country.
Round 2 - Celebrity Picture Round - Students have to identify photos of celebrities obscured by sunglasses.
Round 3 - Movie Round - clips of recent movies play in the style of in-flight entertainment and students have to name as many movies as they can. They might want this video playing twice as it goes quite quick!
Round 4 - Travel Picture Round - A cartoon version of me appears in photos of famous tourist destinations around the world and students have to name the country that they're in. I'm wearing some visual clues for the harder ones!
Round 5 - Music Round - clips of recent popular songs play and students have to name the song and artist.
All this is themed around a summer holiday with pictures and sound effects to make the whole quiz fun and engaging. It's timed to last about 50 minutes but can be stretched out if necessary or likewise split up and used as separate rounds at different times.
Enjoy, and have a great summer!