Students need to evaluate sets of four different expressions in order to establish which is the odd one out. Good starter or plenary activity. As an extension, get the students to design their own. Suitable for KS3 or KS4.
Quick starter activity introducing translation by asking students to move different letters around according to written instructions so that they spell out the word TRANSLATION
Extensive booklet introducing students to the four basic laws of indices, with a range of practice questions. Also ideal for a cover lesson. Suitable for KS3 or lower KS4
A nice starter for a lesson about using prime numbers - this activity requires students to use the Sieve of Eratosthenes to identify the prime numbers between 1 and 100. Suitable for KS2 and KS3.
Great activity introducing the concept of loci through the context of a crime scene. The PowerPoint provides a set of task cards that can be used as a whole class with a full size ‘crime scene’ mocked up and/or as individual/pair work where students create a scale drawing of the ‘crime scene’ using loci. Works well with KS3.
A PowerPoint presentation and worksheet looking at converting between metric and imperial units. The examples and questions on worksheet have been created using real Guinness World Records. Suitable for KS3 or KS4.
A full lesson revising areas of 2D shapes, including circles and sectors, along with a little percentages too. Suitable for use with KS4 or KS3. Three different levels of lesson to cover all sets - 'red' is the easiest, then 'orange' with the 'green' lesson being the hardest. A good resource for general revision or use on Pi Day.
This worksheet leads the students through an investigation into infinite series and their sums. A great starting point for a discussion about the concept of infinity or extension to work on the topic of sequences.
This is a display for a Mathematics classroom or corridor about the 2018 Winter Olympics including various questions for students to consider as they walk by. Photograph included to show how it can be put together.
A set of activities and cards designed for AS Core students. The tasks build upon GCSE knowledge in a format of problem more suited to A-Level mathematics. The 'Do' and 'Justify' cards detail tasks for the students to complete whilst the 'Think' cards offer hints & useful ideas to consider.
Functions revision game covering substituting values into functions i.e. f(3), solving functions and substituting into composite functions i.e. fg(4). Can be played in pairs or larger groups. Suitable for KS4 studying the new GCSE.
Loop cards requiring students to estimate calculations by first rounding the numbers involved to 1 significant figure. Could also be used as a treasure hunt around the classroom. Suitable for KS3 or KS4.
Quizzes involving 12 quick questions (and answers) covering the basic skills students need to know for their A-Level Core 3 & 4 exams such as trigonometric identities, binomial expansion, differentiation & integration of trigonometric functions & exponentials etc. More on their way . . .
This worksheet is designed to help students investigate differentiation from first principles – using the gradients of chords (of ever decreasing length) to approximate the gradient of the curve at a given point.
Card sort activity requiring students to decide whether one set of brackets has been expanded correctly (true) or not (false). Ideal starter or plenary activity.