All my resources have been created to use with classes I teach. Often I've created resources because, for a particular topic, I haven't been happy with the number/standard of the examples in a textbook. Sometimes I've created worksheets for certain topics (e.g. graph transformations) because I feel my classes will make greater progress on a printed worksheet than trying to work from a textbook. I always aim to produce high-quality resources that improve the students' learning and understanding.
All my resources have been created to use with classes I teach. Often I've created resources because, for a particular topic, I haven't been happy with the number/standard of the examples in a textbook. Sometimes I've created worksheets for certain topics (e.g. graph transformations) because I feel my classes will make greater progress on a printed worksheet than trying to work from a textbook. I always aim to produce high-quality resources that improve the students' learning and understanding.
This resource covers all the required knowledge and skills for the A2 topic of combined graph transformations.
It begins by reviewing the individual transformations and their effects on the graph or its equation.
The first section focuses on finding the equation of the curve resulting from 2 transformations - there are some examples to complete with your class and then an exercise for them to do independently. The exercise does include some questions requiring a sketch of the original and the transformed curve. Within that exercise there are questions designed to help them realise when the order of the transformations is important.
The second section focuses on examples where the transformations must be applied in the correct order. There are examples to complete and then an exercise for students to attempt themselves. The exercise includes questions where the resulting equation must be found, where the required transformations but be described, and some graph sketching.
Answers to all the questions in the exercises are included.
Here is an example of one of my A level resources that is freely available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/differentiation-and-integration-with-exponential-and-trigonometric-functions-new-a-level-11981186
This resource is a great way to cover this whole topic using prepared notes and examples to explain it to your students. Projecting the notes/examples will save you a lot of work on the board and your students will save time by working on the provided spaces and axes when doing sketches. You could also email/print some or all of this for students who have missed lessons or need additional notes/practice/revision.
The sections cover the following:
1. Sketching graphs of the form y=mod(f(x)) e.g. y=mod(x-2)
2. Sketching simple transformations of y=mod(f(x)) e.g. y=mod(x)+4
3. Solving equations involving the modulus function. This covers the different types of equations and explains when a sketch may/must be used. e.g. mod(x-4)=6 vs 2x+3=mod(x-1)
4. Solving inequalities involving the modulus function. This covers the different types of inequalities and explains when a sketch may/must be used. e.g. mod(x-4)=mod(2x+1) vs 3x-1=4-mod(x)
There are almost 100 questions in total across the different exercises. Answers to all questions in the exercises are provided, including sketches.
Here is an example of one of my A level resources that is freely available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/differentiation-and-integration-with-exponential-and-trigonometric-functions-new-a-level-11981186
This worksheet covers how to solve single and double-sided inequalities and includes representing the solution on a number line as well as considering examples where integer solutions are required.
The introduction covers what the solution to a linear inequality should look like and, by means of a few examples, explores the similarities and differences between solving equations and inequalities.
The first exercise (52 Qs) then gives students practice solving inequalties of the form ax+b>c, x/a+b
The second section focuses on double-sided inequalities such as 3
The final section is designed to help students consider the integer solutions to an inequality. In the examples students need to find the smallest possible integer value of n if n>p, the largest possible integer value of n if n
Answers to all the exercises are provided, including the solutions on number lines.
Also included is a homework/test with fully worked solutions.
This worksheet contains nearly 50 questions on collisions of objects - ideal practice for students preparing to sit their Mechanics 1 module exams.
It has an introductory section which explains the conservation of momentum principle, then there are 18 questions with "before and after" diagrams to help students solve them. The remaining 29 questions are more demanding and typical of examination questions. Answers to all questions are provided.
This 12 page resource covers the solution of 2nd order differential equations by finding the roots of its auxiliary equation, and its particular integral.
The first section focuses on cases where the auxiliary equation has real roots (distinct or repeated). It begins by concentrating on finding only the complementary function - there are several examples to work through with your class and then an exercise with 14 questions for students to attempt. There are then a few examples that involve finding both the complementary function and the particular integral.
The second section focuses on cases where the auxiliary equation has complex roots (a+/-bi or +/-bi). There are several examples to work through with your class and then an exercise with 18 questions for students to attempt. The exercise includes questions where students are required to consider the behaviour of the solution (bounded/unbounded oscillations) when x becomes large, as well as the function to which the solution approximates when x becomes large.
Answers to both exercises are included.
These resources cover all the required knowledge for the statistics element of the new AS level papers.
For each topic there are detailed notes, examples, exercises (with answers) and an assessment with fully worked solutions.
Please see the individual resources for more details.
These resources cover all the required knowledge and skills for differentiation and integration at AS level for the new A level.
Each resource contains teaching notes, examples, exercises (with solutions) and an assessment that can be used as a homework or a test.
Please see the individual resources for more details.
These are two different tests I created to assess the whole of the statistics element of the new AS level. Each test contains 16/17 examination-style questions, based on exemplar questions, specimen papers, topic tests or textbook questions, The tests cover the following:
Cumulative frequency diagrams
Box and whisker diagrams
Histograms
Scatter diagrams and correlation
Finding/estimating averages or measures of spread from grouped/ungrouped data or from summary statistics
Probability (two-way tables, tree diagrams, venn diagrams, independent and mutually exclusive events)
Probability density functions
Binomial distribution
Sampling methods
Hypothesis testing
Both tests come with fully-worked solutions.
Having two different tests is useful if, like me, you have two different A level groups and want to set them different tests, or you could give out one as a practice test or revision and use the other for an actual test.
Here is an example of one of my A level resources that is freely available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/differentiation-and-integration-with-exponential-and-trigonometric-functions-new-a-level-11981186
This set of resources covers evaluating and simplifying expressions with powers.
The first resource is 18 multiple choice questions on evaluating powers for students to attempt (I usually get my class to do this in pairs/small groups).
The second resource is a worksheet with different sections that focus on evaluating with postive integer powers and 0, negative integer powers, then fractional powers. Each section contains examples to work through as a class and then an exercise for students to attempt. Answers are included.
The third and fourth resource cover simplifying expressions, following the same format and the 1st and 2nd.
The powerpoint contains slides that revise how to evaluate and simplify expressions with powers - useful as a plenary or as a refresher at the start of a lesson.
The multiple choice questions cover both evaluating and simplifying - useful as a revision resource or a quick assessment. Solutions provided.
The final resource is a set of questions to cover the whole powers topic, some of which are examination style questions. Answers are included.
These resources cover all the expected knowledge and skills for both topics in the A2 part of the new A level.
Please see the individual resources for more details about their content.
This 32-page resource covers all the required knowledge and techniques for the more sophisticated methods of integration, as required for the new A level. In every section it contains notes, explanations and examples to work through with your class followed by an exercise of questions for students to attempt themselves (answers included).
The sections/topics are:
1.Integration using "reverse chain rule"
2.Integration by substitution (x=f(u) or u=f(x))
3.Integration by parts
4.Using trigonometric identities
5.Using a trigonometric substitution
6.Integrating rational functions
In all there are over 130 questions in the various exercises for your students to work through.
This projectable and printable resource will save you having to create or write out any notes/examples when teaching the topic, and will make things easier for your students as they can just work directly on the given spaces provided for solutions. Answers to all exercises are included.
Also included is a 12-question assessment that can be used as a homework or a test. Fully worked solutions are provided.
Here is an example of one of my A level resources that is freely available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/differentiation-and-integration-with-exponential-and-trigonometric-functions-new-a-level-11981186
This 28-page resource covers all the required knowledge for the normal distribution in the A2 part of the new A level. In every section it contains notes and examples to work through with your class followed by an exercise of questions for students to attempt themselves (answers included).
The sections are:
1. Discrete vs continuous random variables
2. Properties of the normal distribution curve
3. Using a calculator to find probabilities
4. z-scores
5. Standard normal distribution
6. Conditional probability
7. Questions that involve both the normal and binomial distribution
8. Inverse normal distribution
9. Finding unknown parameters
10. Using the normal distribution as a model
11. Approximating a binomial by a normal
This projectable and printable resource will save you having to write out or create any notes/examples when teaching this topic. It also increases how much you can get through in lessons as students don’t have to copy notes/questions and can work directly onto spaces provided for solutions. You could also email/print some or all of this for students who have missed lessons or need additional notes/practice/revision.
Also included is a 2-page assessment that can be used as a homework or a test. Fully worked solutions are provided.
Here is an example of one of my A level resources that is freely available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/differentiation-and-integration-with-exponential-and-trigonometric-functions-new-a-level-11981186
These resources cover all the required knowledge for the statistics element of the new A2 level papers.
For each topic there are detailed notes, examples, exercises (with answers) and an assessment with fully worked solutions.
This 11-page resource covers the different techniques for using integration to find the size of areas, as required for the new A level. In every section it contains notes, explanations and examples to work through with your class followed by an exercise of questions for students to attempt themselves (answers included).
The types of questions included in the examples and exercises are:
1.Area between a curve and the x-axis where some/all of the curve is below the x-axis
2.Area enclosed between two graphs
3.Area between a curve and the y-axis
This projectable and printable resource will save you having to create or write out any notes/examples when teaching the topic, and will make things easier for your students as they can just work directly on the given spaces provided for solutions. Answers to all exercises are included.
Here is an example of one of my A level resources that is freely available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/differentiation-and-integration-with-exponential-and-trigonometric-functions-new-a-level-11981186
These 2 resources cover all the required knowledge and techniques for the topic of vectors, as required for AS part of the new A level. In each section it contains notes, explanations and examples to work through with your class followed by an exercise of questions for students to attempt themselves (answers included).
The first resource is a 36-page booklet which covers the following:
1.Vector basics - translations, magnitude, unit vectors, angle between vectors
2.Parallel vectors and vector addition
3.Displacement and position vectors
4.Using vectors with points on a line (midpoints, check collinear, ratios)
5.Geometrical problems using vectors
The second resource is an 18-question assessment that can be used as a homework or test. Fully worked solutions to this assessment are provided.
Note - this does not cover the use of vectors in mechanics questions, only their application in pure maths.
This projectable and printable resource will save you having to create or write out any notes/examples when teaching the topic, and will make things easier for your students as they can just work directly on the given spaces provided for solutions. The comprehensive set of exercises contains around 100 questions for your students to complete. Answers to all exercises are included.
Here is an example of one of my A level resources that is freely available:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/differentiation-and-integration-with-exponential-and-trigonometric-functions-new-a-level-11981186
It used to be quite easy to come up with examples to teach/practise trial and improvement, but using iteration is a very different beast and needs some carefully chosen and prepared questions. This worksheet contains a brief introduction/reminder about iterative formulae and their use in sequences, then has one example of using iteration to find a root of an equation, to work through as a class. The following exercise has 7 questions for students to attempt on their own. Answers are included.
This worksheet can be used to introduce the technique required to use trigonometry to find sides/angles in isosceles triangles.
There are 2 example problems to work through as a class then an exercise with 10 questions. The first 6 questions have diagrams provided as an aid, the last 4 questions are without diagrams.
Answers are provided.
This worksheet will give your class a bit of practice of finding the reciprocal of different types of numbers.
Each section starts with an explanation and/or examples, followed by a short exercise of questions for students to complete.
The sections are:
Reciprocal of an integer
Reciprocal of a fraction of the form 1/n
Reciprocal of a fraction of the form a/b (includes conversion of mixed fractions to improper)
Reciprocal of a decimal (requires conversion of decimal to fraction)
The answers to the questions in the exercises are included.
The first worksheet studies the interior angles of polygons and is designed to help students realise the method for working out the sum of the interior angles of an n-sided polygon. There is also a short exercise of questions to practise using the rules they have found.
The second worksheet studies the interior and exterior angles or regular polygons and is designed to help students realise the easiest way to find the interior/exterior angle of an n-sided polygon or to work out the number of sides of a regular n-sided polygon with a given interior or exterior angle. There is also a short exercise of questions to practise using the rules they have found.
Answers to both exercises are included.