This is a rich Venn Diagram activity on Surds, including simplifying surds. To access all the Venn Diagram activities in this collection, as well as teaching notes, please visit: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/venn.htm Here is why I love Venn Diagram activities so much: 1) Students can always make a start. If they can think of a number/expression/object or whatever it might be, it has to go in one of the regions on the diagram, so they are up and running 2) The more regions student find, the more challenging the task gets, which adds a nice element of differentiation 3) They are incredibly versatile, and can be used for almost all maths topics for all ages and abilities 4) They are easy to tweak by simply changing one of the circle labels if you find they are too difficult/easy 5) Students can create their own as an extension task I hope you and your students enjoy them.

This is a rich Venn Diagram activity on sketching types of graphs, including reciprocals, asymptotes etc To access all the Venn Diagram activities in this collection, as well as teaching notes, please visit: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/venn.htm Here is why I love Venn Diagram activities so much: 1) Students can always make a start. If they can think of a number/expression/object or whatever it might be, it has to go in one of the regions on the diagram, so they are up and running 2) The more regions student find, the more challenging the task gets, which adds a nice element of differentiation 3) They are incredibly versatile, and can be used for almost all maths topics for all ages and abilities 4) They are easy to tweak by simply changing one of the circle labels if you find they are too difficult/easy 5) Students can create their own as an extension task I hope you and your students enjoy them.

This is a rich Venn Diagram activity on simplifying and sharing in a ratio. To access all the Venn Diagram activities in this collection, as well as teaching notes, please visit: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/venn.htm Here is why I love Venn Diagram activities so much: 1) Students can always make a start. If they can think of a number/expression/object or whatever it might be, it has to go in one of the regions on the diagram, so they are up and running 2) The more regions student find, the more challenging the task gets, which adds a nice element of differentiation 3) They are incredibly versatile, and can be used for almost all maths topics for all ages and abilities 4) They are easy to tweak by simply changing one of the circle labels if you find they are too difficult/easy 5) Students can create their own as an extension task I hope you and your students enjoy them.

This a rich, Arithmagon activity on Subtraction. I love Arithmagons as they allow consolidation of key topics when going Forwards, and then opportunities for extension, creativity and discovery when working Backwards. They are also really easy to modify to suit the particular needs of your class. For all the Arithmagon activities in this series, together with teaching notes and extra information, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/arithmagon.htm

This a rich, Arithmagon activity on the equation of straight line graphs, linking in simultaneous equations. I love Arithmagons as they allow consolidation of key topics when going Forwards, and then opportunities for extension, creativity and discovery when working Backwards. They are also really easy to modify to suit the particular needs of your class. For all the Arithmagon activities in this series, together with teaching notes and extra information, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/arithmagon.htm

This is a “Tarsia: Convince Me” activity on solving linear equations. Unlike standard Tarsia activities, here you only need to print out the solution (included on the PowerPoint), and students must: 1. Find (at least) 5 incorrectly matched up elements, convince you that each one is incorrect explaining the mistake that has been made, and then decide what the answer should have been 2. Replace the ? with the correct answer 3. Come up with a question to replace ?? that could give the answer. A selection of these questions can then be given to other students to use as a rich, challenging, pupil-created homework. To access all my updated Tarsia jigsaw activities, including the Convince Me series, as well as teacher notes and more, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/jigsaw.htm

A video tutorial on graphing quadratic equations. Ideal for KS3 and GCSE maths lessons. The 43rd in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. We are going to be looking at graphing on Autograph for the next few weeks, and what better way to start than by looking at some of the different ways we can represent quadratic equations graphically. This includes tables of values, factorising, completing the square and equations from three points. Clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

A Tarsia activity by Alan Catley. Please Note: This Tarsia contains images and the links to these images are broken when the Tarsia is copied. Before using this jigsaw you will need to paste the images into the correct positions on the Input screen. This activity involving images of lines intersecting circles and corresponding pairs of simultaneous equations can be used in a variety of ways.

A Collective Memory activity on Simplifying Expressions. This one has missing answers and a deliberate mistake! For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

A Tarsia activity on finding simple percentages. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

A Tarsia activity on difficult quadratics. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

Visually demonstrates why the trapezium rule works.

The following files are all for the well known flowerbed investigation with the alteration of having square tiles. This PowerPoint interactive activity is an investigation on the pattern of 'flowerbeds' and finding a formula. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.

Manipulate constants to observe the effect on all types of functions. Use the tabs at the bottom of the worksheet to move between functions.

Tired of my annoying voice on these videos every week?... well, I’m pleased to say that this time I am handing over to my special guest, Douglas Butler, the creator of Autograph. Here Douglas shows you an interesting and engaging way of using Google Earth and Autograph to investigate gradients in real life. We start with a runway and end up taking a bike ride around Bolton. Lovely stuff, Mr Butler. I must get some music in my videos…

The 14th in a series of videos where each week I visit my favourite mathematics websites. It’s that time of the year where you may be tempted to throw a little bit of a… sharp intake of breath… “fun lesson” into the mix, and in my opinion there is no better fun lesson that one involving a quiz. Here are a few ideas and resources to help you put together an award-winning Christmas Quiz that might just make those last few lessons pass a little quicker. Merry Christmas and I will return with more videos in the new year.

A brilliant Tarsia activity by Gill Hillitt on Transformations of Graphs f(x). These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments or feedback for Gill, please share them below.

Maths Tutorial. PC software for teaching calculus, coordinate geometry, statistics and probability. A special video from Autograph creator Douglas Butler. Looking at radian measure, some trig formulae, and fitting some data.

A Tarsia activity on negative numbers (level 5). These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

The following files are all for the well known flowerbed investigation. This PowerPoint interactive activity is an investigation on the pattern of 'flowerbeds&' and finding a formula. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.