I have been a teacher for over 20 years - all the stuff I upload has been tried and tested in my classroom. I don't mind a discussion on Twitter too where I also share new resources. I now have a personal website: https://andylutwyche.com/
I have been a teacher for over 20 years - all the stuff I upload has been tried and tested in my classroom. I don't mind a discussion on Twitter too where I also share new resources. I now have a personal website: https://andylutwyche.com/
I always struggle for something a little different for recurring decimals and although this is the same old thing dressed up differently it might make them keener to complete the questions!
Answer the differentiation questions, find the letters and reveal the punchline to a (terrible) joke. My class in Year 12 actually request these only to groan enormously when the answer is revealed. Just meant for a bit of practice, a starter or a plenary. Version 2 contains second derivatives.
Insert the numbers in the correct positions, making the calculations correct to win a roast dinner for the hungry camp members. Thank you for all the feedback about the confusing wording. I have changed it so hopefully it now makes more sense!
In these worksheets the various questions use how many songs you can get onto an MP3 player (1Gb = 250 songs) to look at ratio. Leads onto other questions involving fractions and percentages.
Using the fact that Ant-Man shrinks and grows, I produced this calculus resource on rates of change. Two situations regarding Ant-Man's suit: surface area of the suit itself and the volume of the helmet.
A simple worksheet to practice reading and writing numbers in standard form using the calculator context. I have included the Word documents but the text might not appear in "calculator font" as I had to download a special font (just Google "Calculator Writing Font" and it's the first link and free from a company called "Digital 7").
Calculate each team's final position in the race by substituting in a value of your choice. There's a bit of algebraic proof in there too to see if the teams will finish in the same position regardless of the value substituted.
Calculate the answers; if even colour in the question number in the grid, if not leave it blank. It scans to the Depeche Mode song "Policy of Truth" linking in that we have "lies, damn lies and statistics".
Chocolate based inequality problems - 6 in all. Display on the board and discuss is how I envisage it working but you may have other ideas. I must thank Deborah @MrsMathia for the logo and initial inspiration!
This is based upon the concept of the gameshow called “Impossible” (I watch daytime TV in the holidays, sadly) where each question has three options: one correct, one partially correct and one impossible. I ask students to find the correct answer and then explain why the other two options are either impossible or only partially correct. This one involves algebra topics like simplifying expressions, factorising, sequences, equations of lines, inequalities, quadratic equations, function notation, rearranging formulae etc. There are twelve questions altogether.
Find the equation of the tangent to a curve at a given point and reveal the joke (I apologise, I made it up at about 3am). Something different in an A Level class or a challenge in an IGCSE class…
Six questions and diagrams designed to help students get used to using the area formula involving trigonometry. This does what it says on the tin and students fill in the blanks…
This is probably more aimed at Further Maths Level 2 Certificate or early A Level but could be a challenge task for GCSE students too. It’s the usual “answer the questions and reveal the punchline”.