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Lessons and Diferentiated Resources to reduce the planning mountain
Circle Theorems
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Circle Theorems

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Mini lessons covering each theorem individually. Worked examples and 6 questions on each. All answers included.
Understanding Proportion: Combining Ratios
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Understanding Proportion: Combining Ratios

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand a proportional relationship and how it appears. Solve problems involving combining ratios and subsequently finding shares. Starter, worked examples, worksheet(different questions, same formats), all answers included
Polygons: Exterior Angles of Polygons
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Polygons: Exterior Angles of Polygons

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand the angle sum of exterior angles for polygons with different numbers of sides. Solve problems involving exterior angles and missing angles in polygons. Starter, worked examples, question slides, worksheet, all answers included
Inverse Functions
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Inverse Functions

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Use inverse operations to find inverse functions, using the correct notation. Starter: Completing input-output machines. Explanation of inverses using input-output machines. Worked examples, differentiated questions and answers.Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Number Patterns: Special Sequences
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Number Patterns: Special Sequences

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9-1 GCSE lesson covering square, cube, triangular numbers, Fibonacci sequence and connections between them. Includes 10 investigative questions on square and cube numbers [answers included].
Two-Way Tables
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Two-Way Tables

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Lesson looking at using two-way tables to find probabilities. Starter is a number puzzle finding answers from sums of rows and columns. Examples of populating a two-way table and finding probabilities. Worksheet has questions with table partly filled and questions requiring table to be filled from information. All answers included. Answers for worksheet included as slides on ppt.
Types of Data
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Types of Data

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A complete lesson on ‘Types of Data’ written for the new GCSE. Starter asks pupils to match data sets with pie charts. Lesson examines Qualitative and Quantitative data. Categorical and Ordinal data. Questions on which display methods should be used for different types of data. All answers included.
Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing
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Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Multiply and divide large and small numbers using Standard Form: Starter:10Q MC reading and writing numbers in SF. Worked examples on each of the skills, separate differentiated questions and answers on each skill. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Scales and Maps
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Scales and Maps

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand a map scale and use a map scale to find distances. Starter on unitary ratios. Converting between metric lengths. Worked examples including unit conversion. Question slides. Worksheet reviewing lesson. All answers included.
Differentiated Codebreaker: Solving Two-step Equations WITH algebra
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Differentiated Codebreaker: Solving Two-step Equations WITH algebra

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Differentiated Codebreaker Two different sets of questions using the same keycode. Worksheets prepared with and without keycode to allow for use in classroom or for homework. Includes; a) PPT with keycode and all answers b) Worksheets with Tasks and keycode Just tasks to use with PPT keycode
Pyramids - Volume and Surface Area
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Pyramids - Volume and Surface Area

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Lesson looking at pyramids. Starter explores nets of a square-based pyramid. Worked examples on Volume, followed by questions. Worked examples of Surface Area followed by questions. All answers included.
Ratio: Simplifying ratios_ decimals/ fractions
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Ratio: Simplifying ratios_ decimals/ fractions

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Lesson looking at how we simplify rations which have either decimals or fractions as their component shares. Starter reviews simplifying and sharing with integer shares. Ratios with decimals looks at multiplying by powers of 10 and then simplifying where appropriate. Ratios with fractions looks at examples with common denominators and with different denominators. Differentiated slides on each topic. All worked examples and question slides include answers.
Cones & Spheres: Volume and Surface Area
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Cones & Spheres: Volume and Surface Area

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Explanation of a cone as a type of pyramid and derives formulae from those of pyramids. Worked examples and questions. Formulae for spheres, worked examples and questions. Lesson also extends to look at hemispheres and compound shapes and use of π in answers. All answers included.
Prisms: Volume and Surface Areas
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Prisms: Volume and Surface Areas

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Starter reviewing areas of 2D shapes. Examples of volume calculations looking at areas of cross-sections leading to volume. Surface area found by through finding areas of each face. Worked examples and questions on all ideas. All answers included.
Forming Simultaneous Equations
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Forming Simultaneous Equations

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Looks at how we know what equations to write to solve problems. Starter includes solving equations and substitution. Examples written to trigger a structured method. Full worked examples and questions. Extension slide includes non-linear example, an example where one answer is nonsensical and one example using ratios. All answers included.
Proportion - Recipes
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Proportion - Recipes

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Whole lesson covering using proportion to change quantities of ingredients for different servings. Worked examples Questions Extension questions. All answers included
Enlargement - Fractional Scale Factors
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Enlargement - Fractional Scale Factors

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Examining the effects of using scale factors between 0 and 1. Worked examples without and with centre of enlargement. Includes worksheet for pupils to write on. All answers [including to worksheet] included on ppt.
Algebraic Proof
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Algebraic Proof

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Lesson covering algebraic definitions of consecutive, odd and even numbers. Proofs looked at 1] Prove that an expression is a multiple 2] Prove that two expressions are equal 3] Proofs involving properties of odd/even numbers. All skills are introduced through worked examples and have question slides. All answers included.