A complete 2 part lesson to introduce students to plotting the graphs of equations. PowerPoint is animated with answers appearing on the screen. Lesson one has: Starter activity plotting co-ordinates Introduces the students to lines parallel to the axes on the co-ordinate grid. Differentiated activity drawing and naming lines parallel to the x and y axis. Plenary Lesson two has: A starter using co-ordinates in all four quadrants. Main teaching point; plotting an equation by first creating co-ordinate pairs from the equation. Differentiated activity giving the students four equations to plot by themselves. Plenary Both lessons are aimed at students working at GCSE level 4.

This pack contains 5 different maths activities based around a wildlife park. Each activity is centered around a different area of mathematics and a different aspect of the park. The pack is designed to give the pupils an insight into the running of a wildlife park and an understanding of the vital role mathematics plays in its operation. The pack is ideal for a series of maths lessons that you want to tie in with a visit to a zoo/conservation park or simply practicing maths skills in a real-life context. The whole pack would take around 3 or 4 hours to complete. Task 1: map scales, compass directions, distance and area (level 3) - based around a map of WIllow Wildlife Park. Task 2: money operations (level 3) - based around the park gift shop. Task 3: designing and costing a new bear enclosure (level 2/3). Task 4: time (level 3/4) - based around a volunteer’s working day at the park. Task 5: pie chart, percentages (level 4/5) - based around the annual report of the park detailing income sources. All question answers included. This pack has been repeatedly used successfully with a whole yr7 year group before a wildlife park visit. It would also be suitable for primary year 6 children. I hope your students enjoy the activities as much as ours have. Feedback warmly welcome.

This PowerPoint is intended to provide the structure and material to teach a whole lesson on Function Machines and Inverse Operations. The lesson includes the following parts: starter to introduce inverse operations, activity using function machines beginning with the input, introduction to reversing a function machine to find the input beginning with the output, exercises practicing this skill, using function machines and inverse operations to solve problems exercise, plenary.