Full lessons for introducing both binomial expansion and factorising quadratic expression.

Expanding Binomials and Factorising Quadratic Expressions
Objectives:
To be able to:
• expand products of two binomials
• factorise quadratic expressions of the form x2+ bx + c, including the difference of two squares
All the research says that girls learn best by understanding, and that by far the best approach to expanding and factorising is by using the grid method. I’ve done this very successfully for years, and retention is greatly improved by giving as little input as possible, and giving the learners challenges to complete. Plus an investigation to give that stretch and challenge.
A full set of resources for learning how to expand and factorise, with a PowerPoint that can be used for class discussion. Plus some extra exercises for homework or assessment in a subsequent lesson. And a reminder of multiplication and addition of positive and negative numbers for a quick warm-up.
All answers included!