Earliest recommended Year group: Year 8. Simple game that finishes on 1, whatever your starting number. Leads to creating expressions and proof. This is from the “Something in Common” collection of resources by John Burke. They allow consolidation of key skills, prevent students from copying each other (as all the questions are different), make marking and assessing easy for the teacher (as all the answers are the same!), and provide a lovely extra challenge for students as they try to figure out exactly what is going on! To access the full collection, and read John’s background notes, please visit: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/common.htm

MEI has kindly shared the following resources to support the use of ICT in A/AS Level maths. These are practical activities that look at how we can use the TI Nspire (graphical calculator) to enhance the study of co-ordinate, predominantly at AS level. These are ideal for use in a computer room or for students to investigate at home. The pdf file contains full instructions and challenges, and you can download all the supporting TI files by clicking on the weblink.

A video tutorial from the Autograph team on Linear Programming. Using Autograph to visualise the solution to a linear programming problem. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A video tutorial from the Autograph team on using parametric equations in Autograph. Many different types of equation can be entered in Autograph: Cartesian, trigonometric, exponential, hyperbolic, implicit, conics, polar, parametric, piecewise and differential. In this activity we look at a parametric form of the Lissajous equation. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A Tarsia activity on solving equations. 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 2nd Tarsia activity on Simplifying Surds. 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 tutorial video from the Autograph team on iteration at Post 16 level. Many equations cannot be solved using conventional methods. In such cases we need to use numerical methods to find solutions. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A Tarsia activity on Basic Skills. 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 brilliant Tarsia activity by Gill Hillitt on completing the square. 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.

A Tarsia activity on Fractions. 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 video tutorial on reflections and rotations in 3D at KS3 / GCSE. The 36th in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. Your students have mastered reflections and rotations in 2D, they are getting a bit cocky, they are thinking maths is easy. Well, let's see how they cope with another dimension! Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

A tutorial video from the Autograph team on how to transform shapes in a graph. Using Autograph to demonstrate different types of transformation: translation, enlargement, rotation and reflection. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A tutorial video from the Autograph team on Euler's 9 Point Circle. In this starter activity for KS3/KS4 you will be introduced to Object Selection and the Right-click Menu, which are used in most Autograph files. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

The seventh video in Mr Barton's Autograph tutorial series. This time we take a closer look at the Edit Axes menu to get our Autograph page looking exactly how we want it. Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

A video tutorial from the Autograph team to teach Scatter Diagrams at KS4. It is possible to import a bivariate data set into Autograph but in this activity we are going to see how to create a dataset from points and we will then use that dataset to demonstrate least squared regression.Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

Core 3 maths Tutorial: PC software for teaching calculus, coordinate geometry, statistics and probability. A special video from Autograph creator Douglas Butler. Using Autograph to explore Trig functions (in radians), their inverse, and some calculus concepts.

This video tutorial demonstrates how to use autograph for the two tangents theorem at GCSE. The 23rd in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. In a jam-packed edition of Mr Barton's Autograph Videos we look at all things to do with Tangents, including the Two Tangents Theorem. This also leads us to discover a slick way of marking the intersection of two lines on Autograph and how to measure the length of line segments. Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

A video tutorial from the Autograph team on conic sections. A step by step guide on how to create a plane and a cone in Autograph and investigate the intersections. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

Earliest recommended Year group: Year 12. From clues given about a geometric progression work out the possible solutions - all common ratios are the same and first terms are five times each other. This is from the “Something in Common” collection of resources by John Burke. They allow consolidation of key skills, prevent students from copying each other (as all the questions are different), make marking and assessing easy for the teacher (as all the answers are the same!), and provide a lovely extra challenge for students as they try to figure out exactly what is going on! To access the full collection, and read John’s background notes, please visit: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/common.htm

A Tarsia activity on Fractions, Decimals and 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.