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I have taught at Mt Lawley SHS in Perth, Western Australia, for 5 years. Throughout that time, I have taught general Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 classes, as well as more advanced Year 11 and 12 (ATAR) classes.

I have taught at Mt Lawley SHS in Perth, Western Australia, for 5 years. Throughout that time, I have taught general Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 classes, as well as more advanced Year 11 and 12 (ATAR) classes.
Trigonometry - Angles of Elevation and Depression
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Trigonometry - Angles of Elevation and Depression

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on understanding what angles of elevation and depression are, drawing diagrams from written descriptions and answering worded questions involving angles of elevation and depression.
Algebra - Factorising Trinomials (ax^2 + bx + c)
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Algebra - Factorising Trinomials (ax^2 + bx + c)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on how to factorise trinomials, including questions with common factors to remove before factorising the trinomial.
Algebra - Grouping Pairs Factorisation (ax + bx + ay + by)
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Algebra - Grouping Pairs Factorisation (ax + bx + ay + by)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on factorising 4 term expressions where the first and second terms share a HCF and the third and fourth terms share a different HCF (grouping).
Algebra - Adding and Subtracting Algebraic Fractions
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Algebra - Adding and Subtracting Algebraic Fractions

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on understanding what the lowest common denominator of two fractions is, and adding and subtracting basic and algebraic fractions.
Algebra - Solving Basic Two-Step Equations
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Algebra - Solving Basic Two-Step Equations

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on solving for the value of x in two step equations, including questions with positive and negative answers.
Algebra - Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Null Factor Law (Factorising)
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Algebra - Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Null Factor Law (Factorising)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on using the null factor law to solve for the value of x in equations that involve factorisation.
Straight Line Graphs - Distance of a Line Segment
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Straight Line Graphs - Distance of a Line Segment

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on plotting points on a graph, and finding the distance between two points on a graph by counting units, using Pythagoras Theorem and using the distance of a line formula.
Algebra - Solving Challenging Equations with Brackets and Fractions
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Algebra - Solving Challenging Equations with Brackets and Fractions

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on solving challenging algebraic equations involving brackets, variables on both sides and fractions.
Straight Line Graphs - Straight Line Equations (Including Rearranging)
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Straight Line Graphs - Straight Line Equations (Including Rearranging)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on how to read and interpret straight-line equations, and rearranging straight line equations into the form y = mx + c.
Straight Line Graphs - Drawing Straight Lines (Gradient Intercept Method)
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Straight Line Graphs - Drawing Straight Lines (Gradient Intercept Method)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on rearranging and interpreting straight line equations, and drawing straight lines on graphs using the gradient-intercept method (including horizontal and vertical lines).
Straight Line Graphs - Drawing Straight Lines (X and Y Intercept Method)
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Straight Line Graphs - Drawing Straight Lines (X and Y Intercept Method)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on determining x and y intercepts from an equation, and plotting straight lines by first finding the x and y intercepts.
Straight Line Graphs - Worded Straight Line Equation Questions
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Straight Line Graphs - Worded Straight Line Equation Questions

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on forming straight line equations from written descriptions and using those equations to answer contextual questions.
Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations Graphically
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Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations Graphically

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on solving simultaneous equations graphically including questions that involve rearranging simultaneous equations.
Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations using Substitution
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Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations using Substitution

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on solving basic simultaneous equations using substitution.
Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations using Elimination (1)
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Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations using Elimination (1)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on using elimination to solve for the value of two unknown variables in a pair of simultaneous equations.
Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations using Elimination (2)
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Simultaneous Equations - Solving Simultaneous Equations using Elimination (2)

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on using elimination to solve for the value of two unknown variables in a pair of simultaneous equations, including examples where the coefficients don’t match.
Index Laws and Scientific Notation - Index Laws 3, 4, 5 and the Zero Power Law
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Index Laws and Scientific Notation - Index Laws 3, 4, 5 and the Zero Power Law

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on using Index Laws 3, 4, 5 and the Zero Power Law to simplify and evaluate expressions, and challenging questions that combine all the Index Laws.
Index Laws and Scientific Notation - Index Laws 1 and 2
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Index Laws and Scientific Notation - Index Laws 1 and 2

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This resource includes: A PowerPoint that can be used with a class, A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in, A differentiated worksheet with answers included. This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on basic index terminology and using index laws 1 and 2 to simplify expressions.