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 Autograph to enhance the study of differentiation and integration (calculus), 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 the attached Autograph and Excel files can be used to demonstrate and consolidate understanding back in the classroom. Please click on the web-link to find out more about the work of MEI.

A presentation jam-packed full of revision notes and questions.

An Autograph Player activity designed to investigate cumulative frequency diagrams / curves. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

A video tutorial on how to use autograph for the geometric series at A Level. The 42nd in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. Continuing our theme of all things statistical, this week we take a look at how Autograph might be used to introduce students to the concept of the Geometric Distribution, with a little helping hand from the Animation Controller! Clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

A bingo game to test pupils' knowledge of indices.

A presentation covering the nearest neighbour, lower bound and tour improvement algorithms.

A video from the Autograph team. How can we find the area A under the curve y = f(x) between x = a and x = b? Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A tutorial video from the Autograph team. A simple visual introduction to differentiation in calculus. Ideal for teaching C1. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A Tarsia activity by Alan Catley. These three activities basically cover most of the skills required to answer questions on this topic. Credit for these ideas goes to the Bring on the Maths activities on this topic but most of the questions in the three activities come from past papers. Perhaps a bit of Tarsia ‘overkill’ on one topic but it works really well.

a set of cards for students to cut out to form the most famous proof of pythagoras' theorem

A Collective Memory activity on Simplifying Expressions. This one has missing answers and a deliberate mistake! For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

A Tarsia activity on finding simple 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.

A tutorial video from the Autograph team. We are going to investigate the vector equations of a line x = a + kb and a plane y = a + kb + µc. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

A Collective Memory activity in PowerPoint on Area, Perimeter & Volume from Jane Hitchcox. This one contains deliberate mistakes and probing questions. For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

A Tarsia activity 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 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 Tarsia activity on use of the quadratic formula. 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 Vectors for A Level. 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 difficult quadratics. 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.

Visually demonstrates why the trapezium rule works.