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Lessons and Diferentiated Resources to reduce the planning mountain
AQA GCSE Higher Unit 2: Polygons
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AQA GCSE Higher Unit 2: Polygons

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Lessons included: Properties of Quadrilaterals Area of Parallelograms and Triangles Area of a Trapezium Area of a Compound Shape Angles in Triangles and Quadrilaterals Angles in Polygons Exterior Angles of Polygons Regular Polygons Each lesson includes starters, worked examples, questions, worksheet. All answers included.
Factorising - Single Brackets
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Factorising - Single Brackets

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to factorise expressions into a single bracket. Starter: Common factors, expanding single brackets. Find Four activity on common factors of algebraic expressions. Multiple choice questions on HCF of algebraic expressions. Worked examples on factorising into a single bracket, differentiated questions and answers. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Factorising Two Brackets, a = 1
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Factorising Two Brackets, a = 1

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to factorise expressions using two brackets, where a = 1. Starter: Find two numbers, product and sum. Explanation of how to find a,b,c from a quadratic expression.Worked examples on factorising, differentiated questions and answers. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Expanding Brackets-Grid Method
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Expanding Brackets-Grid Method

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to multiply two or three brackets together using the grid method… Starter: Algebraic expressions multiplication grid. Worked examples on grid multiplication with numbers extending to algebra. Multiplying two brackets, differentiated questions and answers. Squaring brackets. Multiplying three brackets.Cubing brackets. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Expanding Brackets - FOIL method
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Expanding Brackets - FOIL method

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to multiply two or three brackets together using the FOIL method. Starter: Algebraic expressions multiplication grid. Worked examples on grid multiplication with numbers extending to algebra. Multiplying two brackets, differentiated questions and answers. Squaring brackets. Multiplying three brackets.Cubing brackets. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Expressions,Formulae,Functions: Substitution
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Expressions,Formulae,Functions: Substitution

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand substitution of a variable into an expression or formula. Differentiated lesson exploring substituting variables which are integers, negatives and fractions. Starter, worked examples, questions, worksheet. All answers included.
Expanding Two Brackets: Difference of Two Squares
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Expanding Two Brackets: Difference of Two Squares

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to factorise expressions using the difference of two squares. Applications using both numerical and algebraic expressions . Worked examples with both numbers and letters, differentiated questions and answers. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Expanding brackets: a>1
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Expanding brackets: a>1

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand how to factorise expressions using two brackets, where a> 1. Starter: Find two numbers, product and sum. Explanation of how to find a,b,c from a quadratic expression. Worked examples on factorising, differentiated questions and answers. Practical problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Expressions as Functions
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Expressions as Functions

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand an expression as a function, and link them to formulae. Starter: Input-Output Loop cards Definitions of a function, domain, range and notation. Explanations of the different skills that we are asked to use with functions. Including Defining a function from a domain and range. Evaluating a function from an input. Solving a function for a specific output. Worked examples, differentiated questions. All answers included. Worksheet following style of lesson. Answers include.
Inverse Functions
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Inverse Functions

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Use inverse operations to find inverse functions, using the correct notation. Starter: Completing input-output machines. Explanation of inverses using input-output machines. Worked examples, differentiated questions and answers.Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Rearranging Formulae
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Rearranging Formulae

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Rearrange a formula where the subject appears once. Starter: Substitution and solving to solve algebraic problems Explanation of subjects, objects and variables in formulae. Worked examples , differentiated questions and answers. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
AQA GCSE Higher Unit 3: Expressions, Formulae and Functions
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AQA GCSE Higher Unit 3: Expressions, Formulae and Functions

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Lessons include Substitution 2a. Expanding Brackets (Grid Method) 2b. Expanding Brackets (FOIL Method) Factorising (Single Brackets) 4a. Factorising (Two Brackets a = 1) 4b. Factorising (Two Brackets a ≠ 1) 4c. Factorising (Difference of Two Squares) 5. Expressions as Functions Composite Functions Inverse Functions Rearranging Formulae
Index Laws: negative and fractional indices
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Index Laws: negative and fractional indices

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand and using two Laws of Indices: Numbers with negative indices Numbers with fractional indices Starter: 10Q MC on writing numbers using indices. Worked examples on each of the rules, separate differentiated questions and answers on each rule. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing
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Standard Form: Multiplying and Dividing

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Multiply and divide large and small numbers using Standard Form: Starter:10Q MC reading and writing numbers in SF. Worked examples on each of the skills, separate differentiated questions and answers on each skill. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Powers and Indices: Factorials
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Powers and Indices: Factorials

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand and using factorials: Starter. Explanation of repeated and increasing multiplication, factorial notation. Worked examples on operations with factorials, differentiated questions and answers on each rule. Looking at practical uses of factorials with a pack of cards Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
AQA GCSE Higher Unit 4: Understanding Products
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AQA GCSE Higher Unit 4: Understanding Products

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Lessons included: Basic Index Laws Negative and Fractional Indices Prime Factors and Indices Reading and Writing with Standard Form Multiplying and Dividing with Standard Form Adding and Subtracting with Standard Form Factorials All lesson include worksheets
Indices: Prime Factorisation
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Indices: Prime Factorisation

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Finding and writing prime factorisations of numbers using indices Starter: finding factors, understanding indices. Review of prime and composite numbers. Worked examples on finding prime factorisations, separate differentiated questions and answers. Harder mixed problems including finding square and cube roots Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Index Laws: multiplying,dividing,brackets
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Index Laws: multiplying,dividing,brackets

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand and using three Laws of Indices: Multiplying with indices Dividing with indices Brackets with indices Starter: writing numbers using indices. Review of base number, power/index. Worked examples on each of the rules, separate differentiated questions and answers on each rule. Harder mixed problems. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.
Standard Form: Large and Small Numbers
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Standard Form: Large and Small Numbers

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Reading and writing large and small numbers using Standard Form: Starter: 10Q multiplying/dividing decimals by powers of 10. Explanation of need for standard form and how it is derived.Review of Powers of 10 and their indices. Worked examples on converting numbers to/from standard form. 10Q MC on skills. Differentiated questions and answers on skills. Problems on ordering numbers. Worksheet following lesson design. All answers included.