This pack contains 5 different maths activities based around a wildlife park. Each activity is centered around a different area of mathematics and a different aspect of the park. The pack is designed to give the pupils an insight into the running of a wildlife park and an understanding of the vital role mathematics plays in its operation. The pack is ideal for a series of maths lessons that you want to tie in with a visit to a zoo/conservation park or simply practicing maths skills in a real-life context. The whole pack would take around 3 or 4 hours to complete. Task 1: map scales, compass directions, distance and area (level 3) - based around a map of WIllow Wildlife Park. Task 2: money operations (level 3) - based around the park gift shop. Task 3: designing and costing a new bear enclosure (level 2/3). Task 4: time (level 3/4) - based around a volunteer’s working day at the park. Task 5: pie chart, percentages (level 4/5) - based around the annual report of the park detailing income sources. All question answers included. This pack has been repeatedly used successfully with a whole yr7 year group before a wildlife park visit. It would also be suitable for primary year 6 children. I hope your students enjoy the activities as much as ours have. Feedback warmly welcome.

This PowerPoint is intended to provide the structure and material to teach a whole lesson on Function Machines and Inverse Operations. The lesson includes the following parts: starter to introduce inverse operations, activity using function machines beginning with the input, introduction to reversing a function machine to find the input beginning with the output, exercises practicing this skill, using function machines and inverse operations to solve problems exercise, plenary.