A difficult puzzle which enables students to practise the 4 main types of transformation.

This activity was designed for a very able Year 8 group after working on linear graphs. It incorporates some other topics that they had studied previously.<br /> It is challenging and could also work as a GCSE activity. More clues could be added to differentiate the activity.<br /> I recommend that the teacher attempt the challenge first, before giving it to students.<br /> The final (unique) solution is presented as a Geogebra file.

A bingo game, ideal for a starter/plenary, involving simplifying algebraic fractions with some knowledge of factorisation required. Can be edited to suit your class.

Aimed at KS3/KS4 students studying Volume and/or Surface Area. It enables students to be creative and gives lots of opportunities for practise using basic and compound 3D shapes.

Aimed at KS3/KS4 students. It enables them to practise reflections in equations of lines and translations in hopefully a fun and competitive way.<br /> Some knowledge of y=mx + c graphs is required.<br /> The task differentiates itself as the stronger students should reach the destination in a smaller number of moves.<br /> Answers are included as well as geogebra files for the teacher to demonstrate the transformations (if he/she wishes).

Ideal for KS3. Students practise rotations, reflections and translations in (hopefully) a fun way. This can be edited to alter the difficulty level.

<p>Three problems of increasing difficulty which requires knowledge of gradients, straight line graphs, properties of a rhombus and a little bit of Pythagoras.<br /> Aimed at KS3/KS4 students.<br /> Students could potentially make their own problems after completing these ones.</p>

Students need to use their knowledge of gradients, midpoints and distances to find where the points are located on the grid. The solution is presented in a Geogebra file.

<p>This is designed as a difficult challenge for KS3/KS4 students working on geometric constructions. For some students, constructing a perpendicular bisector or an SSS triangle individually does not pose enough of a challenge so this activity will hopefully be suitable for them. The solution is in an attached Geogebra file.</p>

<p>A couple of short number puzzles, ideal as a lesson starter. Trial and error may well lead students to the solution but mathematical reasoning and deduction should be encouraged from the start.</p>