A word document of a mini murder mystery consolidating knowledge of gradients of straight lines at KS3.

I'd allow working in pairs to find the murderer, victim, when, where and why. Students will probably require a calculator for this.

This is an engaging KS4 activity to teach Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. I've used this at KS4 as a revision of the topics in preparation for a module exam. Could be used at KS3 also with a fairly competent class.

Coordinate Mini Murder Mystery worksheet involving coordinates in the positive quadrant only. Some reasoning involved. An ideal activity for KS3. Worked well in pairs in my lower level year 7 class.

Not available in the books, 2 'Easter themed' mini murder mysteries. I always get students to work in pairs for these to allow discussion of methods and encourage good use of mathematical language.

This is a mix of algebra, arithmetic and reasoning to solve a 'murder'. Good for small group work at KS3

Maths activity - using and understanding number facts. Halloween (harder) mini murder mystery. A more challenging start to this one. I used it with a top year 9 and no calculators.

Activity for year 6 or year 7. Number work up to BIDMAS. Why not award a 'spooky prize' for the first fully correct final accusation ?

Another version to try at Easter again based on the fab relays produced by Chris Smith on TES. This only has 12 questions and should be accessible to younger or weaker classes for a bit of Easter fun. (NB Q6 answer should be 53.8, NOT 58.3) Enjoy.

Worksheet where students work in pairs to solve a 'murder' mystery using number. Ideal for KS3 students.

A KS3 small group task to use after teaching skills for averages(mean, median and mode) and range. The murder mystery idea isn't new but is adaptable to specific topics or general revision. Good at Christmas too

To celebrate the year of the horse (Jan 31st 2014) here's a mini murder mystery. Students will need to be able to fathom out the 12 year cycle and be able to understand that the dates up to the start of a new year still belong to the previous animal. Powers and negatives also needed for later parts of the mystery.

A mini murder mystery consolidating circumference and area formulae and their reverses. Also angles in circles. Higher level GCSE standard.

Based on the brilliant relays produced by Chris Smith here on TES, here's an Easter version to try out. I have already altered this slightly in response to a couple of comments, thanks for those. Enjoy.

For Foundation GCSE students. This is a set of examples and questions that gradually increase in complexity from just reading off a pre drawn diagram to drawing their own from given data. It also asks simple fraction and probability questions on the data given.

This is a KS4 worksheet for straight line graphs. Students have an a,b,c,d choice each time. Selecting correct statement(s) based on pair of graphs each time. I've used this as a display as well as in lessons.

Great for checking students have grasped the key ideas. Work in pairs to encourage discussion of topic and to eliminate any misconceptions.

Another mini murder mystery to solve. Fit the correct missing piece into the space to solve the puzzle, I used it for a visualisation exercise before doing some 3d plans and elevation type work.

Calculation of BMI of characters. Use the revision aid sheet to establish conversion factors.

I needed a challenge for my top set year 10 to get their teeth into harder Pythag questions. Introduced as a 'challenge lesson' they worked through these in pairs on A3 sheets and it helped to reinforce good mathematical language as well as practise algebraic skills and simple surds. Display of work afterwards. Hope it's useful. The names are from the class, please feel free to adapt as necessary.

GCSE Foundation students. A variety of questions and activities to establish the best way to tackle 'cost per kg' type problems.