Features of my lesson plans for KS3 and KS4 maths include sub-dividing topics into steps so that students develop one skill at a time, colour coded diagrams and explanations, worked solutions and putting the maths into real-life contexts. I am also focusing on different types of problem-solving questions and on questions where different topics are combined, say shape and algebra, probability and algebra, proportion and area.
I welcome feedback and am open to suggestions for new lesson topics.
This resource is for KS3 students and shows them the connections between words, algebraic expressions and function machines.
The lessons starts with a large number of examples allowing pupils to work on white boards. There is then a matching exercise.
Pupils are then shown how to substitute values into algebraic expressions and how to enter inputs into function machines. The aim is that they see how both are essentially the same process. There are a large number of examples allowing for white board work.
Pupils are then given a worksheet where they find the outputs for given function machines and inputs. The extension asks students to find inputs for given outputs with a hint at inverse function machines.
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Pleased to hear that the resource was so useful. Year 7 is a difficult year to teach, I find, with a wide range of knowledge amongst pupils leaving different primary schools. Let me know if you have any ideas for a topic that needs covering.
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