Secondary maths collection
Welcome secondary maths teachers! Are you looking for quality assured resources, designed to make lesson planning easier? Spanning across multiple topics and key stages, this extensive collection, hand-picked by members of the Tes maths panel, is the perfect starting point...
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Names and properties of triangles
Lesson presentations and activities
Angles and Polygons, 2D Shapes
Key Stage: 3 ★★
Can you arrange eight of the property cards around the outside of this grid and then draw quadrilaterals in the grid which have the properties corresponding to both their row and column?
This game provides an interesting context in which to consider the properties of quadrilaterals (or triangles), and has a particular focus on the combinations of properties that are possible.
This resource has comprehensive teachers' notes and resources, linked from the problem page. This includes possible approaches and key questions, as well as possible support and extensions.
The file attached is a HTML file, which, when opened, automatically redirects you to the problem on the NRICH website.Reviews
TES Resource Team7 years ago
Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.
missblilley8 years ago
This is a great activity for pupils to play around with different criteria for triangles and see which combinations work well together and which don't work at all. The separate cards for triangles and quadrilaterals are also very useful, thank you
Frenchgribou13 years ago
Many thanks from France !
I used this to introduce the different types of triangles to my Year 5 class. They then had to write their own 'triangular thrillers' for homework. They loved it!
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sarahdibdina year ago
Amazing resource. My students loved this and wanted more of these questions
Ycurka5 years ago
AHENDA5 years ago
Was so helpful.Helped me prepare the learners.
Geometry worksheet activity: Cut out the facts on triangles and quadrilaterals and put them in to groups: Always True; Sometimes True; Never True.
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zkadw14 years ago
Great hands on activity.
swilly16 years ago
good to get the students reasoning
TES Resource Team7 years ago
Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.
This is a rich Venn Diagram activity on angles in triangles, including isosceles, right-angled etc.
To access all the Venn Diagram activities in this collection, as well as teaching notes, please visit: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/venn.htm
Here is why I love Venn Diagram activities so much:
1) Students can always make a start. If they can think of a number/expression/object or whatever it might be, it has to go in one of the regions on the diagram, so they are up and running
2) The more regions student find, the more challenging the task gets, which adds a nice element of differentiation
3) They are incredibly versatile, and can be used for almost all maths topics for all ages and abilities
4) They are easy to tweak by simply changing one of the circle labels if you find they are too difficult/easy
5) Students can create their own as an extension task
I hope you and your students enjoy them.
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stroevey7 years ago
New to the 'extra' uses of Venn - am immediately passing on to colleagues.
danwalker7 years ago
The Venn diagram format works really well for this topic, and as has been said this is an excellent way of stretching pupils to think about shape properties. Thanks for sharing!
TES Resource Team7 years ago
Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.
Practice questions, homeworks and assessments
Another set of four "spiders" to encourage discussion regarding shapes. It starts with naming polygons, moves on to triangles, quarilaterals and finally 3D shapes.
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TES Resource Team7 years ago
Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.
even2917 years ago
Really good and useful resource. Thanks
MarkGreenaway7 years ago
Another in a brilliant set of free resources - thanks
A simple sheet where they have to link the shape to the properties - made for a purpose but other may find it useful.
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hankboot2u2 years ago
Thank you.
euodia25 years ago
eirinibioscience5 years ago
All triangles and quarilaterals plus a regular polygon slide with 8 statements that students must decide whether they are always, sometimes or never true. This should create discussion. I have said that squares are a type of rectangle, and a rhombus is a type of parallelogram.
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TES Resource Team2 months ago
We are pleased to let you know that your resource Properties of Shapes Matching, has been hand-picked by the Tes resources content team to be featured in https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/blog/shapes-maths in November 2024 on https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/blog. Congratulations on your resource being chosen and thank you for your ongoing contributions to the Tes Resources marketplace.
shearwood6 years ago
Fab! Thank you.
jparry26 years ago
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Triangles - key stage 2 sats questions organised by levels 3, 4, 5 and 6. Mark scheme and notes also added as an additional file. Word files for easy editing.
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2011teaching5 years ago
jillced6 years ago
TES Resource Team7 years ago
Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.
