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...
Craig BartonCraig Barton - Tes Maths Advisor

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    Introducing and simplifying surds

    Lesson presentations and activities

    • This is a rich Venn Diagram activity on Surds, including simplifying surds.

      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.

      • 17.-Surds.pptx
      • Blank-Venn-Diagrams.docx

      Reviews

      TES Resource Team7 years ago5

      Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.

      JosephBuck7 years ago5

      Excellent, I used this as a group activity with my year 10 class. Thank you!

    • This power point provides you with a guide as to how we know v2 is irrational. Works well for KS4 and KS5 students as I find that many of them are not content with just being told that surds are non-recurring, non-terminating. You will need to present this to students - they're unlikely to follow it by themselves.

      • Proof that v2 is irrational.pptx
      • Proof that v2 is irrational.ppt

      Reviews

      londonsecondary5 years ago5

      mokpauline16 years ago5

      TES Resource Team7 years ago5

      Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.

    Practice questions, homeworks and assessments

    • Two codebreakers on simplifying surds, including adding and subtracting on number 2. The usual lame jokes to discover both involving toast and both conceived on the drive home.

      • Surds-Codebreaker-1---Answers.docx
      • Surds-Codebreaker-1.docx
      • Surds-Codebreaker-2---Answers.docx
      • Surds-Codebreaker-2.docx

      Reviews

      amandakirby20004 years ago5

      I love your code breakers - Thanks

      kiranjha4 years ago5

      emmacour5 years ago5

      Thank you so much for making these. They are a staple in my lesson

    • Tarsia are a fantastic revision and consolidation tool and great fun. You will need the Tarsia jigsaw puzzle maker to edit, view or print them and if you do just go to the link. These tarsia cover simplifying Surds. Enjoy :-)

      • Simplifying Surds.fjsw
      • Simplifying Surds 2.fjsw
      • Simplifying Surds 3.fjsw
      • http://www.mmlsoft.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=10

      Reviews

      shannon_black16 years ago5

      matheacher16 years ago5

      TES Resource Team7 years ago5

      Thank you for publishing your resource. It has been selected to be featured in a new secondary maths collection.

    • Could be more than one lesson's worth of material here. Not too much repetition though. Can be used in conjunction with one of many TARSIA activities to be found online.

      • Surds.docx

      Reviews

      GTS2 years ago4

      Nice selection of question - answers would have been helpful though :)

      robertcgarvey4 years ago4

      Thank you v much - a helpful worksheet!

      wangkimhwa574 years ago5

    • Simplifying Surds (Collect a Joke)

      This resource includes three differentiated worksheets;
      Green-Harder
      Amber-Middle ground
      Yellow-easier

      Pupils complete the worksheet at their level, once complete pupils move around the room collecting words of the joke with each answer. (Laminate and slice the display cards and stick up around the room).
      This joke is a cracker!
      Check out NumberLoving or our TES store for more ideas and resources like this.

      We hope you enjoy using this resource with your students, we would love to hear how it went. Get in touch via the links below.
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      • Yellow surds pupil worksheet.pdf
      • Yellow surds display cards.pdf
      • Yellow surds answers.pdf
      • Green surds pupil worksheet.pdf
      • Green surds display cards.pdf
      • Green surds answers.pdf
      • Amber surds pupil worksheet.pdf
      • Amber surds answers.pdf
      • Amber display cards.pdf
      • NL-TERMS-OF-USE-TES.pdf

      Reviews

      DavidLear5 years ago5

      Great fun, thanks

      shoche6 years ago5

      olaolu16 years ago5