A Tarsia Jigsaw activity on using given facts to work out other answers. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. By making adjustments such as removing answers and making deliberate mistakes, they can be made even more challenging and engaging to the students. To download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below.

Pupils join up some more co-ordiantes to get a picture.

a set of cards for you to cut up and give to the students. they must then decide whether the cards are true or false. would be great to then show and discuss the solutions using Autograph

Simple notes summarising rules of indices.

An article about the maths behind the chances of winning the lottery.

A Tarsia activity on linear sequences (nth term rule). These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

A Tarsia activity on Index Notation. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

A Tarsia activity on eqautions of parallel lines. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

The 33rd in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. This week we learn how to construct a 2x2x2 cube in Autograph, which will come in very handy when we come to look at Pythagoras in 3D, Planes of Symmetry and Vectors in the next few weeks. There is also a nice little link to Euler's famous formula. Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

This is the video from the 2011 Autograph/TSM Competition winner, Damian Watson. In it he shows us a great way of using Autograph to look at the meaning of the constants in quadratic equations. As a result of his video, Damian has won a place at this year's TSM Conference in Oundle in July. Congratulations! Click on the weblinks for more details of the conference and for more videos.

A video from the Autograph team. We begin by plotting the sine curve and its gradient function in degrees and use this to motivate the introduction of radians. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

The 18th in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. Whilst we are on a roll with the Angle at the Centre Theorem, why not have a quick look at a nice little twist? We can use Autograph to set up some circumstances where the theorem doesn't seem to work. Has maths been broken, or can your students figure out what is going on?... Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

A video from the Autograph team. There may be some occasions when you want to prepare a file in advance of the lesson. For example Pin Boards are great for geometrical reasoning but the construction is not very helpful. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A video from the Autograph team. Autograph can be used to great effect to enhance a lesson, but to do this you need to follow the simple three step rule. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A video from the Autograph team. The Binomial approximation is often used for approximating powers of numbers close to 1, but how close to 1 do we need to be in order for the approximation to be any good? Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A Special Christmas Edition of Mr Barton's Autograph Videos which has a look at the online Autograph Player (with a festive twist!). To have a play with the file yourself, just visit the second weblink above. Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series. Merry Christmas!

A video from the Autograph team. If you use Autograph with a projector or inteactive whiteboard then it is best to use Whiteboard Mode. Clicking on the web-link below takes you to all the videos in this series.

A Collective Memory activity on Trial and Improvement and nth term sequences. For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

A Collective Memory activity on Polygons. For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

The 24th in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. Egg-sactly what you need this time of year - an Easter themed Autograph video. Here we take our first proper look at Autograph's very impressive 3D engine and how you can use it to create planes and rotate curves around lines to make 3D objects. Happy Easter! Below the video you will find an option to download it and play it on a larger screen, or by clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.