A brilliant Tarsia activity by Gill Hillitt on Solving Trigonometric Equations in radians. 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 feedback for Gill, please share them below.

Lots of linear equations of varying difficulty to match up to their answers.

generates random straight line graphs and asks pupils to name the gradient, intercept and equation. could also be used the other way around by getting students to draw the line given the equation

A recap of mean, median, mode and range, complete with some catchy little poems!

A brief summary of all the trig formulae needed for c3.

Using ICT in Maths. The 45th in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. This week we continue our look at the world of 2D graphing by examining how we can use the tangent tool and the gradient function to investigate quadratic curves. This offers a slick way of illustrating why two quadratic curves have the same gradient function. Clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

students must place a number of scenarios on the probability scale. provides a nice introduction to probability

A Tarsia Jigsaw activity on Algebraic Substitution. 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.

Some nice questions involving vertical and horizontal lines.

This PowerPoint lesson gives a clear demonstration of how to work out the nth term of quadratic sequences. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students.

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

A Tarsia activity by Alan Catley. Basically a series of past exam questions but the first time this was used I gave all three terms. This was a disaster as the students were able to spot the matches by only finding the first two terms when the most difficult job is finding the third term. Changed to just giving the third term and it became a huge success as a consolidation activity.

Pupils must find a route to the target number by adding and subtracting decimals.

Generates random straight line graphs and asks pupils to name the equation.

A little starter activity involving using different surds to make the number 4.

Match up the shapes with their area and perimeters.

The key points of differentiation in a handy mind map.

A PowerPoint with revision notes on solving quadratic equations. A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams.

A simple starter activity matching sequence rules to sequences.

Another bingo game testing the laws of indices.