The 17th in a series of videos where each week I visit my favourite mathematics websites. This week it is the turn of the Murderous Maths Website, which is the online home of the excellent Murderous Maths series of books. Just like the books, this site is absolutely crammed packed full of fascinating maths tricks, features and activities. I pick out a couple of my favourites, and also suggest a way that this website could be used for an interesting maths project with your pupils.

An Autograph Player activity to investigate the transformation of functions in the form f(x + c) + d. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

The 24th in a series of videos where each week I visit my favourite mathematics websites. Numberphile is an amazing collection of quirky, interesting and inspirational mathematical videos. The topics covered are wide ranging to say the least, from the wonders of 1729, to birthdays, Googolplex and e. Here we take a look at a few of the videos and then talk about possible uses of the videos in the classroom, both to end a lesson in style or as the basis of a rich, practical project for students.

The 58th in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. A feature of Autograph that many people are unaware of (or close down as quickly as possible!) is the Autograph Keyboard. In this video we take a look at some of the useful things that the Autograph keyboard can do, both in the program itself and in other applications. You emails may never be the same again! Clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

An Autograph Player activity to investigate the transformation of functions in the form f(bx). You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity to investigate the transformation of functions in the form af(bx + c) + d. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player designed to show why a rectangle only has 2 lines of symmetry (and not 4!). You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity where students can investigate why it is possible to draw a circle through any three points. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

In Web Whizz Video 16 we looked at the outstanding Number Loving Blog. Well, not content with conquering the world of blogging, Sharon and Laura have put together an accompanying resources website, and what a website it is! You won’t find many boring PowerPoints and worksheets. Oh no, on Number Loving you will come across mysteries, collective memories, treasure hunts, top trumps, and much, much more. Here we look at 5 resources just to give you a flavour of what this amazing website has to offer.

An Autograph Player activity to help students to estimate the sizes of angles. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity to investigate different types of transformations. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity designed to help look at line symmetry in different quadrilaterals. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity to investigate all the main angle facts, including those with parallel lines. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity where students use their knowledge of straight line graphs to sink some co-ordinate battleships. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity where students use their knowledge of straight line graphs to sink some co-ordinate battleships. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity to investigate the transformation of functions in the form af(x). You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

An Autograph Player activity for students to attempt to make angles of various sizes. You can use this activity on the interactive whiteboard, or for your students to investigate on their own. Autograph does not need to be installed to use this activity (so your students can even use it at home), but you will need to install the free Autograph Player add-on (instructions given after clicking the link). For a full list of Autograph Activities, please click on the other web-link.

The 61st in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. I was surprised that one of my Year 13 students wasn’t aware of the lovely fact that you can draw a circle through any 3 points, so long as those 3 points do not lie on a straight line. After an example with compasses and a ruler failed to convince him, I turned to Autograph, and this is the result! Clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

The 51st in Mr Barton's Autograph Video tutorial series. Following a request from Science teacher Mr Richardson, here is a video explaining how you can use Autograph to fit functions to various data sets. It doesn’t matter if the relationship in your data is linear, quadratic or exponential decay, you can be sure that Autograph can handle it. Clicking on the web-link you can see all the videos in this series.

The 13th in a series of videos where each week I visit my favourite mathematics websites. We return to the NRICH website to have a look at their annual offering of an advent calendar. But this is not your usual advent calendar because behind each door instead of a chocolate treat you will find… a mathematical treat! One lovely problem for each of the days leading up to Christmas. NRICH produces the goods once again. Ho, ho, ho!