A space-themed question to get students thinking about how inequalities can be used to represent real-life situations and to develop their understanding. ★ ★ ★ . . (ʘ‿ʘ) . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . (ʘ‿ʘ) . . ★ ★ ★

A series of worksheets on Collecting Like Terms designed to be completed in the computer room. There is an interactive Excel sheet for students to enter their solutions and a web browser file that lets students access the worksheets from a school shared folder. Note: There is a typo on the Excel sheet and I have lost the password to unprotect and correct it. Sorry! Challenge your students to find it! 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟

A simple introduction to basic algebra and how it can be used to represent real-life situations. ★ ★ ★ (ʘ‿ʘ) PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE! (ʘ‿ʘ) ★ ★ ★

A PowerPoint with progressively difficult questions on rearranging equations and changing the subject. ★ ★ ★ . . (ʘ‿ʘ) . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . (ʘ‿ʘ) . . ★ ★ ★

Very challenging starter with 5 Brain Chain Levels. No pen/paper allowed. Brains only! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Develops and understanding of the fundamentals of substitution through carefully-designed questions with an increasing level of challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A selection of PowerPoint presentations and other resources used for teaching C1 polynomials. Includes an introduction, binomial expansion, polynomial division & factor/remainder theorem. 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟

A simple but effective set of worksheets for pairs of students to create equations for each other to tabulate and plot. Engaging and extendable. 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟

This is a simple, colourful worksheet designed to be printed and laminated. It starts with a simple conversion graph but incorporates concepts of gradient and formulae as it progresses. It has a real-life context that engages and is relevant to students. 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟

A worksheet with some introductory graphs for developing an understanding of polar coordinates. A GeoGebra file set-up for polar graphing is including, along with some interesting polar graphs that students can interact with. 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟

A challenging approximation PowerPoint for Numerical Methods A-Level based on real-life gravity variations around the Earth. It is worth discussing the causes of these variations for a more meaningful context. Also appropriate as an extension task for the new Higher GCSE syllabus. 🌟😊🌟 . . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . . 🌟😊🌟

Students decipher 3 phrases by solving equations of increasing difficulty to work out which numbers to replace with which letters. Carefully designed to be solvable using logical thinking and trial & improvement, no need to pre-teach how to solve equations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11 algebraic addition pyramids with an increasing degree of challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Designed for Year 12 students to gain a deeper understanding of completing the square through investigation. Also suitable for high-ability GCSE students. Creative and engaging questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ANOTHER six colourful algebra lesson starters with varying difficulty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

50-mark practice assessment on challenging C1 algebraic manipulation. Creative and humerous questions to engage your students. Feel free to change the names to students in your class. Potentially suitable for high-ability GCSE students. Includes two BONUS resources on the same topic and in a similar style! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A selection of thoughtful resources to use with a new class, including: 🌚 Guidelines for a student "Neat Book": A personalised revision guide, separate from their normal book of solutions and workings, where they explain clearly their own understanding of each topic for future revision and for peer teaching. 🌚 A student info sheet where they have to draw pictures to represent their interests and career plans for you to incorporate into future lessons. 🌚 An introduction to the classroom rules & ethos. 🌚 An student voice activity for students to rank what they think is most important to learn. 🌚 An insert for students to create a Contents Page for each Learning Objective and rate the topic for understanding at the start and end of the lesson, and to rate their enjoyment and participation. 🌚 A sheet for students to write down their hobbies and interests so that they can be incorporated into future maths lessons. 🌚 A poster for the classroom door asking students to line up in alphabetical order. 🌚 A multiple choice PowerPoint where students have to guess which of the interesting things I have really done in my life (you can adapt it for yourself of course). [PLOT TWIST: All the options are true for me!] 🌚 A discussion for a new teacher to have with a mature class. 🌚 Scrabble Game: Students work out the score of their name by adding the letter scores, e.g. BEN = 3+1+1=5. Then see if you get a different class winner if you work out the product instead, e.g. BEN = 3x1x1=3. For more advanced classes you can work out the exponent (3^1^1=3) and discuss the order that the exponent operation follows. 🌟😊🌟 PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE 🌟😊🌟

A humorous laminate that develops students' understanding of formula (real-life equations) by constructing their own for realistic theme park situations. Can easily be extended into linear graphs. ★ ★ ★ (ʘ‿ʘ) PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE! (ʘ‿ʘ) ★ ★ ★

• A worksheet that scaffolds students into creating a cumulative frequency graph from real student data. • A worksheet that guides them into creating a box plot from real student data. • A worksheet that asks students to plot cumulative frequency graphs and histograms from recent test data. 🌟😊🌟 . . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . . 🌟😊🌟

A selection of resources starting with very simple function machines suitable for low-ability students which develop into more difficult double function machines and applying functions backwards. Also includes more advanced algebraic functions and mapping worksheets. 🌟🌟🌟 . . 😊 . . PLEASE RATE THIS RESOURCE . . 😊 . . 🌟🌟🌟