I have been a teacher for over 20 years - all the stuff I upload has been tried and tested in my classroom. I don't mind a discussion on Twitter too where I also share new resources. I now have a personal website: https://andylutwyche.com/
I have been a teacher for over 20 years - all the stuff I upload has been tried and tested in my classroom. I don't mind a discussion on Twitter too where I also share new resources. I now have a personal website: https://andylutwyche.com/
This was done using a free piece of software (search online for 'Physics Tracker') to track objects and plot a distance/time graph. I designed it to be a discussion activity, explaining what's happening at each stage of the graph.
This works its way up from very basic simplifying expressions (grade G/1) to complex algebra like completing the square (grade A/8) through a series of questions on the topic and more practice questions if required. Students click through based upon their ability to answer the questions and should allow them to focus their revision at the correct point.
This works its way up from very basic equivalence (grade F/2) to repeated percentage change/compound interest (grade B/7) through a series of questions on the topic and more practice questions if required. Students click through based upon their ability to answer the questions and should allow them to focus their revision at the correct point.
This works its way up from solving very basic equations (grade G/1) to solving quadratic equations graphically (grade A*/9) via letters on both sides and quadratics (various methods) through a series of questions on the topic and more practice questions if required. Students click through based upon their ability to answer the questions and should allow them to focus their revision at the correct point.
This works its way up from simplifying basic ratios (grade D/3) to real life ratio problems including recipes (grade C/4) onto conversion graphs (C/4) then direct and inverse proportion including their graphs (A/7) through a series of questions on the topic and more practice questions if required. Students click through based upon their ability to answer the questions and should allow them to focus their revision at the correct point.
This works its way up from very basic simplifying of indices (grade F/1) or reading/writing in standard form (D/3) to simplifying algebraically with negative and fractional indices (grade A/8) and calculating in standard form (B/7) through a series of questions on the topic and more practice questions if required. Students click through based upon their ability to answer the questions and should allow them to focus their revision at the correct point.
Inspired by mrbarton's collective memory tasks that my classes have enjoyed I wrote these for some lower ability classes I teach. There are calculations for them to do too. If you don't know how they work, get students in groups of 3/4, show the file on the board for 30 seconds and they try to copy what they remember from it (no writing whilst file is being shown). Show the file a total of 4 or 5 times. Great for discussions etc.
The students need to write a formula for the profit that 3 apps will make, writing them in words and algebra. The extension is to draw a graph of the formulae.
Can you help Phineas and Ferb find the missing measurements in these calculations for their giant catapult? You also need to tell Dr Doofenshmirz whether his ray gun will still be accurate when he fires it at Agent P. Designed to be a starter or plenary.
Using the fact that Ant-Man shrinks and grows, I produced this calculus resource on rates of change. Two situations regarding Ant-Man's suit: surface area of the suit itself and the volume of the helmet.
This is based upon the concept of the gameshow called “Impossible” (I watch daytime TV in the holidays, sadly) where each question has three options: one correct, one partially correct and one impossible. I ask students to find the correct answer and then explain why the other two options are either impossible or only partially correct. This one involves algebra topics like simplifying expressions, factorising, sequences, equations of lines, inequalities, quadratic equations, function notation, rearranging formulae etc. There are twelve questions altogether.
Find the equation of the tangent to a curve at a given point and reveal the joke (I apologise, I made it up at about 3am). Something different in an A Level class or a challenge in an IGCSE class…
Six questions and diagrams designed to help students get used to using the area formula involving trigonometry. This does what it says on the tin and students fill in the blanks…
