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/
Three worksheets from the "Defuse The Bomb" series starting from basic stuff up to wordy questions. Hopefully I have corrected a repeat on number 1.
This has been half-complete for a while but I am looking for some more reasoning resources so decided to finish it. This involves the usual angles issues (on a line, around a point etc) as well as polygons and a slide of circle theorems.
Four slides each containing four questions; the answer is known but the questions are incomplete. These are designed to create discussion and many questions have multiple possible blanks.
Three “spiders”: one on perimeter and two on area.
Each slide contains six questions; four contain a diagram from which a formula needs to be derived and two contain a formula where students can draw their own diagram (this should lead to interesting discussions and thought processes).
This is a sheet which involves eight questions with answers given on the sheet (there are ten potential answers for the eight questions to avoid guessing). These have worked well for online schooling and allow students who are reasonably confident to get on as their answers appear on the sheet. In the meantime the teacher can help those who are less confident.
These are designed to allow those students who are confident to get on, checking hat their answers are on the sheet whilst the teacher helps those who need it. There are 6 questions but 10 possible answers.
A colleague suggested using Amazon reviews of albums to calculate averages from frequency tables/bar graphs, so I did. Hopefully it is useful. I have chosen albums that have similar ratings for a reason, plus the students will rip my music taste apart (little do they know that my music taste is far superior to theirs…).
Find the missing values in each coordinate given the equation of the graph to reveal the fish-related joke. Ideal for use in the classroom, online or as a homework task.
Answer the average and range questions to reveal the aquatic joke; this involves basic calculations, averages problems and a frequency table. These are useful in the classroom, online and as a homework task.
Four “show that…” questions that encourage explanations ahead of final answers (which are already given). These are designed to create discussion and get students to think about the steps they are taking.
This is designed to create discussion in class regarding average and range whereby students change one value in a set of numbers in order meet certain requirements. The final two slides are similar to a Don Steward task where students can change numerous values to meet three average and range requirements. I have left a template on the presentation so that you can create your own if you like.
This idea is from Craig Barton and is an excellent one (check them out his at website); essentially it is four questions based on the same information. There are four here which use fractions, percentages, probability, ratio, volume, money, upper and lower bounds, speed, standard form as well as other topics. This really should create discussion and a deeper understanding of the topics covered on top of ensuring that students actually read the question. I hope these are worthy! I will be using these as starters or plenaries.
Find the letters upon which the shapes land on and uncover the joke on a fish theme. These are popular (no matter the quality of the joke) in both online and in-person lessons.
Based on the format of the BBC game show “Impossible”, there are 12 questions with 3 potential answers: one is correct, one could be correct in another context and one is impossible. These are designed to create discussion and debate in class, possibly leading on to other mathematics. I have left a template slide at the end so you can write your own if you wish.
Use the graph showing 5 hours in the life of a shark to answer the questions and reveal a (pretty terrible) punchline to a joke. These work in class or online and essentially mark themselves as they spell out the answer so students can be reasonably independent with it.
Solve the simultaneous equations and reveal the joke; ideal for either in class, online or as a homework task. The students like the competition of unveiling the punchline first.
Two fish-related jokes to find: one for factorising and one for completing the square/using the quadratic formula. These work nicely in class, online or as a homework.
There are six slides with a percentage and fraction sales-related question question. This involves calculating sale prices, working out which sale would offer the best price and finding the original price given the sale price. This is designed to create discussion in class.
