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Making Maths Memorable

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Ever since my PGCE I have been convinced that every Maths topic has a unique and interesting way to be taught. 7 years later and I have collected and created 100s of resources to prove my point. All resources, including IB and A Level, are designed to be thoroughly engaging but yet cover every bit of content required with plenty of practise too. Teach LCM with the life of the Cicada bugs or teach proportions using celebrity faces and the golden ratio. All fully animated engaging powerpoints.

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Ever since my PGCE I have been convinced that every Maths topic has a unique and interesting way to be taught. 7 years later and I have collected and created 100s of resources to prove my point. All resources, including IB and A Level, are designed to be thoroughly engaging but yet cover every bit of content required with plenty of practise too. Teach LCM with the life of the Cicada bugs or teach proportions using celebrity faces and the golden ratio. All fully animated engaging powerpoints.
iGCSE bundle
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iGCSE bundle

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A selection of my iGCSE resources at a discounted price
Catchphrase with Maths questions
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Catchphrase with Maths questions

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Students take it in turns answering questions to reveal the picture behind. First to guess the catchphrase wins. A variety of topics already created but very easy to add your own.
All Fun Maths Starters
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All Fun Maths Starters

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I pride myself in having fun resources! This is a selection of my best starters. These are general starters that can fit any topic.
Question grid fun starter
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Question grid fun starter

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Students throw a soft toy at the board (I use a toy angry bird). Teacher clicks the number that the student hit to reveal a question. If it is a yellow question students get a merit. Works best with smart boards as questions will reveal themselves when hit by the soft toy.
Fun one off lessons
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Fun one off lessons

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Easy lessons to pull out when you haven't quite found the time to plan something. Lessons that add to their mathematical knowledge but can easily be slotted in mid topic. Some of these work perfectly for end of term lessons when students ask "Are we going to do something fun today?"
3D coordinates
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3D coordinates

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It took some time to create the 3D alphabet coordinates grid but it works brilliantly to introduce the 3rd dimension in coordinates. The lesson and worksheets advance to using a coordinate grid more like those found the the GCSE exam.
Symmetry in Rangoli patterns
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Symmetry in Rangoli patterns

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Students very quickly understand the concepts of reflections, rotations and symmetry when creating rangoli patterns. I always use this before starting the Transformations topic. Powerpoint and worksheets guide students step by step in creating these patterns.
Decision 1 - All lessons and resources for all chapters
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Decision 1 - All lessons and resources for all chapters

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PowerPoints written so that a teacher can learn from the PowerPoints and teach from them. Students can use the PowerPoints to learn independently too. Many colleagues have used my lessons on Decision 1 without a strong understanding of Decision themselves. Includes all chapters: Algorithms, Networks, Route Inspection, Critical paths, Linear Programming and Matchings Includes all worksheets, answers and assessments
All transformations GCSE
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All transformations GCSE

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Everything you need to teach all 4 transformations. Several lessons worth of material with many worksheets to help students to practise and understand translations, reflections, rotations and englargments. Includes combining transformations and negative enlargements. An end of topic test is also included which can be completed and peer marked in one lesson.
Standard Deviation
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Standard Deviation

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A simple but very clever way to introduce standard deviation. Students thoroughly understand the purpose and how to use standard deviation being taught with this resource. Pair it with a few extra questions from a textbook to make a full lesson.
Probability all GCSE
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Probability all GCSE

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Everything required to teach probability for the GCSE. Several lessons worth covering basic probability, sample space diagrams, experimental probability and tree diagrams. Lots of fun probability games and ideas included.
Vectors iGCSE
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Vectors iGCSE

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Everything required to teach the Vectors chapter in the iGCSE. Drawing vectors, finding magnitudes, calculating with vectors, vectors with bearings and solving problems with vectors.
Set Theory and Venn Diagrams
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Set Theory and Venn Diagrams

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Everything required to teach set theory for the iGCSE. Includes worksheets that run along side the PowerPoint. The homework worksheet with answers can also be used as a mini assessment.
Correlation and scatter plots
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Correlation and scatter plots

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This resource can be spread over 2 or 3 lessons depending how deep you want to go into correlation. Lesson 1 will cover the basics. I use lesson 2 in the PowerPoint more like a mini project but can be skipped if required. Lesson 3 is more based on higher level thinking trying to find the equations of lines of best fits and use extrapolation.
Boxplots and Cumulative Frequency
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Boxplots and Cumulative Frequency

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Enough for two lessons. Teaches how to calculate quartiles and the interquartile range to create box plots first. Then goes through two full examples for cumulative frequency diagrams (to be used with worksheet provided) followed by 4 practice questions with answers. Teacher could use this resource to teach the topic without any understanding of Cumulative Frequency.