A nice clear powerpoint with some practical problems, ideal for lower ability students

Differentiated lesson to establish the correct order of operations. Students can usually start anywhere on the first three columns, then brackets will need some explaining! Plenary of target number gives students the ability to be as easy or as complicated as they can with the "Target Number" sum to demonstrate learning

An activity designed for students working in teams. Initial starter on Whiteboard, then students must enter the correct codes into the excel spreadsheet (correct answers turn cells green) in order to be the best performing team. I only let the students input their answers into the spreadsheet three times during the lesson and only make one correction.

Covering the basics of algebraic multiplication and expansion of single brackets right upto double brackets. Worksheets are split into different abilities to allow for multiple approaches to independent work.

Simplifying Expressions that are a combination of number and letter terms multiplied together. Simple, step by step explanation and differentiated worksheet with answers. Includes a pdf of a tarsia pzzle to recall basic laws of indices Odd one out and GCSE Q Plenary

Differentiated Worksheet with answers Recall Starter of collecting like terms Covers GCSE Expand and Simplify Questions, including where second bracket has negatives. Plenary leads to factorising (you can find that lesson on here too!)

A fully differentiated lesson on powerpoint and Word with notes to teach this topic from the ground up. Fun element of aligning algebra to the McDonald’s drive through and why we make terms simpler. Suitable for Year 6 upto GCSE foundation. With a misconception busting plenary.

A differentiated lesson to teach algebraic multiplication and division of indices from the ground up. Including Multiply / Divide / Brackets Misconception Busting Plenary Four levels of work on Differentiated worksheet with answers included.