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Lessons and Diferentiated Resources to reduce the planning mountain
Density
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Density

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Calculate with mass, volume and density. Starter on comparing substances and/or proportional reasoning with bar model diagrams . Using a formula triangle. Worked examples. Question slides. Worksheet reviewing lesson. All answers included.
Scales and Maps
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Scales and Maps

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GCSE Higher Lesson. Understand a map scale and use a map scale to find distances. Starter on unitary ratios. Converting between metric lengths. Worked examples including unit conversion. Question slides. Worksheet reviewing lesson. All answers included.
Writing Numbers in Standard Form
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Writing Numbers in Standard Form

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9-1 GCSE Lesson covering what standard form is, why we use it. How to convert from ordinary numbers to standard form and vice-versa. Examples and a differentiated LIMBO worksheet all with answers provided. Plenary is an exam style question involving converting between units of mass and ordering.
3D Pythagoras
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3D Pythagoras

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9-1 GCSE Lesson: Starter reviews Pythagoras in 2 dimensions. Worked examples of finding lengths in cubes, cuboids, triangular prism. Questions on 3 D Pythagoras. All answers included.
LIMBO Percentages: Differentiated Activity
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LIMBO Percentages: Differentiated Activity

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GCSE Maths. LIMBO [the lower you go, the harder it gets...] differentiated worksheets on 1] Finding a % of a Quantity 2] % Change 3] Write Proportions as %s 4] Reverse %s 5] % Equivalences 6] % Multipliers
Calculations with Upper and Lower Bounds and Error intervals
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Calculations with Upper and Lower Bounds and Error intervals

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Whole lesson compliant with 9-1 GCSE specifications. Starter reviews finding upper and lower bounds and looks at calculating bounds for two variables. Examples of questions where bounds or error intervals are applied. GCSE exam style questions alkso included. All answers included.
Expressing Measurement Errors using Inequalities
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Expressing Measurement Errors using Inequalities

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GCSE lesson introducing the ideas of measurement error, upper and lower bounds and using inequalities to describe these bounds. Worked examples of each concept, questions and answers provided. Question slides easily printed as worksheets.
Year 6 SATs Review Starter - February, March + April
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Year 6 SATs Review Starter - February, March + April

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A set of 5 questions for each day in February and March reviewing 3 arithmetic questions and 2 reasoning questions and in April reviewing 2 arithmetic questions and 3 reasoning questions. Ideal as lesson starter. Full answers provided. Could be used as KS3 starter reviewing previous learning.
Proportion - Identifying Direct Proportion
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Proportion - Identifying Direct Proportion

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Lesson using idea of a function machine to explain the definitions and explore examples of direct proportion. Covers use of division and how to express using multiplication. Worked examples. Questions on identifying direct proportion and on finding missing values. All answers provided.
Surds - Rationalising
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Surds - Rationalising

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Lesson explores rationalising involving single expression denominators, denominators with the surd multiplied by a coefficient and the use of a conjugate where the denominator expression requires the difference of two squares method to remove the square root. All skills are demonstrated by worked examples and differentiated question slides are included. Exam style questions included. All answers included.
Surds - Expanding Brackets
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Surds - Expanding Brackets

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Lesson exploring expanding single brackets involving surds. Then looks at expanding two brackets, including a single bracket squared. All explanations include worked examples and all question slides include answers.
Angle Reasoning - Naming Lines and Angles
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Angle Reasoning - Naming Lines and Angles

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Lesson looking at conventions of naming straight lines and angles. Starter examines pupils understanding of types of angles. Fully worked examples and questions to consolidate and demonstrate understanding.
Proportion Package
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Proportion Package

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10 Resources on Proportion: 7 Lessons (Worked examples, Questions, All answers provided) What is Proportion? Ratio and Proportion Unitary Method Best Buys Recipes Identifying Direct Proportion Proportion - Real Life Examples Other Resources Puzzles (Extended/Problem Solving) Proportion - Knowledge Organiser Infinite Questions Proportion Excel Worksheet
Angle Reasoning: Angles in a Triangle
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Angle Reasoning: Angles in a Triangle

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Lesson uses alternate angles and angles on a straight line to explain why angles in a triangle up to 180 degrees. Worked examples and questions on finding missing angles. Extends to include isosceles triangles, then exterior angles and opposite angles. All answers included.
Ratio - Combining Ratios
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Ratio - Combining Ratios

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“If a:b = 3:4 and b:c = 5:6, find the ratio a : b : c”. Lesson examining both algebraic and worded examples of combining ratios. Full explanation of use of LCM and equivalent ratios. Fully worked examples. Questions of both types. All answers included.
Ratio: Simplifying ratios_ decimals/ fractions
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Ratio: Simplifying ratios_ decimals/ fractions

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Lesson looking at how we simplify rations which have either decimals or fractions as their component shares. Starter reviews simplifying and sharing with integer shares. Ratios with decimals looks at multiplying by powers of 10 and then simplifying where appropriate. Ratios with fractions looks at examples with common denominators and with different denominators. Differentiated slides on each topic. All worked examples and question slides include answers.
Find CF and HCF of Algebraic Expressions
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Find CF and HCF of Algebraic Expressions

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Lesson looking at finding Common Factors and Highest Common Factors of Algebraic Expressions. Starts with review of factors and common factors for number. Uses listing factors for algebraic expressions to introduce ideas before looking at a more factorising approach. Plenary looks at working backwards from factors to expressions using Venn diagrams. All worked examples and question slides have answers included.