I am a full time secondary teacher and head of department who started teaching in 2004. I love to teach mathematics and try to create interesting and dynamic visual resources to enhance the delivery of my subject. I hope you find my resources useful.
I am a full time secondary teacher and head of department who started teaching in 2004. I love to teach mathematics and try to create interesting and dynamic visual resources to enhance the delivery of my subject. I hope you find my resources useful.
Scroll through the first few slides to introduce a cuboid (hover over the pictures to reveal the properties and click on the boy pushing over the rectangle to revel transform a rectangle into a cuboid). Break down the layers of the cuboid examples by clicking on the x, y, z buttons to see the layers separate and questions students on the associated multiplications and the commutative properties of multiplication. When the cubes can't be seen, hover over the faces of the cuboid examples to reveal the cubes and click the covers to reveal the answers.
A set of interactive examples that model how to create a prime factorisation using factor trees. Click on the number in the tree to shown the next level/branches and click the empty branches to reveal the factors. Once the tree have been fully revealed, click on the end branches to show the prime factorisation.
A fully interactive presentation that models how to identify and check for rotation symmetry using tracing paper. Use the navigation buttons to....1)Navigate throught the examples, 2)Select tracing paper 3)Trace 4) Rotate.
Initially, click on the lego bricks to break them down into smaller percentage proportions. Once all 6 base blocks are revealed, click on them stack up the required percentage. Scroll through the examples and uncover the base building blocks by cliking on the covers. Once all base builing blocks have been revealed, build the required percentage by clicking on each block to stack them up.
Dynamically change the problems in this PowerPoint using the up/down buttons. Click on the +/- symbol to add or subtract the equations and click on the green area to see the equations combine. Reveal the solutions by clicking the covers.
An interactive geogebra applet that allows the teacher (or students on ipads/in computer room if uploaded onto geogebra website) to create right angle triangles using a set number of standard squares. Students can record their trials and try to spot any relationships between the size of the squares that work. An accompanying worksheet and lesson plan to match. You need geogebra installed (free) or use the web applet that does not require geogebra to be installed.
An interactive geogebra applet that generates most shapes of interest including…
==>triangles
==>squares
==>rectangles
==>parallelograms
==>trapeziums
==>regular…pentagons,hexagons,heptagons,octagons,nonagons,decagons
==>circles
…at the press of a button (use the slider to change shape). Good for use with an interactive whiteboard to practice finding the area. This can then be converted into a prism using the ‘add layer’ button so that students can form the links betweeen area and volume. Keep adding layers to generate the prism or use the ‘generate prism’ button to generate a random depth prism. Each layer can be dragged away from the prism to justify mutliplying by the depth.
You either need geogebra installed on your machine or use the web link to use the resource within a web browser without the need to install geogebra.
An interactive geogebra applet that creates and solves two sets of linear simultaneous equations dynamically. Drag the vertical slider to reveal the working. Also shows the graphical significance of the solution in an additional window. You must have geogebra installed on your machine or use the web link to use this without needing geogebra to be installed.
An interactive geogebra applet that generates pythagoras questions. Good for use on an interactive whitebaord or projector. You can generate random length problems at a press of a button as well as specific shorter side/longer side questions. You can hide/reveal the squares in each questions as well as the answer.
Please ensure you have geogebra installed on your machine or use the web link to show the applet in a web browser without the need of installing geogebra.
An interactive geogebra applet that generates right-angled trigonometry questions. Good for use on an interactive whitebaord or projector. You can generate random ‘missing length’ examples or ‘missing angle’ examples at a press of a button as well as specific sin/cos/tan length or angle questions. You can hide/reveal the multiplier in each questions as well as the answer.
Please ensure you have geogebra installed on your machine or use the web link to show the applet in a web browser without the need of installing geogebra.
A dynamic and interactive probability tree structure generator. Generate questions and create the corresponding tree so students can practice interpreting questions. This is a geogebra applet so you need the application installed or use the web link so you can use within a web browser without the need of installing geogebra
An interactive geogebra applet that enables students to investigate the relationship between the diameter and circumference by measuring the diameter (drag the blue cross), unrolling the circle and measuring the circumference (drag the red cross). Students can zoom in to improve the estimation of pi. Either use by installing geogebra or use the web address also included to use the app through a web browser.
A set of interactive geogebra applets that dynamically links displacement, velocity and acceleration graphs. Show or hide the graphs using the controls or click the trace points button and drag the velocity point to slowly reveal the traced graphs. Make as many new examples as your students need.
You will need geogebra installed on your machine but this is not a necessity as I have also attached the web links to use these applets in your choice of web browser.
I have found this useful for both the new A level and GCSE (1-9 higher) specs.
Two student worksheets also included.
Two interactive geogebra applets that generate two specific type of combining ratio questions as seen in the first two new Edexcel GCSE papers (1MA0) 1-9. Generate as many examples as your students need and model the solution by using the applet to…
==> Reveal the ratios and thier totals (see cover image)
==> Drag the points to highlight matching ratio parts (see cover image)
==> Generate equivalent ratios using the multiplier finger (see cover image)
You can use these if you have geogebra installed but it is not a necessity as I have also attached the web links so you can use the applets in your web browser.
A simple geogebra applet that generates differentiated questions on populating Venn diagrams with frequencies.
If you have geogebra installed on your machine you can open the .ggb file or if not then I have also attached a web link so you can use the applet in a web browser.
An interactive geogebra applet that calculate the area under any user defined curve using integration and using the trapezium rule. Also calculates the percentage error.
If you have geogebra installed then please download the .ggb file. If not please use the attached web link to use this applet in a web browser.
An interactive geogebra applet to aid modelling of transforming functions.
==> Transform any user-defined function using the ‘add transformation’ buttons and the input/output sliders. The function transforms dynamically as the user changes the input/output.
==> Assess you students understanding by generating random transformations and reveal the function.
==> Add multiple compound transformations (in the correct order!) by keep clicking ‘add transformation’. This is usefult with A-level teaching.
If you have geogebra installed on your machine please download the .gbb file. I have also attached a web link if you want to use this resource through your web browser instead of installing geogebra.
Model how to calculate the area of a trapezium using this interactive geogebra applet to dynamically convert it into a prallelogram (rotate using the blue dot). Generate new problems on demand and show/hide the lengths by clicking on them. Show/hide the area/perimeter to reveal the solutions. No need for 1/2(a+b)h with this visual prompt!
You can open this using geogebra but if you don’t want to install it you can also use it in a normal web browser using the link included.