Lots of games to introduce important concepts of probability.

A lesson, complete with an interactive example, for teaching cumulative frequency and box plots.

A Tarsia activity on four operations with fractions. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

Change data values and see the effect on the cumulative frequency diagram. Allows you to work out the median as well!

A lesson teaching the basics of stem and leaf diagrams with a nice colourful example.

A collection of challenging but interesting starter questions.

A presentation and worksheet to introduce the basics of ratio. Suitable for KS3 and lower KS4 students. Questions and examples are included for students to practice and discuss.

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a “pupil-friendly” way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

Algebra Level 6 Algebra Level 7 Expanding brackets Whole class activity Randomly generates all different types of brackets for students to expand and simplify. also gives answers

A way of introducing how to factorize quadratic equations by means of a number game. This PowerPoint presentation gives questions on sum and product followed by factorizing quadratic questions. Ideal for KS3 and KS4 students as a revision plenary or starter.

A Tarsia Jigsaw activity on finding averages (mean, median, mode) and the range. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. By making adjustments such as removing answers and making deliberate mistakes, they can be made even more challenging and engaging to the students. To download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below.

Change constants to see the effect on the graph of the function. Covers linear and quadratic as well as harder ones too.

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

A nice set of questions investigating the point of intersection of straight line graphs.

Pupils must decide which nets can make a cube.

An introduction to writing expressions and collecting like terms via little stories.

A presentation that introduces the main points about arrangements.

Algebra Level: 8. A powerpoint lesson which demonstrates one way students may rearrange formulae

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

Another great lesson from Lisa McNulty.