KS4 Maths: Laws of indices lesson
Full lesson on laws of indices covering the basic laws of indices (fractional and negative indices are not covered).
The explanations of the laws of indices in the PowerPoint slides are adapted from the fantastic lesson by @finbutler999.
The support sheet is designed as a reference for when pupils are undertaking the main activity -- could be provided as reusable laminated sheets, or as a worksheet to be printed and provided for each pupil to make notes on and stick in their exercise books.
The Tarsia activity is one uploaded by @chuckieirish -- I gave the pupils the six-tile simplified version of this first and then the remainder of the tiles as an extension.
There are two plenaries -- the first involves sticking the posters on the wall around the room and asking pupils to add a post-it note to each with a question on it that simplifies to the given answer. The second is based on a question on the NRICH website.
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