Self explanatory. Identify gradient and y-intercept of line so correct shot is taken by laser to stop Kim Jong Il’s missiles. If the wrong equations are chosen, and the back-up fails, the consequences are clear…

Expanding one and two binomials (single and double brackets); with positively wibbly wobbly variables.

Subject to further development…

To be used after pupils familiar with use of #Pythagoras’ theorem, properties of #isosceles #triangles and #symmetry and sum of #internal #angles of a triangle. Gentle, steady, step-by-step progress.

Adding Multiplication Estimation

Seeing gradient.

Video demonstration of planes of symmetry in real shapes: using play dough. Planes of symmetry of cuboid. Planes of symmetry of triangular prism.

Eight slides to prepare for Christmas. Does Father Christmas really exist? If so, where does he come from? The links from the slides suffice to begin a greater journey into how the name and image of St Nicholas has changed over the past 1300+ years (at the hands of Martin Luther (and Protestant Christians), Coca Cola and others) but also how his eternal spirit travels and lives on.

A series of links for World Space Week 2020. Designed to spur exploration. The truth is out there…

Trigonometric Ratios from first principles & pythagoras’ theorem. Set in context of tracking a star orbiting an Earth assumed to be flat (as it seemingly was at the time the principles were first developed!).

Translations-based code word revelation.

**A couple of poems with a few mathematical questions. Nothing too heavy; but enough to spur some thought.