Students have to find all of the different countries and complete the task in order. Great for an indoor lesson but can also be used outside.

For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines. 1-2 hour fully resourced careers lesson. Firstly, students will investigate what problem solving skills are, and try to solve a series of problems. They will then take stock of the skills they already have by examining the ways they have solved problems through their time at school and how these could be useful to a future potential employer if framed in an appropriate context. The lesson sees students complete a skills audit, team group activities, individual tasks, clip tasks and and is perfect for a PSHE / Citizenship careers unit. This resource pack includes a one hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE, Citizenship or Tutor Time. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship GCSE, Careers, Finance and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES

A selection of puzzles, many from the Junior or Intermediate Maths Challenges. Includes animated solutions. Good for promoting discussion and stimulating interest as starters, plenaries or extension. Powerpoint has clickable contents page to choose and move between puzzles.

Introducing our exclusive Math Problem-Solving CPD (Continuing Professional Development) program – a game-changing opportunity to level up your math expertise and help your pupils conquer even the trickiest of challenges! Unleash the Inner Problem-Solver: Dive into a world of strategies, tactics, and techniques that will sharpen your pupils’ ability to crack complex math problems with finesse. Tactical Toolbox: Master a repertoire of problem-solving approaches, from systematic thinking to creative brainstorming, empowering you to tackle a wide range of problems. Expert-Led Learning: Benefit from seasoned math educators and problem-solving gurus who guide you through practical exercises and research. What’s Included in the CPD? This presentation is based on Problem-Solving and focuses on the following: Problem-solving in the NC and The 5 Big Ideas for Teaching for Mastery The difference between reasoning and problem-solving The different types of problems Multi-step vs Multi-concept problems How to teach problem solving using research based evidence [WALKTHRUs – Live modelling and metacognitive talk] Classroom strategies to support pupils with problem-solving Resources Don’t miss this golden opportunity to supercharge your math problem-solving skills. Our Math Problem-Solving CPD equips you with the tools you need to conquer math puzzles and inspire your students to become fearless problem-solvers. Thank you for taking the time to review our resources. I hope this helps you and if it does please could you be kind enough to leave some positive feedback. Thank you. Kind regards, Miss Maths @MasteryMaths01

This task is linked to time tables and allows children to problems solve and reason. Children are given criteria for each person based on the day and time of their appointment that they use to work out what appointment each person could have. There is an answer sheet attached but is not necessarily the only solution

Lots of differentiated practical worksheets, task cards, and activities to cover the following (2014) objective: Read, write, order and compare numbers to at least 1000000 and determine the value of each digit. Includes problems and reasoning for deeper learning and understanding. Thank you for downloading. ***Please look for the large files (Flip -chart and PDF) which contain all the resources without the Paws & Clause watermark.*** PLEASE NOTE: The resources come in the format of an Activeinspire Promethean Flipchart and a non-editable PDF document. Thank you for downloading. PLEASE NOTE: If you require the resource in a different font or the numbers presented with commas please send me a request. Thank you.

Code Breaking including History of Code Breaking, Ancient Runes, Pigpen Cipher, Dancing Men Cipher, Morse Code, Nato Phonetic Alphabet, Ceasar Cipher and Frequency Analysis. Includes: Powerpoint Worksheet Assignments Cipher Wheel Perfect for Transition Years, Stand-alone lessons or extending students beyond the curriculum.

A complete lesson on gradient between two points, that assumes pupils have already spent time calculating gradients of lines, and is intended to give pupils an opportunity to use their knowledge of gradient in a slightly more challenging way. The examples and activities involve using knowledge of coordinates and gradient to find missing points on a grid. Printable worksheets and answers included. Please review it if you buy as any feedback is appreciated!

Brand New Resilience & Problem Solving Escape Room - End of Year Virtual Escape Room by Cre8tive Resources! This lasts an hour or under depending on how quick the teams can solve each puzzle! Students love this style of lesson, great as an educational treat for your class. Will your students be able to save the president before time runs out?.. C8/ES/FUN Careers Product Contents: ☞ Escape Room Interactive Tracker PowerPoint - Keeps the competitive nature on display ☞ Escape Room Puzzle Keys (Six Sets for Six Teams) ☞ Escape Room Team sheet - Record codes, answers clues as they progress through the 7 rooms ☞ Escape Room Puzzles (7 Rooms = 7 Different styles of Puzzles involving numeracy, literacy and lateral thinking) ☞ Bonus Riddles with every puzzle. ☞ Teacher Answer Sheet - Quickly confirm to teams they have solved the puzzle correctly ☞ Teacher instructions of how to set up the escape room and what to print and top tips and shortcuts. ☞ Successful Escape Certificates for those that complete the entire challenge (There is a difficult bonus escape too :) for any quick teams ✿ The 7 Rooms include: Yellow Oval Room, State Floor Blue Room, Press Room, Cross Hall Red Room, West Wing Roosevelt Room & Map Room. (Each Puzzle has been adapted to suit the topic of this Escape Room (this one is very general and fun!) and is suitable for KS3 and KS4 Student or even bright KS2 students. Our Philosophy ✿ We aim to help you equip students with the knowledge and skills to take ownership of their own learning. ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Why not try out one of our other fantastic best selling Escape Rooms ⇨ English and Language Digital Escape Room ⇨ Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Digital Escape Room ⇨ Big Fun End of Term Digital Escape Room ⇨ PSHE and Form Time Escape Room ⇨ Careers Digital Escape Room ⇨ Drama and Performance Digital Escape Room JUST PRINT AND GO! They can also be used to encourage a flipped learning environment.

A themed set of word problems. At the fair, at the zoo, at the football etc. A range of topics ie. money,time, area, calculating etc.

Problem Solving FREEBIE! - How Many Triangles Can You Find? I love having puzzles like this in my classrooms. They are great on wall displays, classroom doors and windows. Puzzles encourage logical thinking, problem solving, pattern finding , persistence and a love of Math. Hint - Encourage the students to develop a method of recording so they don't record one triangle multiple times. #justathought Included in this FREE Download: 1 A4 Color Version of the Puzzle for Wall Displays 2 Task Card Sizes for small group work 4 Scratch Versions of the Puzzle for the 'messy' part of problem solving. 1 PowerPoint version of the puzzle for easy discussion. Enjoy

This project based learning resource is an engaging Geometry based Math mini project revolving around designing a Gnome village or town using isometric paper and is a great back to school or end of term activity. The project lasts up to 5 lessons plus there are additional problem solving worksheets that could fill 2 more lessons. Includes fun geometric tasks, bursting with mathematical concepts and math skills such as isometric drawings, 3D shapes, elevation drawings and plans. It also offers opportunities to be creative and to develop number problem solving strategies. I’m certain you and your students will enjoy Gnome Homes. My students always love it and still talk about it years later! The aim of the task is to create all the 15 different shapes out of 4 Multilink cubes and then design a Gnomes village using these shapes as buildings. The village/town must be decorated in a theme and as this can be set as a competition within the class or year group, the student with the most creative Gnome Homes, wins. Not only must students design their village, they must also work out the costs involved with each building relating to the ground rent, paint for the walls and tiles for the roofs. There are activities and problem solving questions based on the task, that are available for students who need extension work. Finished products can be laminated for a super wall display. Can be set as a class or year group competition and entries displayed. What’s Included Teacher Guide Starter activity Printable Isometric Paper Examples of previous work Student worksheets Problem Solving Tasks Answer Keys **Here’s what others say ** “Students completed this at the end of the year and loved it. The directions were really clear and I love the built in differentiation. One of their favorite activities of the year!” “My students’ creativity really came through with this activity. I had gnome villages with everything from carnivals to an IKEA store. The real-world connection of costs of building was great.” “This was a super fun project for my enriched students. They were engaged and practicing without even realizing they were.” “Amazing resource!”

This board game is designed to help apprentices develop their problem solving skills. Each ‘Problem card’ contains a description of a problem that an apprentice has had to deal with. There are also ‘Manager cards’ with more complex problems of the type faced by managers. These will help apprentices prepare for career progression.

Starter of rating the chocolate bars Cadbury chocolate bar problem solving, students to create a new chocolate bar with certain problem criteria to meet.

One of a series exploring raising standards. This series presents sessions that are very powerful and important tools in teaching what good behaviour looks like. They allow students to reflect deeply on why we have high standards in school, and encourage them to raise their standards. This session: Problem-Solving The session explores what problem-solving is and why it is important both in school context and the wider world. Students are presented with a range of problems to solve and are taught how to approach problems in general. This includes puzzles, discussions, a video and reflection task. This was made for a Year 8 cohort, however this can be used with other cohorts also. All tasks can be projected on screen, so no printing is needed. Adaptable for a 20-30 minute PSHCE lesson or tutor time. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes).

Presentation for Business or Social Science students to help them with Study Skills topics. Training courses in the private sector teach how to solve problems, this presentation will introduce students to the world of work by upgrading their Study Skills. Topics covered are as follows: Definition Of Problems Why Do We Solve Problems? When Do We Solve Problems? What Helps Us Solve Problems? Problems When Solving Problems Stages In Solving A Problem How To Improve at Problem-Solving Importance Of Problem Solving Conclusions

Scenario based on being stranded on a desert island. Scenario ‘email’ introduced the task to the children. Differentiated ICT activities then introduced which all lead to solving different problems. Whole class work together on differentiated activities, before coming together to share the results of their findings.

These resources explore how we can break down a problem to it’s core issues and how we can create multiple solutions to reduce the problem. The first resource explores how to break down a problem. This activity is to help individuals understand that is normal to have problems and its normal to not know where they came from. This activity firstly consists of a discussion of what the individuals think a problem is and what they think the term problem solving is (the definitions are displayed on the activity sheet). Now that the individuals have discussed these terms, we then explain that before they begin to try and solve a problem we must think back to where the problem stems from, therefore the root of the problem will help us create a solution. Therefore, the following activity consists of the individuals being given multiple problem based scenarios and then they will try to match the correct order of what the facing problem is down to the underlining issue that first started the problem and discuss how and why they think the problem has escalated. This activity allows the individuals an insight into how problems can be broken down to the main issue and to discuss any of their own problems they wish to break down in the activity. This resource provides the template of the activity which will give a description of what the activity is about, the order in which each of the problems based situations go in and cut outs of the situations that can be printed off and displayed in the group to work together to put them in the right order. The second resource is about making solutions for the problem. This activity is to help individuals create multiple solutions for their problems and discuss the strengths and weakness of why this solution may reduce the problem. Firstly, the activity will discuss how creating multiple solutions can be the best way to solve a problem as when the first solution does not work it is always handy to have other solutions as a backup. They will then be given the problem based scenarios spoken about in the Breaking Down of a Problem activity or they can come up with a problem they have been dealing with, and with the coloured jigsaws provided they will write in them solutions of the problem and discuss the strengths and weakness of each solution and why it may help reduce the problem. This resource provides a template of the activity which will give a description of what the activity is about, an example of how the puzzle would be used to create multiple solutions for a problem and cut outs of the example of problems that can be used (from the breakdown of problems sessions) and cut outs of different coloured jigsaw puzzles.

A selection of problem solving lessons and resources suitable for year 2 children

Mixed problem solving questions, including multiplication, division, measures and estimation. Differentiated with answers provided.

Multistep word problems Y1