A lesson on describing transformations. It starts with students identifying the type of transformation before moving on to the specifics of each transformation. The questions can be delivered as either a mini-whiteboard activity, a relay or as a simple worksheet.
A powerpoint and worksheet on converting between metric units of area and volume. The worksheet is scaffolded and allows the students to discover for themselves how to convert between the different units. Answers included!
*added explanations for examples including diagrams to help show steps clearly
A complete lesson on rounding to whole numbers, decimal places and significant figures intended for foundation level GCSE.
Includes:
A key skills starter;
A powerpoint covering rounding to powers of 10, decimal places and significant figures, including “big” whole numbers and “small” decimals;
Worked examples and whiteboard work on each part for students to practise;
Questions and a mini-test at the end to check which part of the lesson each student understands.
All answers included.
Complete lesson on comparing data sets using averages and the range, intended for foundation level GCSE. Includes:
Key skills starter;
Recap on finding the mean, median, mode and range;
Examples of comparing two data sets;
Discussion around which averages are most suitable in certain situations;
Task on comparing the salaries of different jobs.
All answers included.
A full lesson on creating and finding averages from grouped frequency tables, intended for foundation level GCSE. Includes:
An exercise involving students measuring their heights and creating a grouped frequency table;
Discussion about why they should be used over frequency tables for continuous data;
Worked examples for finding the modal and median groups and estimating the mean;
A paired relay task including exam questions on grouped frequency tables.
All answers included.
Foundation GCSE lesson on place value (Year 10). Includes:
Key skills starter
PowerPoint presentation covering place value, multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 and 0.1, 0.01 and 0.001
Whiteboard activity on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
Tarsia activity on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000
“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” activity
Answers included.
A complete lesson on square numbers and roots, cube numbers and roots, higher powers and roots and estimating square roots intended for foundation level GCSE.
Includes:
A key skills starter;
A powerpoint covering powers and roots, with a whiteboard activity and questions to practise;
An explanation of how to estimate roots based on known square roots and a paired activity to practise.
All answers included.
A complete lesson on finding the sum of interior angles in polygons, intended for foundation level GCSE. Includes:
A key skills starter;
A structured powerpoint showing how polygons can be split into triangles and a sheet where students can derive the formula for themselves;
A worked example of answering questions using the formula and a loop card activity for students to practise with.
All answers included.
This is a set of 12 questions involving adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions. Students need to read the worded problems and decide which operation they need to use. I ran this as a relay and displayed their team names and scores on the second powerpoint; they had 3 attempts at a question before they had to move on.
A complete lesson on factorising quadratics. The starter recaps expanding expressions, before moving on to an explanation of how to factorise quadratics. There is a sequence of questions to be used with mini-whiteboards until students are confident. Included in the powerpoint is a slide with questions that are to be printed and cut out, so students can attempt two questions at a time and check with you in the form of a relay. There are also extension questions and help sheets towards the end of the powerpoint.
AS Level lesson on sketching polynomial functions. Includes a mini whiteboard activity and worksheet on determining the equation of a polynomial based on the intersections with the axes and sketching polynomials given their equation.
AS Level lesson on polynomial division and using the factor theorem. Contains many problems and examples of using the factor theorem to determine other factors of a polynomial.
This is a lesson on area and perimeter of simple shapes, aimed at a higher ability Year 7 class. It contains mini-whiteboard activities, worksheets and extension questions for both area and perimeter.
This is a higher tier GCSE lesson on solving equations by substitutions. Included are questions and answers and an example of finding the intersection of a line and a circle.
A lesson on sketching quadratic graphs by finding the roots and turning points. Included are scaffolded worksheets for breaking down the steps (solving the quadratic, completing the square etc.).
Includes a key skills starter with all answers included.
Lesson on using the quadratic formula to solve quadratics. Includes a set of 8 problem solving exam questions at the end of the powerpoint. Suited towards upper grades in the higher GCSE or as a recap for AS students. Answers included!
A complete lesson on finding fractions of amounts, intended for foundation level GCSE.
Includes:
A key skills starter;
A powerpoint covering finding fractions of amounts, progressing through simple fractions before moving to improper fractions. Diagrams and animations included to help students visualise. Also included are questions where the fraction of an amount is given;
A worksheet for students to practise.
All answers included.
Lesson covering angle properties of isosceles and equilateral triangles, kites, trapeziums and parallelograms intended for foundation level GCSE.
Includes:
A key skills starter;
White board questions on finding angles given information;
A help sheet covering angle facts for each type of quadrilateral;
A structured, worked example of an exam question that involves showing that a triangle is isosceles given information;
Exam questions for students to practise.
All answers included.