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Conceptual & immersive mathematics resources for developing a deeper understanding.
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Conceptual & immersive mathematics resources for developing a deeper understanding.
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β Mixed Probability Resources β Engaging & Effective
β Compound Probability Lesson - Students investigate the probabilities involved in tossing coins and use their new knowledge to compete a worksheet (basic, challenge & enlarged version included).
β Coin Challenge - A gambling-based PowerPoint demonstrating how misleading probability mathematics can be.
β Alien Abduction PowerPoint - An engaging PowerPoint involving global demographics and the fascinating non-transitive dice.
β Probability Card Set - Some cards for students to place on a probability line, including blanks to make up their own.
β Basic Probability Tarsia - A tarsia based on a set of ten coloured cards, for developing a basic understanding of probability.
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Probability Worksheet - An engaging worksheet on basic probability.
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π¦ Flappy Bird Cube Net π¦
A colour net of a cube to create an infamous 3D Flappy Bird!
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π Isometric Drawing π Engaging Group Activity
An engaging activity where one student draws an isometric 3D object and the other must convert it into plan, front and side views. The reverse activity can also be attempted although impossible shapes can be created! A PowerPoint with some awesome isometric art is also included.
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π Mean, Median, Mode & Range π Analysing Data Resources
π Two starters on averages & range.
π An Excel averages calculator for checking student results live.
π A PowerPoint based on comparing test results by gender.
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π Minecraft Collecting Like Terms π Simplifying Algebra Laminate & Starter
A Minecraft-themed worksheet on collecting like terms with progressive difficulty. Designed to be printed two-per-page to create colourful A5 laminates. Includes a PowerPoint starter and an extension question on substitution.
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Cornish Corner Shop - Excel Sheet for Percentages & Finance
A simple Cornish-themed Excel sheet for students to use Excel formula to calculate profits based on sale percentages. You will have to provide them with values and targets, such as calculating total profit with 10% off in the winter and 5% surcharge in the summer. Unprotect the Excel sheet to extent this resource.
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π Collecting Like Terms π Computer Activity with Real-Life Situations
A series of worksheets on Collecting Like Terms designed to be completed in the computer room. There is an interactive Excel sheet for students to enter their solutions and a web browser file that lets students access the worksheets from a school shared folder.
Note: There is a typo on the Excel sheet and I have lost the password to unprotect and correct it. Sorry! Challenge your students to find it!
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Rearranging Equations / Changing The Subject - PowerPoint Questions - Progressive Difficulty
A PowerPoint with progressively difficult questions on rearranging equations and changing the subject.
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β Brain Chains β Challenging Mental Maths Starter
Very challenging starter with 5 Brain Chain Levels. No pen/paper allowed. Brains only!
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π SubstitutΓ©mon π Substitution Card Game Activity - Engaging & Competitive
A challenging, engaging, creative & competitive card game combining PokΓ©mon & substitution. Students create their own cards and compete under surprise "weather conditions" based on increasingly challenging algebraic expressions. This activity forces students to think deeply about the fundamentals of mathematical processes in order to create the best set of cards. Your students won't forget this lesson!
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πΌ "Real-Life" Trial & Improvement πΌ Colourful & Engaging Laminates
Five colourful and engaging questions on individual sheets designed to be laminated and worked on in groups. The questions encourage the use of critical thinking through trial & improvement although they could be investigated algebraically for high-ability groups or extension work.
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πΎ Ultimate Substitution Laminate πΎ Colourful, Engaging & Educational!
Carefully-designed to develop a deep understanding of substitution without having to pre-teach any fixed methods. For the best result print in colour on two sheets of A4 and laminate them together back to back. The reverse side can then be filled in with a board marker which the students really enjoy. Colourful, engaging and encourages critical thinking. One of my favourite resources.
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Sπlving Linear Equations Worksheet - Self-Discovery & Increasing Challenge
Uses simple yet carefully-designed equations that develop a deep understanding of the fundamentals of solving equations. Can be used as a self-discovery exercise whereby students are not taught how to solve equations, but must explore which value for each letter would make the equation true.
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π Algebra Code-Breaker π Self-Discovery & Increasing Challenge
Students decipher 3 phrases by solving equations of increasing difficulty to work out which numbers to replace with which letters. Carefully designed to be solvable using logical thinking and trial & improvement, no need to pre-teach how to solve equations.
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Ο History of Irrational Numbers Ο Engaging Starter for Roots, Surds or Trial & Improvement
The story of Pythagoras and Hippasus and the discovery of irrational numbers. Please read the PowerPoint slide notes to understand what each slide is about. An engaging and perhaps slightly elaborated historical tale! Suitable for any level. Discussions regarding the infinite number of permutations of numbers within irrational numbers can be truly mind-blowing! Imagine if every two digits was used to encode a letter of the alphabet... What stories would be hidden within?!
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πΆ Quadratics πΆ Completing The Square - Investigative Questions
Designed for Year 12 students to gain a deeper understanding of completing the square through investigation. Also suitable for high-ability GCSE students. Creative and engaging questions.
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πΎ Algebra Mega Mix 2 πΎ 6 MORE Colourful Algebra Lesson Starters πΎ Varying Challenge πΎ
ANOTHER six colourful algebra lesson starters with varying difficulty.
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β Superhero Number & Algebra Revision with Solutions β Colourful & Engaging Laminate
Colourful superhero-themed revision worksheets. Designed to be printed in colour on two sheets of A4 and laminated back-to-back. Solutions included as PowerPoint presentations for students to mark their own work.
The Number sheet (RED) covers: Adding and subtracting decimals, Ordering fractions & decimals, Multiplying large numbers, Adding and subtracting fractions, Equivalent fractions, Fractions of amounts, Equivalent FDPs, Rounding & approximation, and Order of operations.
The Algebra sheet (BLUE) covers: Sequences, Substitution, Simplifying, Solving, Expanding, and Graphs.
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Factorising Quadratics with an X-Squared Coefficient - PowerPoint Investigation
A Studio Ghibli themed presentation carefully designed for students to discover what effect an x-squared coefficient has when double-brackets are expanded, and hence figure out how to factorise such quadratics for themselves.
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Expanding & Factorising Worksheet & PowerPoint Questions (inc. Real-Life Examples)
A worksheet designed to be made into a colourful laminate that demonstrates where thinking about algebraic expansion and factorisation may be useful in real-life situations. Followed by a PowerPoint full of questions of with an increasing level of challenge.
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