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Making Maths Memorable

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Ever since my PGCE I have been convinced that every Maths topic has a unique and interesting way to be taught. 7 years later and I have collected and created 100s of resources to prove my point. All resources, including IB and A Level, are designed to be thoroughly engaging but yet cover every bit of content required with plenty of practise too. Teach LCM with the life of the Cicada bugs or teach proportions using celebrity faces and the golden ratio. All fully animated engaging powerpoints.

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Ever since my PGCE I have been convinced that every Maths topic has a unique and interesting way to be taught. 7 years later and I have collected and created 100s of resources to prove my point. All resources, including IB and A Level, are designed to be thoroughly engaging but yet cover every bit of content required with plenty of practise too. Teach LCM with the life of the Cicada bugs or teach proportions using celebrity faces and the golden ratio. All fully animated engaging powerpoints.
Binomial expansion (everything)
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Binomial expansion (everything)

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Everything you need to teach Binomial Expansion. This powerpoint is designed so that students can use it by themselves to learn independently if required or as the main teaching resource by the teacher. Many colleagues have used it to teach themselves too. Method is animated to clearly show each individual step. This resource covers all aspects of Binomial Expansion including the use of Pascal's triangle, combination notation, powers of n, non-integer powers and partial fractions. 2 mini assessments plus mark schemes also included.
Linear Programming iGCSE
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Linear Programming iGCSE

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A couple of lessons clearly explaining the difficult Linear Programming questions in the iGCSE. Animation shows step by step method. Use the worksheets alongside the PowerPoint. This resource assumes that students already know how to use inequalities to shade regions.
Catchphrase with Maths questions
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Catchphrase with Maths questions

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Students take it in turns answering questions to reveal the picture behind. First to guess the catchphrase wins. A variety of topics already created but very easy to add your own.
Geometry project - Making Straw Planes
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Geometry project - Making Straw Planes

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**Students will need around 5 plastic straws each, paper, sticky tape and scissors** A fully differentiated Geometry project on making optimum straw aeroplanes. Easy to carry it out in any way you wish. Can do it over 2 lessons or do it over 5. Three levels of difficulty are indicated by the colour of the straws in the slides. Different difficulties assume different understanding of various topics. Easy (green): Measurements, circumference (not calculating), area of rectangles, Mean Medium (yellow): above plus area of circles and area of triangles Hard (red): above plus volumes of cylinders and areas of trapeziums. Recommended for 11 to 14 year olds at the end of the year.
Actual Powerpoint countdown timer
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Actual Powerpoint countdown timer

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On recognising that a countdown timer in powerpoint does not seem to exist I set myself the challenge of creating one. Done completely through animation these timers can be easily copied and pasted into your own powerpoints. I only made a 5 minute and 1 minute timer for the actual countdown clock. I tried a 1 minute and 2 minute timer using a different method too.
Compass patterns
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Compass patterns

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A fun couple of lessons to get students use to using their compass. I always use this lesson before starting the constructions unit. This resource demonstrates how to draw two different patterns and then encourages students to have a go at making their own crop circles. The patterns easily take up one lesson. The crop circles can be saved for another lesson later in the year.
Standard Deviation
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Standard Deviation

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A simple but very clever way to introduce standard deviation. Students thoroughly understand the purpose and how to use standard deviation being taught with this resource. Pair it with a few extra questions from a textbook to make a full lesson.
Christmas Maths Escape Room
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Christmas Maths Escape Room

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This escape room runs on OneNote so students will need access to a computer. As it is done using online OneNote I do not believe that they need an account for it. I have not had any issues using it with any of my students. The powerpoint is for teachers reference to help guide students when they get stuck. The only way I know to share this with students is using a share link which can be temperamental. I have put the share link at the start of the powerpoint. HOW IT WORKS: Send the share link to students. Each page represents a room which gives a code to access the password protected next page. Their aim is to access the final page. It works better in pairs. I have done it in 3 classes and the quickest has been 55 minutes. Content: I built this for my set 1 year 9s. The hardest maths involved will be equations with brackets on both sides.
Where's Wally with Coordinates
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Where's Wally with Coordinates

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Pretty simple. A Where's Wally picture with a coordinates grid pasted on the front. Can be used in a number of ways. I get students to crowed around the board and shout out the coordinates of various items I call out. The Powerpoint has a list of items to find plus the answers for the first 3 pictures. 3 more pictures to use as you wish.
Symmetry in Rangoli patterns
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Symmetry in Rangoli patterns

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Students very quickly understand the concepts of reflections, rotations and symmetry when creating rangoli patterns. I always use this before starting the Transformations topic. Powerpoint and worksheets guide students step by step in creating these patterns.
Surface area and Volume of all 3D shapes
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Surface area and Volume of all 3D shapes

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Around 3-4 lessons worth or material. All resources required to teach surface area and volume of all the 3D shapes required for the GCSE. Starts with cuboids and prisms and moves on to composite 3D shapes. Followed by cylinders, spheres, pyramids and cones. Finishes with A* style questions. Fun activities and interesting questions keep the lessons engaging. An end of topic assessment is also included that can me completed and peer marked in a lesson. This resource assumes knowledge in areas of all 2D shapes.
End of Year Maths Quiz Builder
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End of Year Maths Quiz Builder

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A selection of rounds to help build any quiz for any class. Fun but still involves a lot of maths. I find the 4 rounds lasts about an hour. This resource has 8 rounds in total for you to select from. Rounds include picture rounds, a movie round, a music round and even a table topper all involving maths. I built it to be used and reused every year with different year groups. One less lesson I have to plan! With a bit of forward planning I managed to use it as an online virtual quiz too!
Circle theorems and intersecting chords
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Circle theorems and intersecting chords

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Absolutely everything you need to teach Circle Theorems. Intersecting Chords is not in the GCSE but nice extension for the top ability and is in the MEP. Guides students to write revision notes for each theorem and gives directed practise after each theorem is learnt (on powerpoint and on worksheet). Finish with (or use throughout) a 50 question worksheet that hits all theorems. All answers included. A handy worksheet to help students match theorems to questions for revision later down the line also included.
Christmas Mobius Strips
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Christmas Mobius Strips

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Students find it fascinating to what happens when cutting a mobius strip in half. Then how different it is when you cut it at a 3rd. The powerpoint guides students to discover the outcomes themselves. Armed with a few extra strips of colourful paper and a stapler the teacher can connect everything the students made to make a very mathematical christmas decoration.
What is the Volume of your body project
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What is the Volume of your body project

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Using their ability to calculate the volumes of cuboids, prisms and spheres students use measuring tapes and maths to estimate the volume of their body. Differentiated resource over two levels so students can stick to just using cuboids or can move onto using spheres, cyclinders and trapezoidal prisms. Perfect project to finish off a mensuration unit.
Connect four
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Connect four

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Great starter activity. Can use coordinates or maths questions (or put your own questions in!). Click on the left of the circles to put a yellow counter in or the right of the circles to put a red counter in.
Using a combination of transformations
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Using a combination of transformations

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I spent hours making this! A difficult worksheet that can be used at the end of studying all transformations. Follow the transformations correctly for each shape will produce a picture in the middle. (a fish!)
Escape room (Numeracy Lv1) - The Perfect End of Term lesson
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Escape room (Numeracy Lv1) - The Perfect End of Term lesson

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This activity runs on OneNote so students will need access to a computer. As it is done using online OneNote they do not need an account for it - just click the link and go! The powerpoint is for teachers reference to help guide students when they get stuck - the answers to each room can be found in the NOTES part of the Powerpoint. The only way I know to share this with students is using a share link which shares my original uneditable OneNote file. This does mean you will not be able to edit anything. If you spot a mistake, tell me and I will fix my original file and this will in turn fix it for anyone using the share link! If for some reason the share link stops working - just let me know and I will send you another share link. I have put the share link at the start of the powerpoint. HOW IT WORKS: Send the share link to students. DO NOT send the powerpoint to students. Each page represents a room which gives a code to access the password protected next page. Their aim is to access the final page. It works better in pairs. The Powerpoint is just for you. You only need to share the link with them. The final room tells you the 4 digit code to “the safe”. I have an actual small safe i bought online which i can easily change the code to and just put a bag of sweets in it. You could just tell them to “escape” to win or tell you the code to the safe to win. Content: This covers Geometry topics aimed at years 7 and 8 which are - Types of number Timestables Factors and multiples Magic Squares Division