New Style GCSE lesson to work with calculations involving bounds. You will need some indepdent worksheet - I use the section in the edexcel text or exam questions.

A number of Notebook files to teach all aspects of algebraic fractions, plus a couple of worksheets. As always, If it saves you time and effort, please leave a review!

This is an excellent trading game activity to be run after teaching students geometric constructions (check out my FREE carousel lesson) Read the lesson plan carefully for the extra equipment needed. For the money I simply used monopoly money templates but I cannot upload those here for copyright reasons

To use this lesson you will need a decent sized quantity of multi-link cubes or similar for the "Chocolate Factory" - the worksheet has two routes depending on how confident the students are at converting each type of fraction.

A notebook file for GCSE students detailing how to find the area / volume of similar shapes

Upto two lessons worth of work on simplifying expressions involving Indices. By the end of these lessons students should be able to simplify multiple terms.

A way of combining recognising types of number for lower ability students in KS4 or KS3 with the new Venn Diagrams element of the KS4 maths curriculum. You may also need some bingo books to use as a plenary activity for this lesson - see my Primes Bingo Resource.

A comprehensive booklet and series of activities for students to draw and discover the main angle facts surrounding parallel lines, with plenty of practice. It would be useful if students had some form of A/B/C/D voting system for this lesson

An initial lesson on Straight Line Graphs - lots of discussion and drawing of lines so students should make the link between gradient / intercept

A complete lesson on solving equations, with a literacy element in the worksheet. The starter gets students to form expressions of equal value which is the basis of how you can demonstrate solving, and then some useful ways to explain using bags of sweets and loose sweets!

A revision powerpoint for the two main ways in which percentage understanding tends to be assessed at GCSE - reverse percentages, and repeated percentage change. This could also be split into two lessons if time is not an issue. Two methods of finding reverse percentages are inlcluded, along with an activity to get students thinking about the decimal multiplier effect.

A powerpoint (with an initial starter involving indices) that covers why we use surds, simplifying surds, multiplying and rationalising. I have been using this with Year 11 intervention groups. There are also some example exam style questions and problem solving tasks. You may need some additional work to turn this into even a two or three lesson block.

A complete lesson on how to solve simultaneous equations, plus a differentiated worksheet

Covering the basics of algebraic multiplication and expansion of single brackets right upto double brackets. Worksheets are split into different abilities to allow for multiple approaches to independent work.

Simplifying Expressions that are a combination of number and letter terms multiplied together. Simple, step by step explanation and differentiated worksheet with answers. Includes a pdf of a tarsia pzzle to recall basic laws of indices Odd one out and GCSE Q Plenary

A differentiated lesson to teach algebraic multiplication and division of indices from the ground up. Including Multiply / Divide / Brackets Misconception Busting Plenary Four levels of work on Differentiated worksheet with answers included.

Two nice notebook files for at least two lessons on Standard Form.

A nice notebook file to help students remember exact values of Trig for New GCSE content from 2015

A lesson to help explain solving equations where the subject appears twice using bags of sweets. A simple differentiated worksheet for students to practice with, where some of the answers are negative / fractional

A nice clear powerpoint with some practical problems, ideal for lower ability students