Desmos is very user-friendly. After a short demonstration on the IWB, pupils are able to spend a whole lesson on a computer or tablet using Desmos to explore graph types and simple transformations. I used this worksheet with Year 9 - there's enough here for two lessons.

A worksheet in which pupils plot various quadratic graphs to discover the different types of transformation.

This is an activity for an AS level maths revision lesson, based on the C2 Edexcel specification. Students work in pairs and race to answer 10 questions.

This is a Pret homework for mean, median, mode and range. In Pret homeworks, pupils practise, recall, extend and think. These homeworks are typically followed in class with spelling or memory tests and discussions about research findings. For an editable version of this homework and Pret homeworks for many more topics, see http://prethomework.weebly.com/

This is a Pret homework for index laws. In Pret homeworks, pupils practise, recall, extend and think. These homeworks are typically followed in class with spelling or memory tests and discussions about research findings. For an editable version of this homework and Pret homeworks for many more topics, see http://prethomework.weebly.com/.

In this activity students have to solve angle problems and specify each angle fact that they used in a grid. They then compare their methods to those used by their partner - the idea is to generate class discussion about alternative methods.

This is a Pythagoras Pret homework. In Pret homeworks, pupils practise, recall, extend and think. These homeworks are typically followed in class with spelling or memory tests and discussions about research findings.

I have adapted my old S1/S2 quizzes to make a quiz suitable for the new AS maths statistics content. This is useful for students to test themselves on facts and definitions at home. Pure version here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-as-maths-key-facts-quiz-pure-11914367

I made this booklet for Autumn 1 2020 because I’ll be moving classrooms between each lesson. To ensure students can get started as soon as I arrive (or before I arrive!) I will hand out these warm up booklets at the start of the half-term. The booklet contains 24 lessons’ worth of warm up questions. They are all retrieval of learning from Years 1 - 6. I have used SATs questions. This booklet is editable so you can adapt it for your class. I have included answers (sorry about the quality of the scanning) but instead of using these answers, it would be better to go through the answers using a blank booklet and a visualiser.

This worksheet is for students to practise sketching transformations of the graph of y = lnx, particularly combined transformations. Students often get confused with the order of combined transformations - the teacher notes at the end of the worksheet set out an easy method for ensuring the transformations are done in the correct order. Answers are provided - graphs done in Desmos - but please comment if you spot any mistakes.

This worksheet helps pupils understand how variation is represented on box plots. Either ask pupils to complete the worksheet or ask pupils to come up with their own box plots eg 'can you draw a box plot representing the ages of guests at an 18th birthday party?' etc.

Each student is given 12 questions (on A4) and a clock face (on A3). Students write their workings and answers in each section of the clock. Every 5 minutes or so students should be moving on to the next question/section. If all goes to plan they complete all 12 questions in a one hour lesson. When I do this lesson I set a timer to sound every five minutes - every time the buzzer sounds I write an answer on the board. This revision activity allows students to practise working under timed conditions and keeps them on task and engaged throughout the revision lesson. The questions here are taken from IYGB papers. A bonus question is provided for early finishers. Answers are also provided.

Each student is given 12 questions (on A4) and a clock face (on A3). Students write their workings and answers in each section of the clock. Every 5 minutes or so students should be moving on to the next question/section. If all goes to plan they complete all 12 questions in a one hour lesson. When I do this lesson I set a timer to sound every five minutes - every time the buzzer sounds I write an answer on the board. This revision activity allows students to practise working under timed conditions and keeps them on task and engaged throughout the revision lesson. These questions are fairly challenging so suitable for students working at a grade A. The questions are taken from IYGB papers.

In this activity pupils calculate the median and mean of three data sets and consider whether mean or median is the better measure of location in each case. This prompts class discussion about the impact of outliers in a data set. A number of other discussion points may arise - see notes. This activity could be used at the start of a lesson on skewness. A word copy is attached for editing if required.

These S2 revision cards can be used as an individual or class activity. Individuals can ask friends/relatives to test them using these cards. For use in class, hand out one laminated card per pupil. They circulate round the class, pairing up to ask and answer their questions, then swapping cards and pairing up with someone else. It's a nice active revision lesson. Please do let me know if I&'ve made any errors on these cards.

Each student is given 12 questions (on A4) and a clock face (on A3). Students write their workings and answers in each section of the clock. Every 5 minutes or so students should be moving on to the next question/section. If all goes to plan they complete all 12 questions in a one hour lesson. When I do this lesson I set a timer to sound every five minutes - every time the buzzer sounds I write an answer on the board. This revision activity allows students to practise working under timed conditions and keeps them on task and engaged throughout the revision lesson. These questions are fairly challenging so suitable for students working at a grade A. The questions are taken from IYGB papers.

Skills practice for GCSE 9 - 1. Students find the area under six graphs - the first four graphs involve straightforward shapes, the final two graphs require splitting the area into strips and estimating total area using trapeziums. Students are asked to include units to make them think about the outcome of finding areas (ie vertical axis units x horizontal axis units). Answers are included, plus an editable version of this resource.

These revision cards cover most Edexcel C3 topics and can be used as an individual or class activity. Individuals can ask friends/relatives to test them using these cards. For use in class, hand out one card per pupil. They circulate round the class, pairing up to ask and answer their questions, then swapping cards and pairing up with someone else. It's a nice active revision lesson. Please do let me know if I&'ve made any errors on these cards. C1/C2, S1 and S2 cards are also available.

Pupils work in pairs - one is given Set A and the other is given Set B. They sit back-to-back and take it in turns to describe and draw the box plots on the sheet. They should be encouraged to use the correct vocabulary ie minimum, maximum, quartile, median, scale. This is good practice of reading and drawing box plots.

This enrichment lecture is based on ideas from Simon Singh’s book ‘The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets’. It covers Fermat’s Last Theorem, Mersenne primes, perfect numbers, narcissistic numbers, binary numbers and rock-paper-scissors. The slides include footage from The Simpsons, Futurama and The Big Bang Theory. There are 6 videos embedded in the slides which I believe you will have to save alongside the presentation to make sure they run when clicked. If you’d like some help preparing speaking notes for these slides please tweet me (@mathsjem).