Maths resources.
Working on Project-A-Lesson. A full lesson in a PowerPoint. For busy teachers who still want outstanding engaging tasks and learning checks
Maths resources.
Working on Project-A-Lesson. A full lesson in a PowerPoint. For busy teachers who still want outstanding engaging tasks and learning checks
Covering the two main types of function notation in IGCSE Maths.
Goes through things like f(5), substituting integers, and f(x+2) substituting algebraic terms. Includes examples, excersises, a blooket, a learning a check. Full lesson.
A simple powerpoint includes :
A warm up
An example problem pair
An exercise
3 Exam Questions
A blooket
A plenary
Does not include questions where you have to work out the total speed/distance/time of two journeys.
Very much a zoom in on one particular skill.
Multiplying up or down recipes.
Some whiteboard work and some questions along with an example problem pair.
Full lesson
Example problem pairs
Questions
Exam questions
Learning check
When I come to update this, I need to add more questions where substitution is required.
NOTE : I update my PowerPoints a lot, but don’t always reupload them to TES. They’re a work in progress. The latest version of this PowerPoint can always be found here.
Trying to use variation theory
My thinking
A question to start
Reversing the terms. Does balancing still work?
A subtraction. How does this effect our balance.
Does reversing the terms still lead us to the same answer
Increasing the constant by one. What happens? Also: a decimal answer.
We can have a negative answer
Divide x, instead of multiplying it.
Increasing co-efficient of x by one. What happens to our answer?
Doubling co-efficient of x. Not sure about these last two. I think they may be a step back from question 7. This is the problem with presenting these in a linear format. These questions are variations on question 1, not question 7. I might experiment with some kind of spider diagram.
Doubling the divisor from 7. Again, maybe the linear way these are written is a bit rubbish.
Don’t know how I like the order of these questions, but there’s lots to think about and something to tweak.
I have found the transition to asking ‘why have they asked you that question? What are they trying to tell you?’ has been difficult for some students, but I think it’s worth devoting time to it. If students are inspecting questions for things like this, maybe they’re more likely to read the question thoroughly and pick out it’s mathematics. Big hope, I know.
Areas of circles lesson.
Includes
Example problem pairs
Lots of activities
Links to some mini whiteboard random questions
A learning check.
Probably two lessons. Quite in-depth.
NOTE : Version management on TES sucks. Sometimes I update my PowerPoints to resolve errors or make them better. I keep the latest, updated version of the PowerPoint here.
Some prior knowledge stuff
Example problem pairs
Exercises involving finding the area, but also finding the radius/angle, although when I reteach this at a later point I think I’ll add more of these in
A learning check
NOTE: I don’t want to reupload to TES every time I add or change a resource (which I do often). The latest version of the file can always be found here.
Focus on correct language as well as moving onto algebra
NOTE: I change my PowerPoints often but don’t always get around to updating TES. The latest version of this file can always be found here.
Lesson in a PowerPoint
Starter
Example problem pair
Whiteboard work
Exercise
Problem solving type question to work on together
Plenary - 5 Quick questions
Trying to aim for a mastery/in depth lesson, rather than getting all the index laws done in one lesson.
Huge credit to Jo Morgan (@mathsjem). Nicked a lot from her for this resource.
CHANGELOG: 2/10/22 Updated new style. Added some whiteboard work.