Gradients and lines

Appearing Square from nrich; a video to go with it (via 10-Minute Math).

Maths Enrichment

• Maths and Islamic Art and Design (V&A Museum)
• National Cipher Challenge (Southampton University)
• Geometric Patterns.pdf (Teacher Resources Online)
• Nrich; Motivate (Cambridge University Millennium Maths Project)
• Jill Britton - lots of links and ideas for symmetry, tessellations, geometry and polyhedra
• Assorted resources from Kangaroo Maths

Games, puzzles and problems.

Enrichment: games and puzzles from Kangaroo Maths - some excellent lateral thinking and maths problems.

100 Games To Play Online

Classroom blogging

http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/bloggingtech/index.htm

A really good article talking about the different issues and possibilities.

Using Geometer's Sketchpad

1. Specific tasks

The tools; constructing a basic figure; animating points, segments and shapes; constructing an equilateral triangle, parallel and perpendicular lines through a given point, perpendicular bisectors, midpoints

The three centres of a triangle; Euclid's line

2. Useful resources

Getting started with... (ATM) - booklet in folder
GSP learning guide/reference manual/teaching notes - in folder
The Geometer's Sketchpad Resource Centre - General Resources
Some exercises for students
Lots of resources and links
Instructions for using polar coordinates
Nate Burchell's GSP files

3. To learn next

Adding measurements; angle bisector; drawing arcs

4. And then...

Fractals, tiling, graphs...

Maths At Work

A series of videos showing how maths is used in the workplace (from NCETM):
http://www.ncetm.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=13&module=res&mode=100&resid=11329

Rich mathematical tasks for KS3

Tasks and resources from the East Midlands Maths Network:
http://emmaths.jfcs.org.uk/

Guidance and ideas for incorporating rich tasks into your curriculum:
http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=6089&part=index

Quadratic and Linear Inequalities

Free worksheets from Kuta Software:
http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html

Online lessons at Purplemath (lots of algebra support).

Revision

Maths Association advanced revision ideas - mainly for GCSE and A level

John D. Clare - a history revision site with some excellent general advice for students

DfES GCSE revision pack and supplement - subject-specific revision ideas & checklists and advice for students

Vanquish the Revision Monster - mind map (pdf) from Hull University

How to mind map, version 1 and version 2 from the Basic Skills Workshop

Jigsaws

There seem to be lots of kind teachers out there who have uploaded their Tarsia jigsaw files to various sites, so I thought I'd start a list to keep all my links together:

• Mr Barton Maths - a big zipped file of jigsaws can be found here
• Buckinghamshire Grid For Learning - lots of different files on this page
• The Skills Workshop (adult learning) - use the box on the front page to look for .fjsw
• Bedfordshire schools have a catalogue of resources with links to files
• Mathed Up
• Maths Association list of resources
• Some projects and evaluations here

More to come as I find them...

Talking About Maths, Part I

Lots of materials and prompts on the Medway site:

http://www.medway.gov.uk/index/learning/schoolinfo/38557/37417/37419/48953/65451.htm

Also includes resources for visualisation, AfL and vocabulary bookmarks.

Mathematical Images

A host of mathematical images, some animated, which can be used freely.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mathematics

How To Improve Your Maths Grade (Without Knowing Any More)

An article on 9 ways to avoid losing marks on the GCSE. Aimed at students taking the Intermediate tier, but applicable to others as well.

http://www.articlestree.com/education/intermediate-gcse-maths-revision-mistakes-to-avoid-in-the-intermediate-gcse-tx108765.html

In a similar vein, "Stop Making Stupid Mistakes" at The Art of Problem Solving has a slightly blunter approach:

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Resources/AoPS_R_A_Mistakes.php

Creative Thinking

Prompts and activities which could be used in different subjects or in form time.

http://www.acblack.com/MEDIA/Creative_Thinking.PDF

Make A Jigsaw

Free Tarsia software to make jigsaws, card sorts, dominoes and Follow Me/loop cards - could be used for any subject, but it allows you to format expressions and equations correctly.

Once you have downloaded it, you can also view, edit and print other .fjsw files.

http://www.mmlsoft.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=15&Itemid=58

Graphs: Interpreting Line Graphs With Archimedes

An entertaining animated resource in which the depth of Archimedes' bath is graphed.

http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/sims/archi/data.html

KS2 Maths Test Analysis

From the Luton Learning Grid: Juliet Parker has produced sheets for analysing the KS2 National Curriculum Tests.

Test A, 2004
http://www.learning.luton.gov.uk/index.cfm?s=1&m=256&p=76,view_resource&start=1&kw=&el=&sc=11&id=5368

Travel Graphs: Distance-Time

Some Flash movies from Australia:

The journey of a single car - animation on one side, with the graph drawn simultaneously on the other side.

http://resources.education.tas.gov.au/item/edres/4723cb87-afb3-a2c2-5997-45b9dfb3f086/1/ViewIMS.jsp

Same format, but with several cars.

http://resources.education.tas.gov.au/item/edres/227a196b-6c0e-1840-874c-2d4c6c0b811a/1/ComplexTravelGraph.zip/complex.swf

GCSE Maths Revision Guide

A brilliant, colourful resource, which breaks down all the skills and shows exactly what you need to do for each grade in each topic.

http://www.clearcreativelearning.com/downloads/Maths_Revision.pdf

Great KS3 Starters

A booklet by the Brighton and Hove KS3 consultant, full of good ideas.

http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/downloads/education/mental+oral_starters.pdf