5 Websites You Lot Should Know... #1

I latterly presented at a MathsMeet organised by Paul Collins. My presentation was entitled '5 Maths Teaching Websites You Need to Know'. My aim was to part 5 first-class sources of maths instruction resources that attendees may non cause got been familiar with. I excogitation to write a serial of posts sharing the contents of that presentation.

The outset website I'm featuring is Corbettmaths.com. You're in all probability familiar amongst this website, exactly cause got y'all explored it lately? Do y'all know everything it has to offer...?

The author of Corbettmaths is John Corbett, a maths instructor based inwards Somerset who shares an astonishing volume of resources. His website has been roughly for quite a piece - it was established inwards 2011, together with over the years has accumulated thousands of costless resources which are at 1 time used past times teachers all over the world.

Quizzes
I see I knew this website pretty good exactly when I was exploring it inwards training for this presentation, I found some materials that I'd non seen before. For example, the Class Quizzes department has caught my attention. This is a novel department of the website that is yet beingness developed, exactly in that place are plenty resources hither to become started.

The see is that these quizzes are given to GCSE classes to assist them memorise fundamental facts, formulae together with processes. Students write 1 - 10 inwards their books together with the instructor reads out the questions. I actually similar this see together with excogitation to start using this amongst my Year 11s from January. I mean value my students may besides honor these useful for self-quizzing at domicile during the terminal countdown to their GCSE exams.

Condundrums
John writes corking maths puzzles together with shares them inwards the Conundrums department of his website. These problems are challenging yet accessible.

5-a-day
John's 5-a-day resources are widely used. Each canvass features 5 quick questions from a mixture of topics. This allows students to revisit previously taught topics on a regular footing ('interleaving').

The hit of resources hither is impressive - there's a whole year's worth of 5-a-days for new GCSE at 5 dissimilar difficulty levels: numeracy, foundation, foundation plus, higher together with higher plus. There's besides a laid of 5-a-days for A level (Edexcel Core 1) together with after this yr a collection of primary 5-a-days volition survive added to the website.

Some teachers usage these resources equally daily lesson starters, others cause got a corridor display where students tin shipping away selection upward their 5-a-days. John has blogged well-nigh the diverse approaches here.

Videos together with Worksheets
John's videos together with exercise questions are a big component of the website. I honor these especially useful if I cause got a pupil who has missed a lesson or struggled amongst a homework - I electronic mail them a link to a Corbettmaths video (I similar it that these tin shipping away survive accessed without the postulate for a login). Each video comes amongst a booklet of examination mode questions together with a textbook exercise. John has a weblog post well-nigh how to usage his videos together with exercise questions here.

John has started adding novel GCSE topics to his collection, for instance he already has videos together with questions for quadratic inequalities, Venn diagrams, quadratic sequences, functions together with pressure. Teachers who are nervous well-nigh instruction these topics for the outset fourth dimension powerfulness honor John's videos useful inwards lesson planning.

Textbook Exercises
The textbook exercises are incredibly helpful. Most exercises render both 'workout' together with 'apply' questions amongst answers. I've used these for instruction algebra to Year seven latterly together with cause got found that they render a proficient quantity together with breadth of questions. Here's an instance of the 'apply' questions from 'Collecting Like Terms':

Revision Cards
Higher together with Foundation GCSE revision cards are at 1 time available to purchase from Corbettmaths.com. They toll £8.99 per pack (discounts are available for mass orders). This is a proficient usage of pupil premium budget. These cause got been really good received past times teachers on Twitter. They cause got the unique characteristic of a QR code on the dorsum which takes students straight to a video for each topic.

If y'all didn't already know all the features of Corbettmaths.com hence produce explore. Hats off to John Corbett, a hard working instructor making our lives easier together with helping students over the world.

Look out for the side past times side post inwards my '5 Websites You Should Know' series, coming soon!