5 Maths Gems #5

Twitter is a dissimilar identify similar a shot everyone's dorsum at school. During the 24-hour interval it's actually tranquillity because teachers are difficult at work, only inwards the eventide it comes hold upwards again. Despite beingness the kickoff calendar week of term, the Great Britain maths twitter chats (#mathscpdchat on Tuesdays as well as #mathschat on Wednesdays) were every bit busy every bit always - every bit park they gave me enough of inspiration.

This calendar week every bit good saw the provide of instructor blogs. I actually taste reading reflections of what teachers accept been trying inwards their lessons, what went good as well as what didn't. These blogs are a fantastic source of ideas.

This 5th weekly gems transportation is (unintentionally) brought to you lot past times the missive of the alphabet P. It features patterns, puzzles, primes, projects, plenaries as well as posters.

1. Patterns as well as Puzzles

Fawn Nguyen's (blog post virtually a successful lesson inwards which her students were actually engaged inwards exploring these sequences.

Sticking amongst visual maths, Denise Gaskins (@letsplaymath) shared a puzzle from the website 1001 Visual Puzzles. I explored this site as well as constitute that it's full of real odd as well as master puzzles. I every bit good learnt a footling virtually topology - what a bizarre branch of mathematics. Here's an trial of a topological puzzle (students would demand to cite to a map of South America for this):

2. Primes

Primes are actually interesting, aren't they? I've seen to a greater extent than or less peachy materials on primes this week.

Richard Green (@edfromo) is a mathematician who posts regularly on Google+. He writes actually interesting things virtually a broad arrive at of mathematical topics. He frequently features animations which you'll know I'm a fan of if you lot read my transportation virtually animations as well as simulations. For trial this is a real clear explanation of Mersenne primes as well as perfect numbers.

If you're thinking of doing something on primes amongst your students, @the_chalkface shared this splendid true or fake activity which students volition detect interesting as well as stretching.

I every bit good similar this action 'Further Factor Properties' from @TeachitMaths, mainly because it involves sexy primes as well as I'm a chip young similar that.

4. Projects

I've never take in of textbook redesign before, only it could hold upwards a actually adept mini-project at the halt of a topic. On blog post virtually a successful lesson inwards which her students were actually engaged inwards exploring these sequences.

Sticking amongst visual maths, Denise Gaskins (@letsplaymath) shared a puzzle from the website 1001 Visual Puzzles. I explored this site as well as constitute that it's full of real odd as well as master puzzles. I every bit good learnt a footling virtually topology - what a bizarre branch of mathematics. Here's an trial of a topological puzzle (students would demand to cite to a map of South America for this):

2. Primes

Primes are actually interesting, aren't they? I've seen to a greater extent than or less peachy materials on primes this week.

Richard Green (@edfromo) is a mathematician who posts regularly on Google+. He writes actually interesting things virtually a broad arrive at of mathematical topics. He frequently features animations which you'll know I'm a fan of if you lot read my transportation virtually Pythagoras' Theorem as well as added a topic specials page as well as thus you lot tin chop-chop detect similar posts. I every bit good had a rant virtually student targets inwards which I questioned whether they are effective or fifty-fifty necessary. After Ed Southall (@edsouthall) shared these awesome wall decals, I updated my mathsy gifts page. I've every bit good added a brace to a greater extent than homeworks to the Pret homeworks page.

How adept are you lot at drawing lines of best fit? Test yourself here (thanks to @MARitchings) - fun for teachers as well as every bit good a useful lesson resource.

Finally - look, blog post virtually a successful lesson inwards which her students were actually engaged inwards exploring these sequences.

Sticking amongst visual maths, Denise Gaskins (@letsplaymath) shared a puzzle from the website 1001 Visual Puzzles. I explored this site as well as constitute that it's full of real odd as well as master puzzles. I every bit good learnt a footling virtually topology - what a bizarre branch of mathematics. Here's an trial of a topological puzzle (students would demand to cite to a map of South America for this):

2. Primes

Primes are actually interesting, aren't they? I've seen to a greater extent than or less peachy materials on primes this week.

Richard Green (@edfromo) is a mathematician who posts regularly on Google+. He writes actually interesting things virtually a broad arrive at of mathematical topics. He frequently features animations which you'll know I'm a fan of if you lot read my transportation virtually my final maths gems post.

5 Maths Gems #34

Hello in addition to welcome to my 34^th gems post. This is where I portion 5 teaching ideas I've seen on Twitter. The summertime holidays are lastly here! Let's live honest though - although it's lovely to receive got the chance to residual in addition to play, the bulk of us practise a fair amount of schoolhouse go over summertime - creating resources, organising in addition to tidying, preparing for September, catching upwards on reading... Have y'all read all 34 of my gems posts? Now's a expert fourth dimension to start!

1. Magnitude
Standard Form is all virtually actually large numbers in addition to actually pocket-sized numbers. It's dainty to position the theme into context - I've written a few times virtually The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-sized – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!



2. Prime Time
@MathedUp shared a dainty activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it thus clear that every position out is either prime number or composed of primes.

I beloved this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to regard the position out ane on it though!

Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:

@LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's unopen to other duet of examples:

Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

Number machines by @LearningMaths

3. Alphabet Lesson
In a Twitter give-and-take virtually origin lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upwards up with the best tidings they tin transportation away for each letter. They ask to live able to tell y'all what it way - for event for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, needlelike or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a expert approximate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives y'all fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a origin lesson with Year 7.

If y'all desire to accept this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to create a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'Your First Maths Lesson with Year 7' which has lots to a greater extent than ideas for September.

4. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Level Prompts
@dannytybrown has been busy developing a serial of pre-teaching prompts for Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree topics. These are designed to live given to students a few days earlier a theme is taught. They are intended to prompt course of educational activity give-and-take in addition to potentially cut back the variation inward prior cognition with students. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few examples are shown below. Do go along an optic on Danny's weblog squeaktime.com for to a greater extent than on this.

 5. Maths with Pizzazz
Thank y'all to @japleen_kaur1 for sharing a ready of resources I've never seen earlier - Maths with Pizzazz worksheets. Hundreds of topics are covered. Many of the activities involve practising skills in addition to using answers to go out riddles in addition to jokes. Here's a duet of extracts:

Extract from Page 211 - Algebra with Pizzazz!

Extract from Page 159 - Pre-Algebra with Pizzazz!

I could pass days looking through these resources! Thankfully there's an index. What I actually ask to practise is split upwards the PDFs into separate worksheets, labelled in addition to grouped past times topic. But that would accept weeks. Any volunteers?!

Recommended Reading
This summer @DrBennison in addition to @MissNorledge are task an impressive #summerblogchallenge. They recollect to write a post every day, thus go along an optic on their blogs this summertime - blog.ifem.co.uk in addition to storeroom.norledgemaths.com.

Here's a few recent posts that I recommend:

• The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-sized – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a dainty activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it thus clear that every position out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  
  
  I beloved this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to regard the position out ane on it though!
  
  
  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  
  
  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's unopen to other duet of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  
  
  
  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter give-and-take virtually origin lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upwards up with the best tidings they tin transportation away for each letter. They ask to live able to tell y'all what it way - for event for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, needlelike or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a expert approximate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives y'all fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a origin lesson with Year 7.
  
  
  
  If y'all desire to accept this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to create a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  
  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'Well whistle me Dixie, the reply is Pi!" virtually maths inward the movies.
• The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-sized – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a dainty activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it thus clear that every position out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  
  
  I beloved this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to regard the position out ane on it though!
  
  
  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  
  
  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's unopen to other duet of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  
  
  
  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter give-and-take virtually origin lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upwards up with the best tidings they tin transportation away for each letter. They ask to live able to tell y'all what it way - for event for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, needlelike or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a expert approximate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives y'all fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a origin lesson with Year 7.
  
  
  
  If y'all desire to accept this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to create a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  
  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'A degree resources libraries. My presentation is nearly finished in addition to I'm actually pleased with it - if y'all instruct Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree in addition to you're coming to the conference in addition to then practise come upwards to my workshop to regard what I've discovered.
  
  My 2 most recent weblog posts both characteristic inward my 5 most pop posts ever - ane was virtually The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-sized – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a dainty activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it thus clear that every position out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  

  

  I beloved this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to regard the position out ane on it though!
  

  

  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  

  

  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's unopen to other duet of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  

  
  

  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter give-and-take virtually origin lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upwards up with the best tidings they tin transportation away for each letter. They ask to live able to tell y'all what it way - for event for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, needlelike or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a expert approximate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives y'all fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a origin lesson with Year 7.
  

  
  

  If y'all desire to accept this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to create a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  

  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'resources for terminate of term lessons, the other The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-sized – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a dainty activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it thus clear that every position out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  

  

  I beloved this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to regard the position out ane on it though!
  

  

  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  

  

  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's unopen to other duet of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  

  
  

  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter give-and-take virtually origin lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upwards up with the best tidings they tin transportation away for each letter. They ask to live able to tell y'all what it way - for event for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, needlelike or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a expert approximate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives y'all fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a origin lesson with Year 7.
  

  
  

  If y'all desire to accept this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to create a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  

  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'shared advice for teaching depression attaining students.
  
  My youngest immature lady Hettie in addition to I had the pleasance of coming together Rob Smith (@RJS2212) yesterday. Rob has spent the origin calendar week of the summertime holidays travelling the length of the province to see every bit many tweeting maths teachers every bit he tin transportation away - banking concern gibe out #48hourmathstour to regard what he's been upwards to.
  
  Finally, await what I've got - Mathematical Mr Men stickers! If you've non seen the fifty Mathematical Mr Men earlier in addition to then practise banking concern gibe out them out on solvemymaths.com. They're awesome.