5 Maths Gems #12

This is going to last a relatively curt gems ship service because I'm exhausted from entertaining nineteen toddlers this afternoon at my daughter's 3rd birthday party. So I'll last brief today, but human face a lengthier ship service side past times side calendar week when I've recovered.

1. Area of a circle (again)
In my seventh gems post I shared an applet that beautifully demonstrates how to derive the surface area of a circle past times cutting it into sectors. This calendar week I establish a bright gif that shows the same thing.

This gif is taken from the animatics (animations + mathematics) section of @MathsChallenges' website. The thinking behind this method is neatly explained in Geometry: What is the intuition behind the formula for the surface area of a circle? which was shared this calendar week by @GeometryDad.

2. Standard form

'resources library has unopen to bully ideas.

3. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 grade resources

I saw this tweet from @DrTrapezio...

as well as thence I checked this out as well as establish that the Cambridge Mathematics Education Project is inviting schools to register equally affiliates to gain early on access to their costless Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 grade maths resources nether development. I'm e'er on the human face out for Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 grade resources as well as thence I registered. There's loads of bully materials on the website as well as I human face forwards to seeing the collection develop. 

Some of the CMEP's resources are instantly featured on NRICH. For example, the question below is bright (and non equally difficult equally it looks...)

I too similar the 'always, sometimes, never' carte form 'Discriminating'.

Extract from Discriminating

And Parabella is a lovely occupation for your Year 12s studying coordinate geometry.

4. Operation Countdown

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 combination of ideas as well as inventiveness from @LWmathsmatters, @EJmaths as well as @taylorda01 led to this splendid 'Operation Countdown'. I oftentimes role the 'four threes' action equally a plenary inward an monastic state of operations lesson alongside Year 7 but it plant alongside whatsoever historic menses group. I 1 time used it equally a Year xiii starter as well as they actually enjoyed it. The version below involves 5 threes but it's the same idea.

This painting demo is from @taylorda01. @EJmaths also made this PowerPoint which includes a dark as well as white version.

5. #units #ruler #workings 

I read the ship service 'Hashtag closure' past times A identify for gimmicks?'). David's ship service is virtually using a hashtag to summarise a lesson. 

Then A Frenzy of Marking: 'Progress Over Time' virtually feedback stickers. When I mark, I create honour that I write the same thing over as well as over again, as well as thence stickers would salvage me a lot of time. Problem is, I'm non organised plenty to role stickers. I create my marker inward a multifariousness of locations as well as unremarkably simply receive got a cherry pen to hand. Hashtags volition operate simply equally good equally stickers, equally long equally my students sympathise the important of the hashtags.

When I grade I'm non succinct enough. For instance I oftentimes write 'please become to assist lodge at 1.30pm on Midweek inward Room 111 for assist alongside this topic'. Instead, I could write #helpclub. I too write things similar 'Look at the query - y'all were meant to circular your reply to 1 important figure'. I could simply write #rounding. My students volition learn what I hateful (especially if they receive got this key inward their practise books) as well as it volition salvage me loads of time. "What's the indicate inward the # symbol?" I take away heed y'all inquire - well, yes, the symbol isn't essential, but #MrsMorganLikesHashtags as well as they're non doing whatsoever impairment are they? :)

So that's it - 5 quick gems from a busy mathematical mum. I was planning to characteristic unopen to thoughts virtually the value (or lack of value) of iPads inward maths teaching today but didn't learn fourth dimension to create the inquiry required, as well as thence volition salvage that for my side past times side gems post.

I'm too planning to write a ship service virtually circle theorems side past times side week. I've got unopen to ideas but if you

receive got an interesting agency of teaching circle theorems or whatsoever amazing resources, delight allow me know.

Also, don't forget to banking concern friction match out my other website, prethomework.weebly.com - the extensive collection has grown over half-term.

I'll exit y'all alongside a base of operations eleven abacus which I recollect is cute but volition annoy @solvemymaths (see his ship service 'My Base eleven Abacus Bugbear').

5 Maths Gems #30

Hi in addition to welcome to my 30^th gems post. This is where I part unopen to of the best teaching ideas I've seen on Twitter.

1. Construction Comics
Back inward Gems 4 I featured Paul Collins' (comic resources for teaching constructions. In his post he suggests unopen to opportunities to role these resources inward the classroom.

One of Paul Collins' structure comic strips 

I haven't taught constructions this twelvemonth therefore I've non nonetheless had a peril to role these resources, or the awesome Gems 21).

I loved the function shared yesteryear my namesake Mrs Morgan (@em0rgan) on Twitter this week. She asked her students to do their ain structure comic strips for homework. The results facial expression excellent. I'm non ordinarily a fan of homeworks similar this because they're therefore fourth dimension consuming (both for students to attain in addition to teachers to mark) in addition to oftentimes they don't add together much value. But inward this instance I intend at that spot is value inward students learning the procedures yesteryear documenting the steps, inward add-on to practising the constructions.

2. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Level Resources

Thanks to @OxfordEdMaths for sharing a fix of excellent A degree assessments for C1 - C4, D1, D2, FP1, FP2, M1, M2, S1 in addition to S2. It tin move difficult to discovery sources of skilful Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree questions. These gratis resources are going to move incredibly helpful side yesteryear side twelvemonth for theme assessments, homeworks or revision.

Speaking of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree resources, do banking enterprise gibe out the website 0a explains: Calculus (with pics in addition to gifs) -thanks to @mathhombre in addition to @solvemymaths for sharing this. I honey the pictures in addition to gifs on this website - they mightiness assist teachers explicate concepts inward calculus.

3. Homework Expectations
I've only discovered MathFour.com from Bon Crowder - it's total of creative ideas, unopen to of which I innovation to characteristic inward hereafter gems posts. One persuasion that I spotted was a 'How to Write Your Math Homework' guide. I'm going to brand a version of this for my novel classes inward September. I can't complain nearly my students' function non coming together my expectations if I haven't made those expectations clear from the outset.

4. Talk a Mile a Minute
Steve Wyborney (@SteveWyborney) shared his Talk a Mile a Minute Vocabulary Activity. The video below describes the action inward detail. It involves students describing sets of words to their partner in addition to therefore discussing what those words relate to. I intend this would move a nifty action for an halt of twelvemonth lesson. Have a facial expression at Steve's post for resources. If you're looking for words for this action therefore try this Vocabulary Checklist for Key Stage 3.  

5. Activities

I've seen unopen to lovely activities in addition to questions on Twitter this week.

@MathedUp shared this 'Negative numbers code-breaker action amongst a twist'.

Gems 29.

@DJUdall shared this action which links solving equations amongst surface area in addition to perimeter.

@DJUdall too shared a enquiry he made which combines Pythagoras' Theorem in addition to Standard Form. 

The latter 2 resources were shared during concluding Sunday's #mathsTLP. This is a nifty identify for maths teachers to collaborate. Do bring together inward on Sundays at 7pm to inquire for assist amongst lessons or to offering ideas.

Update
Because my examine classes are directly on report move out I had fourth dimension to innovation unopen to actually overnice lessons this week. With my Year 10s I did a lesson on similar triangles using resources from the Mathematics Assessment Project. They had to variety viii pairs of triangles into 'similar', 'not similar' or 'can't tell', drawing on their noesis of angle facts. This project is a lot harder than it sounds in addition to takes nearly 45 minutes to complete. I actually recommend it - here's an instance of the function they produced therefore y'all tin consider what it involves.

I talked to all my students nearly palindromic numbers this calendar week (I remembered to holler it every fourth dimension I wrote the appointment on the board, because the dates were palindromic when written inward the format m/dd/yy). Although many of my students could compass me an instance of a give-and-take that is the same forwards in addition to backward (eg racecar), most were non familiar amongst the give-and-take palindrome.

Those of y'all who role Gems 10) for formative assessment volition move pleased to listen that y'all tin directly insert pictures. For instance y'all mightiness desire to insert questions from www.diagnosticquestions.com.

That's it from me for now, but at that spot volition move unopen to other gems post shortly because there's been loads of nifty materials on Twitter lately. Wish me luck amongst my concluding calendar week at my electrical flow school! My novel project starts later half-term.

I'll move out y'all amongst this GCSE resource by thornn on TES (shared by @eggarsmaths on Twitter) which y'all mightiness discovery useful for concluding infinitesimal examine tips over the coming weeks.

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.