5 Maths Gems #29

Hello too welcome to my 29^th Maths Gems. This is where I portion 5 instruction ideas too resources I've seen on Twitter.

1. Nix the Tricks Videos
I've long been a fan of the majority Nix the Tricks - I intend it should live compulsory reading for all trainee maths teachers. I'm excited to come across that Owen Tabbert (@OTmath) is making a serial of Nix the Tricks videos for teachers. I intend these videos are going to live incredibly useful - non exclusively for non-specialists too anyone preparing to learn maths for the start time, but too for experienced teachers reflecting on how they explicate mathematical concepts. There's exclusively 2 videos thus far, but to a greater extent than to come. This video almost the concept of 'borrowing' inwards subtraction is excellent:



2. #AlmostMondayMaths
I like @OxfordEdMaths' novel tweeting initiative. Every Lord's Day at 7.15pm they tweet a maths enquiry for teachers to role inwards the calendar week ahead, using the hashtag #AlmostMondayMaths. Here's a duet of examples of what they've shared thus far:

#AlmostMondayMaths - rounding

#AlmostMondayMaths - algebra

3. Radians too Quadrants
Thanks to Meg Craig (Unit Circle too Radians' from Math Teacher Mambo (@MTMambo) which is almost instruction radians using cut-out pieces representing diverse angles (π/4, π/3, π/6 etc).

When I learn Year 12 students to role a quadrant when solving trigonometric equations, they (just about!) sympathise where to depict angles inwards degrees but uncovering it actually difficult to travel inwards radians. I've previously written almost helping students to understand radians, but I've non seen this lovely template approach before.

4. Problems from MathsPad
MathsPad is ane of my favourite resources websites. I'm actually pleased that James (@MathsPadJames) and Nicola (@MathsPadNicola) from MathsPad are directly on Twitter because they're sum of adept ideas. Do cheque out the problems too weblog posts that James tweets, similar this cuboid problem:

The website MathsPad has lots of complimentary resources too the balance are available for a small-scale subscription charge. All of their resources are excellent.

5. Grange Maths Camp

I'm rattling impressed past times the dedication of Chris Smith (@aap03102) too his colleagues who gave upwardly a weekend to run a maths army camp for their Sixth Form students. I'm too impressed that thus many students attended - I can't fifty-fifty larn my students to attend a thirty infinitesimal lunchtime revision session! If you lot haven't nevertheless read Chris' report of the sense thus create conduct maintain a hold off - it's inspiring stuff. It sounds similar Chris' students volition live rattling good prepared for their upcoming exams. 

Update

I conduct maintain ane to a greater extent than calendar week alongside my Year 11s too 12s earlier they start Study Leave. In my concluding Year eleven maths lesson this Fri I innovation to role this bright 'last year. 

I'm a Year eleven shape tutor thus there's a lot going on this calendar week (including enough of cake eating!). Next calendar week I'll live making certain that the members of my tutor grouping larn to their GCSE exams on time. After one-half term I start my novel chore at Glyn School inwards Epsom (only iii weeks to become - it's been a long hold off since I was offered the chore inwards December!).

If you lot learn GCSE classes thus I recommend you lot read '#mathsconf2015 inwards Birmingham. 

Although I've been adding lots of novel resources to my libraries, I've non written many novel weblog posts lately. That's because I've been actually busy both at schoolhouse too at home. It was my youngest daughter's Christening on Lord's Day thus I had to create a lot of organising. Now that's done I'll conduct maintain fourth dimension to write some posts - create allow me know if there's whatsoever specific topics you'd similar me to write about. Last fourth dimension I asked for postal service suggestions, I ended upwardly writing iii challenging posts - algebra, fractions too calculus. I'm cook for some other challenge!

5 Maths Gems #76

Welcome to my 76^th gems post. This is where I part or thence of the latest news, ideas together with resources for maths teachers.

1. 'For Interest'
Dr Frost has made a educate of 'Just For Your Interest' posters for H5N1 degree mathematicians. These render groovy dependent champaign cognition evolution for maths teachers too.

I met Jamie Frost for drinks over summertime - he has loads of exciting plans for his website thence it's worth next him on Twitter (@DrFrostMaths) for updates. Lately he has been publishing PowerPoints for the novel H5N1 degree thence create cheque them out if you're didactics Year 12 this year.

Drinks amongst Jamie Frost (@DrFrostMaths)
together with Megan Guinan (@MeganGuinan1)

2. thaMographe
I was real pleased to have a gratuitous thaMographe inwards the post! This is a wonderful conception that combines an entire maths educate into a unmarried slice of equipment.

I acknowledge that I'm non groovy amongst accuracy at the best of times - constructions are my to the lowest degree favourite business office of maths. I loathe to come across students struggling to move a twosome of compasses together with I real much promise that the thaMographe volition ane twenty-four lx minutes menstruum endure widely used yesteryear schoolhouse children. It is for certain tardily to move together with accurate plenty for schoolhouse degree mathematics - every bit demonstrated yesteryear my quick perpendicular bisector:

Ed Southall has written a thorough review of the thaMographe here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".

4. Graspable Maths
In Gems 75 I shared an algebra maze from MEI that was real popular. Through a comment left on that spider web log post, I discovered graspablemath.com, which is an exciting novel interface for working amongst algebra. It's lovely to move - if you're on a reckoner together with direct keep or thence fourth dimension to spare, direct keep a play amongst the online algebra maze.

5. H5N1 Level Problem Book
Stuart Price (@sxpmaths) has been difficult at piece of employment pulling together a large educate of problems for H5N1 degree maths. He has collated questions on a topic-by-topic basis, inwards 4 sections: Techniques; Problem Solving; Puzzles & Challenges, together with Exam Review. The thought is that students tin flame move these sets of questions for independent report throughout the course.

It's piece of employment inwards progress, but if y'all desire Stuart to e-mail y'all a link to his piece of employment thence far (it's great!) delight contact him via Twitter.

Update
Here are my recent posts, inwards representative y'all missed them:

• here.
  
  You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.
  
  3. Subtraction Methods
  I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
  
  
  4. Graspable Maths
  In Summaths 2017
• here.
  
  You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.
  
  3. Subtraction Methods
  I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
  
  
  4. Graspable Maths
  In Planning for September: Year 12

I also launched my novel 'Topics inwards Depth' page.

I was real grateful to a sort Summaths attendee for lending me copies of these 'Developing Thinking...' books which volition assistance me inwards my enquiry for my Topics inwards Depth project. These books come upwardly highly recommended.

If you're going to researchED side yesteryear side Sabbatum thence create come upwardly along to the struggle nearly maths GCSE - I'm on the panel of speakers.

Have y'all booked your ticket for #mathsconf13 on 30th September inwards Sheffield? I promise to come across y'all there.

TES Maths Panel
On Tuesday I spent the twenty-four lx minutes menstruum at TES amongst the lovely members of the here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".

4. Graspable Maths
In here together with here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".

4. Graspable Maths
In here.

With ane of my favourite Scottish mathematicians - Chris Smith

Pizza amongst the panel

I had Inset yesterday together with I showtime didactics on Mon - exciting!

Don't forget that my resource libraries mightiness assistance amongst your lesson planning.

I'll move out y'all amongst this thought from Underwood Dudley, taken from his first-class slice "What Is Mathematics For?". I mean value this is quite inspirational at the showtime of a novel schoolhouse year.

"...when I am earlier a bar of judgement, heavenly or otherwise, together with asked to justify my life, I volition depict myself upwardly proudly together with say, “I was ane of the stewards of mathematics, together with it came to no terms inwards my care.”"

5 Maths Gems #29

Hello too welcome to my 29^th Maths Gems. This is where I portion 5 instruction ideas too resources I've seen on Twitter.

1. Nix the Tricks Videos
I've long been a fan of the majority Nix the Tricks - I intend it should live compulsory reading for all trainee maths teachers. I'm excited to come across that Owen Tabbert (@OTmath) is making a serial of Nix the Tricks videos for teachers. I intend these videos are going to live incredibly useful - non exclusively for non-specialists too anyone preparing to learn maths for the start time, but too for experienced teachers reflecting on how they explicate mathematical concepts. There's exclusively 2 videos thus far, but to a greater extent than to come. This video almost the concept of 'borrowing' inwards subtraction is excellent:



2. #AlmostMondayMaths
I like @OxfordEdMaths' novel tweeting initiative. Every Lord's Day at 7.15pm they tweet a maths enquiry for teachers to role inwards the calendar week ahead, using the hashtag #AlmostMondayMaths. Here's a duet of examples of what they've shared thus far:

#AlmostMondayMaths - rounding

#AlmostMondayMaths - algebra

3. Radians too Quadrants
Thanks to Meg Craig (Unit Circle too Radians' from Math Teacher Mambo (@MTMambo) which is almost instruction radians using cut-out pieces representing diverse angles (π/4, π/3, π/6 etc).

When I learn Year 12 students to role a quadrant when solving trigonometric equations, they (just about!) sympathise where to depict angles inwards degrees but uncovering it actually difficult to travel inwards radians. I've previously written almost helping students to understand radians, but I've non seen this lovely template approach before.

4. Problems from MathsPad
MathsPad is ane of my favourite resources websites. I'm actually pleased that James (@MathsPadJames) and Nicola (@MathsPadNicola) from MathsPad are directly on Twitter because they're sum of adept ideas. Do cheque out the problems too weblog posts that James tweets, similar this cuboid problem:

The website MathsPad has lots of complimentary resources too the balance are available for a small-scale subscription charge. All of their resources are excellent.

5. Grange Maths Camp

I'm rattling impressed past times the dedication of Chris Smith (@aap03102) too his colleagues who gave upwardly a weekend to run a maths army camp for their Sixth Form students. I'm too impressed that thus many students attended - I can't fifty-fifty larn my students to attend a thirty infinitesimal lunchtime revision session! If you lot haven't nevertheless read Chris' report of the sense thus create conduct maintain a hold off - it's inspiring stuff. It sounds similar Chris' students volition live rattling good prepared for their upcoming exams. 

Update

I conduct maintain ane to a greater extent than calendar week alongside my Year 11s too 12s earlier they start Study Leave. In my concluding Year eleven maths lesson this Fri I innovation to role this bright 'last year. 

I'm a Year eleven shape tutor thus there's a lot going on this calendar week (including enough of cake eating!). Next calendar week I'll live making certain that the members of my tutor grouping larn to their GCSE exams on time. After one-half term I start my novel chore at Glyn School inwards Epsom (only iii weeks to become - it's been a long hold off since I was offered the chore inwards December!).

If you lot learn GCSE classes thus I recommend you lot read '#mathsconf2015 inwards Birmingham. 

Although I've been adding lots of novel resources to my libraries, I've non written many novel weblog posts lately. That's because I've been actually busy both at schoolhouse too at home. It was my youngest daughter's Christening on Lord's Day thus I had to create a lot of organising. Now that's done I'll conduct maintain fourth dimension to write some posts - create allow me know if there's whatsoever specific topics you'd similar me to write about. Last fourth dimension I asked for postal service suggestions, I ended upwardly writing iii challenging posts - algebra, fractions too calculus. I'm cook for some other challenge!

5 Maths Gems #76

Welcome to my 76^th gems post. This is where I part or thence of the latest news, ideas together with resources for maths teachers.

1. 'For Interest'
Dr Frost has made a educate of 'Just For Your Interest' posters for H5N1 degree mathematicians. These render groovy dependent champaign cognition evolution for maths teachers too.

I met Jamie Frost for drinks over summertime - he has loads of exciting plans for his website thence it's worth next him on Twitter (@DrFrostMaths) for updates. Lately he has been publishing PowerPoints for the novel H5N1 degree thence create cheque them out if you're didactics Year 12 this year.

Drinks amongst Jamie Frost (@DrFrostMaths)
together with Megan Guinan (@MeganGuinan1)

2. thaMographe
I was real pleased to have a gratuitous thaMographe inwards the post! This is a wonderful conception that combines an entire maths educate into a unmarried slice of equipment.

I acknowledge that I'm non groovy amongst accuracy at the best of times - constructions are my to the lowest degree favourite business office of maths. I loathe to come across students struggling to move a twosome of compasses together with I real much promise that the thaMographe volition ane twenty-four lx minutes menstruum endure widely used yesteryear schoolhouse children. It is for certain tardily to move together with accurate plenty for schoolhouse degree mathematics - every bit demonstrated yesteryear my quick perpendicular bisector:

Ed Southall has written a thorough review of the thaMographe here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".

4. Graspable Maths
In Gems 75 I shared an algebra maze from MEI that was real popular. Through a comment left on that spider web log post, I discovered graspablemath.com, which is an exciting novel interface for working amongst algebra. It's lovely to move - if you're on a reckoner together with direct keep or thence fourth dimension to spare, direct keep a play amongst the online algebra maze.

5. H5N1 Level Problem Book
Stuart Price (@sxpmaths) has been difficult at piece of employment pulling together a large educate of problems for H5N1 degree maths. He has collated questions on a topic-by-topic basis, inwards 4 sections: Techniques; Problem Solving; Puzzles & Challenges, together with Exam Review. The thought is that students tin flame move these sets of questions for independent report throughout the course.

It's piece of employment inwards progress, but if y'all desire Stuart to e-mail y'all a link to his piece of employment thence far (it's great!) delight contact him via Twitter.

Update
Here are my recent posts, inwards representative y'all missed them:

• here.
  
  You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.
  
  3. Subtraction Methods
  I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
  
  
  4. Graspable Maths
  In Summaths 2017
• here.
  
  You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.
  
  3. Subtraction Methods
  I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".
  
  
  4. Graspable Maths
  In Planning for September: Year 12

I also launched my novel 'Topics inwards Depth' page.

I was real grateful to a sort Summaths attendee for lending me copies of these 'Developing Thinking...' books which volition assistance me inwards my enquiry for my Topics inwards Depth project. These books come upwardly highly recommended.

If you're going to researchED side yesteryear side Sabbatum thence create come upwardly along to the struggle nearly maths GCSE - I'm on the panel of speakers.

Have y'all booked your ticket for #mathsconf13 on 30th September inwards Sheffield? I promise to come across y'all there.

TES Maths Panel
On Tuesday I spent the twenty-four lx minutes menstruum at TES amongst the lovely members of the here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".

4. Graspable Maths
In here together with here.

You tin flame social club a thaMographe from www.thamtham.fr - transportation is free! Hopefully it volition endure available to purchase inwards the Britain soon.

3. Subtraction Methods
I dear this graphic showing choice methods for subtraction. It was shared yesteryear James Tanton (@jamestanton) who tweeted "Math is for each of us to ain together with create inwards whatsoever practiced means suits us best".

4. Graspable Maths
In here.

With ane of my favourite Scottish mathematicians - Chris Smith

Pizza amongst the panel

I had Inset yesterday together with I showtime didactics on Mon - exciting!

Don't forget that my resource libraries mightiness assistance amongst your lesson planning.

I'll move out y'all amongst this thought from Underwood Dudley, taken from his first-class slice "What Is Mathematics For?". I mean value this is quite inspirational at the showtime of a novel schoolhouse year.

"...when I am earlier a bar of judgement, heavenly or otherwise, together with asked to justify my life, I volition depict myself upwardly proudly together with say, “I was ane of the stewards of mathematics, together with it came to no terms inwards my care.”"