End Of Term Resources

It tin sack live difficult to learn on alongside education novel topics when in that place are lots of terminate of term events disrupting the timetable. This ship service lists resources you lot powerfulness notice useful.

Vocabulary Activities
I dear these mathematical crosswords for developing students' noesis of mathematical vocabulary. There's a broad attain of crosswords to travail (maths teachers volition savour the 'branches of mathematics' crossword on on page 34).

Mathematics Instruments
as well as Equipment Crossword

Teacher Resources Online has loads of corking activities including these vocabulary exercises, some of which would function good inward an information technology Room or alongside iPads. 

I similar this polygon word search too.

There are more word searches here.

Crossums as well as Number Searches

Sticking alongside puzzles, there's loads of crossums as well as seat out searches here, including the lovely Number Sets Search pictured below. I gave this to my Year 8 cast this calendar week (we've only done roughly function on basic sets as well as Venns). I also gave them this excellent Number Types action from Churchill Maths as well as nosotros did this interactive whiteboard Drag as well as Drop Venn diagram action from flashmaths.co.uk.

Cryptography

There are loads of corking cryptography resources at Teacher Resources Online and CIMT. The Imitation Game is right away available on DVD if you're looking to brand cryptography a theme inward the final calendar week of term.

Quizzical
There's a prissy gear upwards of maths quizzes from Pinnacle here, including 3 'silly quizzes' at the end.

Magic Squares
Don Steward has a magic squares blog alongside all the magic squares you lot could ever need.

Logic as well as Lateral Thinking
CIMT has lots of logic resources. Maths lessons are in all likelihood the solely house where students convey an chance to prepare the fine art of logical thinking - it's a shame nosotros don't create to a greater extent than of this.

Extract from Plane Passengers (CIMT)

I've also seat a charge of brainteasers inward this dropbox folder.

Investigations
Now is a practiced fourth dimension of yr for students to learn stuck into an investigation. This dropbox folder has a large choice of investigations, including those from Nuffield and Bowland.

Problem Solving
On my problem solving page I listing links to lots of occupation solving resources.

Research
Teachit Maths has a lovely choice of terminate of term resources here. I specially similar the Random Mathematics Research Quiz and the Greatest Mathematics Country Debate, both of which require students to create meshing research.


Durham Maths Mysteries
Thanks to @pwp1303 for pointing me inward the direction of these lovely resources. If you lot desire to proceed doing topic-based maths inward the final calendar week of term thus travail these activities.

Relay Races as well as Team Challenges
Chris Smith (@aap03102) has created roughly fantabulous resources that would function good at the terminate of term. Check out his Maths Relay Races and Maths Group Challenges.

More ideas

• If you're looking to learn exterior the classroom on a sunny day,  try the Maths Scavenger Hunt from Transum. There's loads to a greater extent than lovely activities on the Transum website to explore.
• My students dear these riddles! 
• Find the Factors puzzles are fantabulous (it's ever worthwhile practising times tables). 
• A game of Countdown ever goes downwards well. Put a twist on it alongside Algebra Countdown from @stephenbodman.
• Memory Maths is 1 of my favourites - learn students to depict the grids on mini-whiteboards.
• My colleagues convey enjoyed playing the Lobster Game and the Pirate Game alongside their classes this week.
• Quadratic colouring is a corking action for students who know how to plot quadratic graphs.
• Why non instruct your students Binary? See my post close education this topic. 
• Don't forget the videos on Numberphile. It's solely ii minutes long, but 1 of my favourites is the delightful video '1 - 200 on Google Image Search'.
• I shared roughly ideas for lessons on Fermat as well as Pascal inward my ship service 'End of term!' last year. 

I promise this has been helpful. There's lots to select from. Enjoy the final calendar week of term!

End Of Term Resources

It tin sack live difficult to learn on alongside education novel topics when in that place are lots of terminate of term events disrupting the timetable. This ship service lists resources you lot powerfulness notice useful.

Vocabulary Activities
I dear these mathematical crosswords for developing students' noesis of mathematical vocabulary. There's a broad attain of crosswords to travail (maths teachers volition savour the 'branches of mathematics' crossword on on page 34).

Mathematics Instruments
as well as Equipment Crossword

Teacher Resources Online has loads of corking activities including these vocabulary exercises, some of which would function good inward an information technology Room or alongside iPads. 

I similar this polygon word search too.

There are more word searches here.

Crossums as well as Number Searches

Sticking alongside puzzles, there's loads of crossums as well as seat out searches here, including the lovely Number Sets Search pictured below. I gave this to my Year 8 cast this calendar week (we've only done roughly function on basic sets as well as Venns). I also gave them this excellent Number Types action from Churchill Maths as well as nosotros did this interactive whiteboard Drag as well as Drop Venn diagram action from flashmaths.co.uk.

Cryptography

There are loads of corking cryptography resources at Teacher Resources Online and CIMT. The Imitation Game is right away available on DVD if you're looking to brand cryptography a theme inward the final calendar week of term.

Quizzical
There's a prissy gear upwards of maths quizzes from Pinnacle here, including 3 'silly quizzes' at the end.

Magic Squares
Don Steward has a magic squares blog alongside all the magic squares you lot could ever need.

Logic as well as Lateral Thinking
CIMT has lots of logic resources. Maths lessons are in all likelihood the solely house where students convey an chance to prepare the fine art of logical thinking - it's a shame nosotros don't create to a greater extent than of this.

Extract from Plane Passengers (CIMT)

I've also seat a charge of brainteasers inward this dropbox folder.

Investigations
Now is a practiced fourth dimension of yr for students to learn stuck into an investigation. This dropbox folder has a large choice of investigations, including those from Nuffield and Bowland.

Problem Solving
On my problem solving page I listing links to lots of occupation solving resources.

Research
Teachit Maths has a lovely choice of terminate of term resources here. I specially similar the Random Mathematics Research Quiz and the Greatest Mathematics Country Debate, both of which require students to create meshing research.


Durham Maths Mysteries
Thanks to @pwp1303 for pointing me inward the direction of these lovely resources. If you lot desire to proceed doing topic-based maths inward the final calendar week of term thus travail these activities.

Relay Races as well as Team Challenges
Chris Smith (@aap03102) has created roughly fantabulous resources that would function good at the terminate of term. Check out his Maths Relay Races and Maths Group Challenges.

More ideas

• If you're looking to learn exterior the classroom on a sunny day,  try the Maths Scavenger Hunt from Transum. There's loads to a greater extent than lovely activities on the Transum website to explore.
• My students dear these riddles! 
• Find the Factors puzzles are fantabulous (it's ever worthwhile practising times tables). 
• A game of Countdown ever goes downwards well. Put a twist on it alongside Algebra Countdown from @stephenbodman.
• Memory Maths is 1 of my favourites - learn students to depict the grids on mini-whiteboards.
• My colleagues convey enjoyed playing the Lobster Game and the Pirate Game alongside their classes this week.
• Quadratic colouring is a corking action for students who know how to plot quadratic graphs.
• Why non instruct your students Binary? See my post close education this topic. 
• Don't forget the videos on Numberphile. It's solely ii minutes long, but 1 of my favourites is the delightful video '1 - 200 on Google Image Search'.
• I shared roughly ideas for lessons on Fermat as well as Pascal inward my ship service 'End of term!' last year. 

I promise this has been helpful. There's lots to select from. Enjoy the final calendar week of term!

End Of Term!

The summertime holidays are fast approaching. Although I'm a believer inwards didactics maths correct upwardly to the halt of term, it tin give the axe live difficult to learn a topic properly when lessons are existence interrupted past times sports day, assemblies, schoolhouse trips etc. But if nosotros don't deliver worthwhile lessons until the terminal solar daytime of term, as well as therefore nosotros can't complain when parents desire to possess got their children on vacation during term-time.

I'm non against the sentiment of watching a video or playing games inwards maths lesson, only let's brand certain our students are either learning something novel or becoming to a greater extent than engaged as well as excited past times mathematics.

My schoolhouse has a criterion laid upwardly of challenges, games, projects as well as investigations that nosotros role every year, only here's a few of my option suggestions for halt of term activities:

Fermat's Last Theorem as well as Pythagoras
Have yous read The Simpsons as well as their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh? It's a bright book. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dainty halt of term lesson could involve yous explaining Fermat's Last Theorem (or role this BBC video to explicate it for you) as well as showing your degree how it features inwards the Simpsons (it's actually rather clever that Homer seems to possess got disproved it - inwards fact it's a 'near miss' solution - every bit explained past times Simon Singh in this video from Numberphile).

In this lesson your pupils could exercise approximately question into Fermat, or perchance other famous mathematicians - they could create a poster every bit suggested inwards this lovely activity from Interactive Maths.  Alternatively, they could await at related Pythagorean problems, such every bit proving Pythagoras' Theorem (which tin give the axe live done amongst Origami!), finding Pythagorean triples or investigating Pythagoras amongst other polygons.

BBC iPlayer is currently showing the Fermat's Last Theorem episode of Horizon - although the maths is rather advanced (it made my encephalon hurt!), it's an interesting episode as well as gives an insight into the operate of mathematicians.

If yous similar these Fermat lesson ideas, yous mightiness also similar my postal service on teaching binary which features to a greater extent than ideas from Simon Singh's book.

Pascal Investigations
Pascal's Triangle contains lots of amazing patterns as well as yous tin give the axe easily create total a lesson exploring them. Teachit Maths has a smashing PowerPoint as well as activity sheet for this lesson. In this short video a maths instructor briefly explains this history of the triangle. For older students yous could also innovate 'choose' musical note as well as link the triangle to binomial expansions.

Pi week
My colleague ane time had a Pi themed terminal calendar week of term amongst ane of his classes. The students all brought inwards cakes as well as pies, they watched Life of Pi (a lovely cinema only non mathematical!) as well as they did Pi-based activities including a Pi recital competition, a freehand circle drawing contest as well as making a giant Pi paperchain (a dissimilar coloring per digit).

If yous possess got whatsoever other creative ideas for halt of term lessons, I'd honey to demand heed them.

Inspiration

I was real lucky to encounter Simon Singh verbalise at the Maths inwards Action lectures inwards London terminal year. My schoolhouse took xx Year 12s to the consequence only this twelvemonth nosotros conception to possess got forty because it was such a bright solar daytime of lectures. I came away feeling inspired. I actually recommend these lectures, which are for both Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat as well as GCSE students.

Do yous know what makes the numbers on this jumbotron interesting?  Find out inwards this article.

End Of Term!

The summertime holidays are fast approaching. Although I'm a believer inwards didactics maths correct upwardly to the halt of term, it tin give the axe live difficult to learn a topic properly when lessons are existence interrupted past times sports day, assemblies, schoolhouse trips etc. But if nosotros don't deliver worthwhile lessons until the terminal solar daytime of term, as well as therefore nosotros can't complain when parents desire to possess got their children on vacation during term-time.

I'm non against the sentiment of watching a video or playing games inwards maths lesson, only let's brand certain our students are either learning something novel or becoming to a greater extent than engaged as well as excited past times mathematics.

My schoolhouse has a criterion laid upwardly of challenges, games, projects as well as investigations that nosotros role every year, only here's a few of my option suggestions for halt of term activities:

Fermat's Last Theorem as well as Pythagoras
Have yous read The Simpsons as well as their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh? It's a bright book. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dainty halt of term lesson could involve yous explaining Fermat's Last Theorem (or role this BBC video to explicate it for you) as well as showing your degree how it features inwards the Simpsons (it's actually rather clever that Homer seems to possess got disproved it - inwards fact it's a 'near miss' solution - every bit explained past times Simon Singh in this video from Numberphile).

In this lesson your pupils could exercise approximately question into Fermat, or perchance other famous mathematicians - they could create a poster every bit suggested inwards this lovely activity from Interactive Maths.  Alternatively, they could await at related Pythagorean problems, such every bit proving Pythagoras' Theorem (which tin give the axe live done amongst Origami!), finding Pythagorean triples or investigating Pythagoras amongst other polygons.

BBC iPlayer is currently showing the Fermat's Last Theorem episode of Horizon - although the maths is rather advanced (it made my encephalon hurt!), it's an interesting episode as well as gives an insight into the operate of mathematicians.

If yous similar these Fermat lesson ideas, yous mightiness also similar my postal service on teaching binary which features to a greater extent than ideas from Simon Singh's book.

Pascal Investigations
Pascal's Triangle contains lots of amazing patterns as well as yous tin give the axe easily create total a lesson exploring them. Teachit Maths has a smashing PowerPoint as well as activity sheet for this lesson. In this short video a maths instructor briefly explains this history of the triangle. For older students yous could also innovate 'choose' musical note as well as link the triangle to binomial expansions.

Pi week
My colleague ane time had a Pi themed terminal calendar week of term amongst ane of his classes. The students all brought inwards cakes as well as pies, they watched Life of Pi (a lovely cinema only non mathematical!) as well as they did Pi-based activities including a Pi recital competition, a freehand circle drawing contest as well as making a giant Pi paperchain (a dissimilar coloring per digit).

If yous possess got whatsoever other creative ideas for halt of term lessons, I'd honey to demand heed them.

Inspiration

I was real lucky to encounter Simon Singh verbalise at the Maths inwards Action lectures inwards London terminal year. My schoolhouse took xx Year 12s to the consequence only this twelvemonth nosotros conception to possess got forty because it was such a bright solar daytime of lectures. I came away feeling inspired. I actually recommend these lectures, which are for both Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 flat as well as GCSE students.

Do yous know what makes the numbers on this jumbotron interesting?  Find out inwards this article.

5 Maths Gems #74

Welcome to my 74^th gems post. This is where I portion some of the latest news, ideas too resources for maths teachers.

1. Area Mazes
Two years agone I wrote nearly Area Mazes in Gems 36 . Last calendar week Nicke (@NEdge9) told me nearly the lovely website areamaze.com which I'd never seen before. This simple, user-friendly website presents a serial of increasingly hard expanse mazes for students to locomote through online. Helpfully, students are able to depict workings on the diagrams spell they argue their agency through the puzzles.

2. Animations
Tim Brzezinski (@dynamic_math) has been tweeting some vivid online geogebra materials lately. I similar to utilisation things similar this inwards lessons every bit role of my explanations. No Geogebra skills are required! For illustration Tim has made excellent collections of animations for exterior angles and interior angles of polygons and a tool exploring linear increase vs exponential growth. Follow Tim on Twitter for lots to a greater extent than similar this.

Another clever animation that I spotted on Twitter this calendar week was 1 by Kendra Lockman (@klockmath). Kendra has created a tool inwards Desmos: 'Adding Integers on a Number Line' which is worth a look.

3. Angles inwards Polygons
Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) has been finding out nearly maths instruction over inwards Nippon too volition no dubiety portion lots of weblog posts too articles nearly what he's discovered. He's already tweeted nearly multiple approaches for finding a formula for the interior angles of polygons.

Most teachers leave of absence amongst the offset approach here, but for a spell I've persuasion that the 2d approach (triangles that run across inwards the centre, leading to the formula 180n - 360) powerfulness hold upward to a greater extent than intuitive. It's worth discussing.

4. Odd One Out

MathsPad has published a novel laid of Odd One Out resources. Students need to uncovering matching pairs from nine items inwards a box, too hence circle the strange 1 out. These activities are designed to depict out possible misconceptions. There are currently nine topics available to MathsPad subscribers too ii topics available for free: Reciprocals too Simplifying Surds.

5. End of Term Quiz

My postal service 'End of term resources' lists maths activities that are helpful when y'all convey a one-half a shape or one-half a lesson. I believe it's really of import to continue teaching maths correct upward to the concluding twenty-four lx minutes catamenia of term - I never laissez passer inwards to students' requests for films or games! But sometimes lessons are disrupted past times schoolhouse events, important that teaching a novel topic becomes difficult. This presents a proficient chance for maths enrichment.

Thanks to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for sharing his End of Year Maths Quiz. This quiz is really mathsy too is written specifically for summertime 2017.

This Maths Pub Quiz Pack by @SE_Education is also worth a look.

Update
I'm really pleased that evidence flavor is over! It's proficient to convey some gained time, though I'm actually busy writing UCAS references, sorting out displays ahead of opened upward evening, too finding resources for the novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level. I volition hold upward blogging nearly novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 marking topics soon.

Last calendar week I was appointed to the role of Acting Joint Head of Maths at Glyn School (it's precisely motherhood cover, too I was the alone applicant, but hi - it's dainty to larn a temporary promotion). It's going to hold upward a challenge but I'm delighted to hold upward given the opportunity.

A tertiary of Glyn Maths Faculty enjoying prom concluding week

In instance y'all missed them, my recent posts were:

• JustMaths Conference 2017
• #mathsconf10
• Topics In Depth
• New GCSE: Done!

I'm presenting my Angles inwards Depth workshop at the ATM & MA London Branch conference this Sabbatum hence if you're based inwards London, produce come upward along.

In other maths news, MEI launched a novel app (Bundles of Graphs) too Simon Singh launched his Parallel Project for slap-up high attainers. Also, MEI convey launched some first-class novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 marking resources on Integral, including helpful revision summary sheets.

Don't forget to majority tickets for my #summaths event!

I'll leave of absence y'all amongst this lovely activeness 'Ab-surd!' from Underground Maths - I dearest surds!

5 Maths Gems #74

Welcome to my 74^th gems post. This is where I portion some of the latest news, ideas too resources for maths teachers.

1. Area Mazes
Two years agone I wrote nearly Area Mazes in Gems 36 . Last calendar week Nicke (@NEdge9) told me nearly the lovely website areamaze.com which I'd never seen before. This simple, user-friendly website presents a serial of increasingly hard expanse mazes for students to locomote through online. Helpfully, students are able to depict workings on the diagrams spell they argue their agency through the puzzles.

2. Animations
Tim Brzezinski (@dynamic_math) has been tweeting some vivid online geogebra materials lately. I similar to utilisation things similar this inwards lessons every bit role of my explanations. No Geogebra skills are required! For illustration Tim has made excellent collections of animations for exterior angles and interior angles of polygons and a tool exploring linear increase vs exponential growth. Follow Tim on Twitter for lots to a greater extent than similar this.

Another clever animation that I spotted on Twitter this calendar week was 1 by Kendra Lockman (@klockmath). Kendra has created a tool inwards Desmos: 'Adding Integers on a Number Line' which is worth a look.

3. Angles inwards Polygons
Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) has been finding out nearly maths instruction over inwards Nippon too volition no dubiety portion lots of weblog posts too articles nearly what he's discovered. He's already tweeted nearly multiple approaches for finding a formula for the interior angles of polygons.

Most teachers leave of absence amongst the offset approach here, but for a spell I've persuasion that the 2d approach (triangles that run across inwards the centre, leading to the formula 180n - 360) powerfulness hold upward to a greater extent than intuitive. It's worth discussing.

4. Odd One Out

MathsPad has published a novel laid of Odd One Out resources. Students need to uncovering matching pairs from nine items inwards a box, too hence circle the strange 1 out. These activities are designed to depict out possible misconceptions. There are currently nine topics available to MathsPad subscribers too ii topics available for free: Reciprocals too Simplifying Surds.

5. End of Term Quiz

My postal service 'End of term resources' lists maths activities that are helpful when y'all convey a one-half a shape or one-half a lesson. I believe it's really of import to continue teaching maths correct upward to the concluding twenty-four lx minutes catamenia of term - I never laissez passer inwards to students' requests for films or games! But sometimes lessons are disrupted past times schoolhouse events, important that teaching a novel topic becomes difficult. This presents a proficient chance for maths enrichment.

Thanks to Richard Tock (@TickTockMaths) for sharing his End of Year Maths Quiz. This quiz is really mathsy too is written specifically for summertime 2017.

This Maths Pub Quiz Pack by @SE_Education is also worth a look.

Update
I'm really pleased that evidence flavor is over! It's proficient to convey some gained time, though I'm actually busy writing UCAS references, sorting out displays ahead of opened upward evening, too finding resources for the novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level. I volition hold upward blogging nearly novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 marking topics soon.

Last calendar week I was appointed to the role of Acting Joint Head of Maths at Glyn School (it's precisely motherhood cover, too I was the alone applicant, but hi - it's dainty to larn a temporary promotion). It's going to hold upward a challenge but I'm delighted to hold upward given the opportunity.

A tertiary of Glyn Maths Faculty enjoying prom concluding week

In instance y'all missed them, my recent posts were:

• JustMaths Conference 2017
• #mathsconf10
• Topics In Depth
• New GCSE: Done!

I'm presenting my Angles inwards Depth workshop at the ATM & MA London Branch conference this Sabbatum hence if you're based inwards London, produce come upward along.

In other maths news, MEI launched a novel app (Bundles of Graphs) too Simon Singh launched his Parallel Project for slap-up high attainers. Also, MEI convey launched some first-class novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 marking resources on Integral, including helpful revision summary sheets.

Don't forget to majority tickets for my #summaths event!

I'll leave of absence y'all amongst this lovely activeness 'Ab-surd!' from Underground Maths - I dearest surds!