Colleen Young. The Maths Magpie. E to the i pi - …mathematical investigation ideas by Kevin Bertman. Maths sandpit. Well folks, the end is in sight! Soon Y11 will be on study leave. Sure, there will be those conscientious few who come in for help or revision sessions, but the majority of pupils need the next month to considate their learning and be ready for their exams. Are these teenagers buzzing with energy and keen to work? No. They are tired of being told about exam technique and interpreting questions.
They are fed up with assessments and coursework. How can you make yet another GCSE paper interesting? It’s time to cut up the exam paper (see Foundation GCSE analysis for first scissor session). Now this task will need some prep work. Equipment *Enough copies of a GCSE paper for 1 between 2 or 3. Optional: A spreadsheet with the pairs of students in the first column Prep Work You need to slice the papers into individual questions. Activity Each pair is given the first question face down. The more ICT-friendly teacher could use conditional formatting to highlight the cells and which team is winning. MathsPad.
Whilst looking at some TES Resources I came across an excellent interactive from MathsPad, a site with a growing collection of resources for teachers and students. The site is easy to navigate with a clear menu at the top of the various pages. The various interactives are attractive and display very well on the interactive whiteboard. Many of these would make excellent starters or plenaries. To access all the resources requires an annual subscription but there are free resources available in each section; I like this on matching surds for example This is a site well worth exploring. Like this: Like Loading... Related Top >10 Mathematics Websites Checked and updated - August 2013 This post remains one of the most popular on this blog. In "Mathematics" Mathematics Crosswords angles crossword Crosswords provide a good way to improve Mathematical vocabulary.
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