Resources - Secondary Mathematics
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The 'Area puzzles' resource from the 1001math collection are a development of the ‘area maze puzzles’ first introduced in 2015 by one of the world’s most prolific inventors of logic puzzles,...
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Geometric progressions are often presented purely as a sequence of numbers. The ...
The ‘Something in Common’ collection from John Burke contains problems that enable students to hone their skills of both problem solving and proof. The ‘Four Crescents’ resource draws together work on area of a circle,...
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In a 1975 lecture, the American mathematician Don Zagier commented that ‘the prime numbers seem to grow like weeds’. He also went on to give...
Hello,
There are a number of events being run in the Yorkshire region in the summer term
- Mathematics Enrichment for year 9 students in Scarborough in July
- Mathematics Enrichment for year 10 students in Year 10 in York in July
- Year 12 student and teacher problem solving day in Hull in June
See the attached flyers for more details...
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When using this trick students do not realize that rounding means choosing the closest number at the next place value. This is particularly troublesome when there is a carryover...
How do you make the best use of teaching assistants?
The EEF states improving the use of your current TA workforce is a good investment, and up-skilling TAs can have many positive impacts. The full list of 10 recommendations can be seen here:
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A great deal has been mentioned in recent years about ‘cognitive load’ and reducing this for students studying mathematics. Tina Cardone’s book ‘Nix the Tricks’ has some interesting...
Equilateral triangles have interior angles of 60o, squares 90o and pentagons 108o. The first regular n-sided polygon that doesn't have a whole number as an interior angle is the heptagon.
When exploring interior angles with my students we'd usually deduce a rule and use it to find interior angles of up to 9, 10 or even 12 sided shapes (with an...