These 20 instant maths ideas, ideal for use as starter questions, extension question or probing questions to assess understanding, require students to explore the perimeters of rectangles which have the same area, convert between different units, investigate Pick’s theorem, explore the four colour theorem,...

This resource consists of two interactive excel files.

Area and Perimeter: Algebraic, Rectangles
The first two sheets...

This SMILE resource contains three packs of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching and learning of area and perimeter, from calculating area by counting squares to finding the formula for the area of a trapezium.

Area and Perimeter pack one ...

This sub-collection of materials from the dy/dan collection contains three resources that bring mathematical storytelling to the classroom in the context of ‘area of a circle’. Resources comprise:

• Act One: a video or photograph to provide a ‘hook’ to the problem

• Act Two: further...

Mathcentre provide these resources which cover aspects of arithmetic, often used in the field of engineering. They include fractions and their associated arithmetic, calculations involving surds, using standard form, as well as understanding and drawing the graph of a function.

Comprehensive notes, with...

This resource contains eight activities for use in the classroom.

Self descriptive numbers: 'Four' is a self descriptive number as the word four contains 4 letters. This is the only number for which this is the case. However if 22 is represented as 17+1+4 then this written in words takes 22...

This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 7. This resource covers: addition and subtraction of whole numbers, dealing with brackets, addition and subtraction of decimals, dealing with money. The initial file forms part of the...

This MEP resource from CIMT is taken from text book 7A which covers the mathematics scheme of work for the first half of year 7. This resource covers, place value, rounding to the nearest 10,100,1000 and rounding to decimal places. The initial file forms part of the textbook. The activities sheet, extra exercises...

Students design a new layout for the classroom, measuring the furniture, making scaled cut-outs and placing them on a prepared plan.

This resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.

Leading behaviour...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming necessary in many areas of life, from healthcare to entertainment. This collection of resources support exploration of Artificial Intelligence for students aged 7 to 16.  

Introduction to the Grand Challenge resources

This resource forms part of the artificial intelligence resources from the Grand Challenges resource collection.  The introductory video can be found here.

The artificial intelligence – level 2 resource package consists of activities designed to run for around two...

The materials in this resource are from the Secondary National Strategy ‘Progressing to Level 6 and beyond in science’ project. They were intended for science teachers who are focusing on helping their students in developing skills in aspects of ‘How science works’ –...

This report was commissioned by the National Curriculum Council to look at the developments in design and technology education, soon after it was introduced to the National Curriculum. The article outlines some general features of the design and technology curriculum and looks at the importance of managerial as...