This More Maths Grads resource, from the Maths Careers website, investigates the maths used in transport and is based on the travelling salesman problem.

Students are given a table containing information on the cost of air travel between nine different cities and asked to plan a route that visits each...

This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), introduces students to the differences between analogue and digital communication. An analogue signal can be rendered useless by small amounts of interference, whereas a digital signal remains...

This resource from the IET Faraday programme, supported by MEI and Tomorrow's Engineers, provides students the opportunity to explore information generated from a motor race....

This Core Maths resource includes data from which students can calculate correlation coefficients. The resources includes a card sort that matches up scatter-graphs, data tables and product moment correlation coefficients. 

The teachers' notes give detailed teaching suggestions on how to introduce and...

This Core Maths resource contains teachers' notes, lesson plan and student handouts that explore budgeting and foreign exchange. The two topics can be combined into one large project or taught as two discrete tasks. 

There is a Powerpoint presentation of the tasks for classroom use, including possible...

In this activity, students create colour images from satellite data. This allows them to study how different surfaces reflect different wavelengths of light, how coloured images are created using an RGB model, and how band combinations can be chosen to examine a particular landscape effectively.

This resource develops the concept of solving equations where the unknown appears once or more than once.

Students are given the equation

x = 6

and then told that the value of x could have been derived from the equation

3x =  2x + 6

Students are then construct their own equation...

This lesson develops the concept of finding areas of sectors. In particular students will:

• Find perimeters, areas, and arc lengths of sectors using formulas
• Find the relationships between arc lengths, and areas of sectors after scaling
• Using radians

The initial challenge...

This lesson develops the concept of calculating the volume of compound objects. In particular, students enhance their understanding of:

• Computing measurements using formulas.
• Decomposing compound shapes into simpler ones.
• Using right triangles and their properties to solve real-world...

This resource develops the concept of exploring the relationship between the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. There is a particular focus on finding lines that are parallel and perpendicular by using their equations. The work extends into identifying and using intercepts.

Students are presented...

This lesson develops the concept of distinguishing between rational and irrational numbers. In particular, students will enhance their ability in:

• Classifying numbers as rational or irrational.
• Moving between different representations of rational and irrational numbers.

 An...

The first activity in this resource asks students to consider x = 5 and answer the question ‘what value is y’? An initial discussion builds up understanding of graphical representations of linear equations.

This lesson develops solving pairs of linear equations by considering their graphical representations...

This resource, from the Royal Institution, provides students with the opportunity to explore the formation of a parabola through a paper folding activity. Students follow a set of simple instructions which describe how to fold a piece of A4 paper and are asked to describe what shape is produced. The activity is...

This activity requires students to calculate net income after tax and national insurance have been deducted. Students then are asked to discuss if the progressive taxation system is fair. Answers to each of the calculations are available.

The presentation shows how income tax and national insurance rates are...