This activity from Subtangent is based on the four colour theory, which is used by mapmakers. Resources include examples of colouring maps correctly, together with additional challenges, which cover a range of ability, for students to try themselves. Solutions for the challenges are also provided.

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Year Four students look at comparing and ordering numbers. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

In the first sheet...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Reception students explores comparing and ordering both numbers and quantities. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

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The idea of a concept cartoon, can be used to assess children’s ideas at the start or end of a topic. Look at the snowman’s coat concept cartoons, which misconceptions do you think children will have about thermal insulation? Think about the next science topic that you will be teaching and find out the...

This concept cartoon explores student's ideas about heat and insulation. A common misconception is that some materials have the property of making things warm. In this case because we have put coats on to keep warm there is a tendency to believe that the coat will also make the snowman warm so that it will melt...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at students in Year Two looks at counting, reading and ordering whole numbers up to 100. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button. To return to the menu page click on the musical...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at students in Year Three look at counting, reading and ordering whole numbers up to 1000. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

This series of interactive excel sheets, aimed at students in Year One, looks at counting, reading ordering and comparing numbers. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button. To return to the menu click on the musical note...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Year Two students explores data tables and graphs. New questions and data sets can be generated each time by the click of a button.

The first five sheets generates a...

This series of interactive excel sheets aimed at Year Three students explores collecting data, entering data into tables and drawing graphs. New data sets can be generated each time by the click of a button.

The first...

This selection of spreadsheets, designed by the Primary National Strategies to aid teaching and learning, tackles data, graphs, charts, measures and money, in a variety of ways.

Carroll diagram allows either shapes or numbers to be dragged into an either one or two criteria table. The...

The first interactive sheet shows fractions where the numerator is 1. The fraction is converted into a decimal by long division and illustrated as the fraction of a circle. The denominator can be altered to be between 1 and 9. The next two sheets also show long division...

This series of ten interactive excel sheets explore estimating. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

The first sheet shows a number line from 0 to 20, 50 or 100....

Fraction Matcher gives students the opportunity to explore the concept of fractions. The “Fractions Screen” contains eight levels of matching fractions using fractions less than one up to improper fraction representations for fractions greater than one. The “Mixed Number Screen” concentrates upon fractions greater...

This resource contains three excel files dealing with various aspects of fractions.

Fractions of X (mental arithmetic) This excel file has four interactive sheets. Each sheet shows sets of questions where students find the fraction of given amounts. Answers can be revealed and new sets of...