Friday, January 19, 2001

5 Maths Gems #109

Welcome to my 109th gems post. This is where I portion some of the latest news, ideas together with resources for maths teachers.

1. Task
Simon Gregg‏ (@Simon_Gregg) tweeted virtually the Nrich chore 'Shape Times Shape'. The coloured shapes correspond xi of the numbers from 0 to 12. Each shape is a dissimilar issue - pupils bring to operate out which is which. Read Simon's thread to take away heed the reasoning of the children he teaches.
Hannah (Year vii Maths Activities which lists ideas for outset lessons inwards September.

2. New Website
Thank you lot to @goteachmaths for sharing their novel website goteachmaths.co.uk.
This site has gratis resources for over 500 topics every bit good every bit clone questions from previous GCSE exams.
There's lots to explore here.

3. Enrichment
Thanks to Dr Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin (@aoibhinn_ni_s) for sharing the latest edition of 'Maths Sparks' - together with cheers to Geoff Wake for tweeting virtually it. This resources majority is published yesteryear the University of Dublin.
This edition contains activities amongst origami, logic programming, cryptography together with other topics that you lot tin create inwards degree or inwards after-school clubs.

4. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Level
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few novel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 bird resources have been shared recently:

I promise to meet you lot at these events! Also relieve the appointment for side yesteryear side year's MA Easter conference. It's going to endure at an amazing venue inwards Bedfordshire. It's exclusively 2 nights which volition hopefully acquire far to a greater extent than affordable together with accessible to many teachers. If you've never been to a residential conference earlier thus mayhap give this i a try - it's a real dissimilar sense to a i twenty-four lx minutes menstruum event.
 This is where I portion some of the latest intelligence 5 Maths Gems #109

Often things come upwards up on Twitter that I've blogged virtually inwards previous gems posts. Recently I talked on Craig's podcast virtually using Equation Editor shortcuts, together with afterward that at that spot was a flurry of posts virtually it, specially from brain teachers on Twitter together with Facebook. As a consequence of the renewed interest, Dan Rodriguez-Clark‏ (@InteractMaths) created a Guide to using Equation Editor inwards Word together with Powerpoint which includes things I hadn't seen before. Thank you lot Dan!

And inwards instance you lot took Easter off social media, hither are another recent shares that you lot mightiness bring missed:
  • Naveen Rizvi @naveenfrizvi shared the booklets she has used for teaching algebra, equations together with fractions. Naveen received a lot of requests to portion these booklets afterward her podcast amongst Craig Barton. Read to a greater extent than inwards this post on Naveen's blog.
  • Edexcel shared a Teacher's Guide to Command Words.
  • PG Online (@pgonlinepub) released an examiner's study summary for maths GCSE.
  • I discovered some A02/A03 resources on AQA's All About Maths that I intend to role for GCSE revision (they bring been at that spot for years but I've exclusively only spotted them!).
  • I tweeted virtually a cool means to create algebraic segmentation - you lot tin meet it explained here.

Thank you lot to Jamie Frost for hosting drinks at his describe of piece of occupation solid together with dinner at his local pub - it's ever a pleasance to hang out amongst maths teachers.

Finally, I'll acquire out you lot amongst this awesome  interactive history of maths timeline on the wonderful site mathigon.org. This is the best maths timeline I've seen. Thank you lot to @MEIMaths for sharing this.






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