Happy New Year! Welcome to my 101st gems post. This is where I part to a greater extent than or less of the latest news, ideas too resources for maths teachers.
1. Euclid's Elements Nicholas Rougeux (@rougeux) has made something incredible. He has recreated Byrne's 1847 edition of Euclid's Elements including interactive diagrams, cross references, too a novel poster of all the master copy illustrations.
You tin plow over notice read an in-depth weblog ship service on how it was made here. It's absolutely wonderful.
2. Retrieval Facts
Jonathan Hall (@StudyMaths) added a retrieval facts department to mathsbot.com. It's primarily designed for printing but tin plow over notice hold out projected onto the board too. I tin plow over notice come across this beingness a helpful revision tool for Year 11.
If you lot intend that regular quizzing is a skillful agency for students to larn facts too formulae, thus hold off out for an exciting novel mass which volition hold out available for students to purchase inwards 2019. Listen to the destination of my recent podcast amongst Craig Barton if you lot desire to know to a greater extent than virtually this.
3. Surds Bricks Thanks to @pwdrysdale for sharing this surds activity. Each brick is the amount of the 2 beneath it.
4. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Level Whilst preparing to a greater extent than or less CPD on Large Data Set for Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score I discovered this cute video explaining how oktas work. If you lot learn Edexcel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score thus you lot mightiness discovery this helpful. The Examiner Report suggests that most students taking their Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score examination inwards June 2018 were clueless on oktas.
While we're on the dependent area of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level, create cheque out this letter from a truthful cat nutrient company. @mathematicsprof wrote to them virtually how they could minimise textile if each can’s tiptop equals its diameter. They wrote dorsum to explicate that it's agency to a greater extent than complicated than maths problems suggest. Next fourth dimension I learn optimisation I volition hold out showing my students this letter!
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score teachers mightiness also similar this puzzle app which involves adding too multiplying integers. It's neat fun for teachers, too it mightiness hold out useful for students learning to piece of occupation amongst negatives too.
It's actually fun thus create convey a go.
Update In instance you lot missed them, I wrote 2 posts over the Christmas holidays:
Thank you lot to Jamie Frost (@DrFrostMaths) for hosting drinks for maths teachers at his solid i time again final calendar week - I had a neat evening.
I'll travel out you lot with @Blogdemaths' lovely 'How to Draw a Regular Pentagon, IKEA Version' (inspired yesteryear the piece of occupation of @ideainstruction).
Welcome to my 106th gems post. This is where I part to a greater extent than or less of the latest news, ideas too resources for maths teachers.
1. Maths4Everyone I receive got written close David Morse's (@Maths4Everyone) resources a issue of times before. I utilization them a lot inwards lessons, especially his packs of GCSE questions past times topic. Up until similar a shot I receive got ever accessed them through TES, simply similar a shot David has updated his website so his costless original too secondary resources are easily accessible without a login.
One clever characteristic of the website is the 'click-to-zoom' functionality where yous tin plough over the axe zoom inwards on a detail enquiry or solution when yous become through answers with the class.
I also similar the means his novel codebreakers give an anagram - this stops pupils from giving upward on the maths equally presently equally they've worked out the judgement which is a mutual work inwards codebreakers!
2. Facts too Basics Thanks to Adam Smith (@Adam_SmithMaths) who has shared 'Facts too Basics' resources for Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 marking too GCSE. These quizzes include facts, formulae too curt procedural questions to assistance pupils exercise the basics.
In the tabular array below, the final instance is especially worth discussing. At Amy How's Rekenrek workshop at #mathsconf18 she mentioned that she would never tell 'zero bespeak six' - she'd ever tell 6th tenths instead. I've heard other people tell this too, too I wonder why I all the same proceed to tell decimals inwards such an unhelpful way. When I tell 0.42 out loud to pupils, mayhap I should consistently tell '42 hundredths' instead of 'zero bespeak iv two'. I receive got a feeling nosotros (ie many teachers inwards this province - I know I'm generalising) powerfulness live a chip behind other countries with this.
The article includes teaching strategies:
"Students may also live instructed to tape symbols inwards their ain personal symbol tabular array or carte du jour file, inwards which they write the symbol, tape inwards English linguistic communication how to tell it, too plough over examples of its use".
Other ideas include bespeak pupils to invent 'graffiti' for mathematical symbols (examples below - these are similar to the calligrams I receive got featured inwards previous gems posts) too bespeak pupils to construct their ain examples too non-examples.
4. Mathigon I root blogged close the amazing website Mathigon inwards 2014, too it was a winner inwards the 2015 Gem Awards. The content goes from forcefulness to strength. The author Philipp Legner has late published a construct novel costless course of written report 'Circles too Pi' that contains countless interactive explanations on circles, spheres, too conic sections. It is such a cool website - receive got a play with the animations too you'll encounter what I mean. Here's a trailer for the novel content:
5. AQA Additional Maths Pilot Questions Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few years agone I wrote close using former Linked Pair Pilot questions with GCSE classes too shared to a greater extent than or less examples of skillful questions. I tin plough over the axe also recommend former AQA Additional Maths Pilot papers too. To explicate why I've been using these: twice a calendar week I run morn intervention with a Year xi top laid at a schoolhouse inwards Croydon. It's taken a piece for the pupils to warm upward to me, simply we're getting at that spot now. We pass an hr doing challenging GCSE-level questions together. It plant good when I sit down too piece of work out the solutions amongst them. The work is, because I'm non their instructor I receive got to live careful non to plough over them questions that their instructor powerfulness receive got already used. So I search for suitable questions elsewhere. Here 2 questions nosotros enjoyed final week:
If you're preparing students for their GCSE exams too then don't forget I receive got a large collection of revision resources here.
Update I've been super busy this yr with diverse projects, thus the lack of spider web log posts. I produce update things behind the scenes all the fourth dimension though, fifty-fifty when I appear quiet! This week, cheers to lovely contributors, I added to a greater extent than or less novel primary topics inwards depth packs too to a greater extent than or less novel Pret homeworks.
Last calendar week I went to a bully outcome at Amazon with loads of cool maths people similar Alex Bellos, Conrad Wolfram too Colin Hegarty. The Head of Amazon Britain is a mathematician too he wants to back upward maths education. No dubiousness I volition update my readers on this first over the coming months.
If yous were at my Humble Pi mass launch too then produce banking concern check out the superpermuatations video that was filmed at the event.
Humble Pi is currently the UK's issue 1 bestselling mass which is actually exciting.
Last weekend was #mathsconf18 inwards Birmingham. As park I had a lovely time, met lots of awesome teachers too attended bully workshops. Thank yous to David Faram for helping me run the MA bookstand too Rob Smith for driving the MA bookstand all the means from Leicester.
I presented on Unit Conversions - my slides tin plough over the axe live downloaded from my Topics inwards Depth page.
Next weekend I'm speaking at the Habs Girls conference too the next weekend I'm speaking at Educating Northants which is going to live absolutely huge - banking concern check out the programme! Look out for a Conference Takeaways podcast from me too Craig Barton afterwards.
Next calendar month it volition live the 5th anniversary of resourceaholic.com (so fourth dimension for my 5th annual Gem Awards!) too coincidentally inwards the same calendar month I await to exceed 5,000,000 views.
I'll exit yous with a work from Daniel Griller (@puzzlecritic) that he shared inwards his workshop at #mathsconf18. Enjoy!
The numbers 1, 2 too x are written on the board. Their hateful is equal to the production of their median too range. Find all possible values of x.
Welcome to my 113th gems post. This is where I part some of the latest news, ideas as well as resources for maths teachers. 1. L Shapes In MathsPad's July update they shared a free interactive tool for finding missing sides of L-shapes. This tin sack live used to demonstrate how the vertical lines on ane side of the shape gibe the total length on the other side as well as to assist pupils divide horizontal as well as vertical measures when finding missing lengths. There are accompanying worksheets too.
I know I've said it before, but I dearest MathsPad! It's good worth the subscription. I'll live teaching Year seven as well as 8 side yesteryear side yr as well as accept been busy working on resourcing the Scheme of Work over the lastly 2 weeks. Many of my recommended resources for each topic come upward from MathsPad.
2. Maths inward Science Thanks to scientific discipline instructor Adam Bilton (Gems 102 to larn a improve thought of the maths content of the scientific discipline curriculum. Knowing this materials helps maths teachers piece of work improve alongside their scientific discipline subdivision inward price of consistent methods, social club of topics as well as hence on.
3. Puzzles for the Classroom Thank yous to Sarah Carter (@mathsequalslove) for sharing Erich Friedman's website. There are loads of bully activities to explore here. Sarah has picked out a distich of examples that would piece of work good at school:
Arithmetic Sequence Puzzle In the Arithmetic Sequence puzzle students fill upward inward some of the blank squares alongside digits 0-9. Each row as well as column should contains just three digits, as well as these digits should cast an increasing arithmetics sequence. Here's an example:
There are fifteen increasingly hard puzzles to consummate as well as solutions are provided.
Number Mazes Here yous start alongside the issue on the left. By moving through the maze as well as doing whatever arithmetics operations on the issue that yous encounter, yous larn out the maze alongside the consequence on the right. You may move yesteryear through an performance several times, but yous tin sack non brand a U-turn. The results of all operations volition live positive whole numbers. Each maze has several solutions, but has a unique shortest solution.
There are sixteen puzzles as well as solutions are provided. I've had a larn at this - it's fun as well as the maths is accessible, hence I've added it to my 'First Lessons alongside Year 7' post.
Finally, also cheque out the 'What's Special About this Number' page. If inward your classroom yous similar to part interesting issue facts (eg relating to the date) as well as then this volition live rattling helpful! The listing goes all the agency upward to 9999.
4. Circle Game This circle sketching game was shared by Graham Walton (@mr_g_walton). Although the scoring seems a flake inconsistent at times, it's fun to essay as well as depict the best possible circle. It industrial plant on a proper name as well as a computer. Have a go!
5. Topic Grids Both BossMaths as well as MathsBot lately launched novel features which tin sack live used to forthwith generate mixed topic retrieval activities.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 distich of months agone BossMaths added 'Top Topics' to their site. Using this tool teachers tin sack do grids of upward to vi questions on topics of their choice. There are over 120 interrogation variants as well as it's rattling tardily to adapt the difficulty level. I similar it that ane time you've shown the respond yous tin sack forthwith generate an almost identical question, hence if pupils struggled alongside it as well as then they tin sack accept some other larn later you've gone through it.
On MathsBot there's now a 'last lesson, week, month, year' last year - this MathsBot tool volition relieve a lot of fourth dimension inward making those starters.
Thank yous to @boss_maths as well as @StudyMaths for their generosity inward sharing these complimentary tools for teachers.
Updates June is e'er my busiest calendar month inward price of conferences as well as events - it's been awesome but I'm pleased to accept my weekends dorsum now! I also started my novel chore lastly Monday. It's wonderful to live properly dorsum inward a schoolhouse later a yr on the fundamental team. My schoolhouse currently simply has Year 7s as well as they are absolutely lovely. I can't facial expression to instruct them maths side yesteryear side year. Along alongside my novel squad I'm planning to essay some exciting materials - similar ringbinders instead of practise books inward maths for the whole of Year seven as well as 8. No incertitude I volition weblog well-nigh how it all goes.
In instance yous missed them, my 2 recent weblog posts were:
Even though it was a few weeks ago, I haven't nevertheless had the peril to study dorsum on La Salle's #mathsconf19 which took house inward South Yorkshire. It was a bully conference inward a especially lovely venue. I enjoyed pre-conference drinks, ran the MA bookstand, presented on the development of maths vocabulary, caught upward alongside my Twitter pals Ed as well as Tom, as well as went to some bully workshops.
If yous missed it on Twitter at the time, do cheque out this thread from Sam Blatherwick which features exercises from his workshop on inequalities. There were some questions inward this laid of exercises that I've never asked earlier as well as this made me call upward well-nigh the gaps inward my explanations.
Last Mon I delivered the closing plenary at the Kent as well as Medway Maths Hub Conference. It was lovely that I got to accept dinner alongside some of the speakers as well as organisers the nighttime before, including James as well as James from my PGCE course.
I actually enjoyed the workshops I attended. In Peter Hubble's session on algebraic proof he shared a funny Abbott as well as Costello video that I'd never seen before.
In Pietro Tozzi's workshop on Edexcel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level, he told us that some schools accept started using the large information laid to instruct statistics at Key Stage three as well as iv to construct early on familiarity. For example schools who do Edexcel Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree work weather condition information for GCSE box plots as well as hence on. He also shared some large information laid resources.
Another affair that Pietro shared that I hadn't seen earlier was a laid of actually good videos from Pearson explaining how to work the Classwiz at Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level. Teachers who are teaching Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree for the outset fourth dimension side yesteryear side yr would do goodness from watching these videos to ensure they are familiar alongside all the novel reckoner functions.
And finally from this conference, here's a bully job shared yesteryear Charlie Stripp.
In other news:
I wrote June's edition of the MA eNews. We accept lately relaunched this newsletter - non entirely does it comprise tidings from the MA as well as the wider basis of maths education, but it also at nowadays contains puzzles as well as resources for maths teachers. Subscribe here to have futurity editions.
This year's Big Math Off is underway. I competed lastly yr as well as that meant I had the abide by of picking an entrant for this year's competition. I nominated Vincent Pantaloni - yous tin sack read his entries, as well as all the other wonderful maths beingness shared, on aperiodical.com.
Don't forget to majority your ticket for Marvellous Maths Teaching which is beingness run yesteryear me as well as Craig Barton inward Oct 2019. We've sold some xc tickets already, which is exciting given that nosotros know that most teachers won't live inward a seat to majority until September.
I'll leave of absence yous this video, shared on Twitter yesteryear @DrFrostMaths. It's an American Youtuber completing an Edexcel Maths GCSE paper. I constitute it surprisingly enjoyable! It's weird, as well as quite insightful, to take away heed someone's entire thought processes every bit they do maths.
3. Area Mazes I know I've featured Area Mazes inward my gems posts earlier only hither are a few more... While on vacation I played roughly of the Area Quiz app on my phone. Most of the problems inward this app quest a flake (or a lot) of reasoning. They are suitable for people of whatever historic menstruum every bit long every bit they know how to move out area. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of these problems would move good at schoolhouse to deepen pupils' agreement of area.
4. Photo Signs I'm non crafty plenty to build 1 of these myself! Howie Hua @howie_hua made this sign for his pupils to concur upwards for photos. If you lot depository fiscal establishment gibe out his Twitter timeline you'll reckon his pupils proudly sharing photos of themselves coming together their novel maths instructor in addition to embracing the thought of existence a 'math person'.
Inspired yesteryear this, other teachers bring made signs for their maths classrooms. Here's an illustration from Alice Aspinall (@aliceaspinall).
5. Starter Questions Thanks to Mary Atherton from Carmel College inward Darlington for emailing me almost the pack of Starter Quizzes she intends to purpose alongside Year 10 this year. She tried a similar daily action alongside other twelvemonth groups final twelvemonth in addition to institute that pupils responded good to the routine. Ahead of each lesson Mary volition position 1 canvass of questions into each pupil's document wallet (her shape volition assist her create this) in addition to and then every pupil volition acquire started every bit shortly every bit they acquire far at the lesson. They acquire 10 minutes to reply the questions inward whatever lodge - when the buzzer goes off Mary calls out the answers in addition to the students score their ain work, recording their marks out of 10 on the record sheet that's glued to the front end of their document wallet. Thanks to Mary for sharing her quizzes.
Update I've had real niggling fourth dimension for blogging over summer. As good enjoying a lovely (if slightly rainy) household unit of measurement vacation inward Jersey, I've been busy trying to write my mass 'A Compendium of Mathematical Methods'. It's actually difficult work! I promise people similar it. I've alone got 1 chapter left to write. If all goes good it volition endure out inward Dec or January. I've learnt a huge amount of novel maths through researching interesting, odd in addition to antiquated methods. I can't facial expression to portion what I've found.
In other news, thank you lot to Jamie Frost for hosting roughly other lovely eventide for maths teachers at his draw of piece of job solid in addition to local pub.
And thank you lot to TES for hosting a slap-up TES Maths Panel coming together inward Sheffield alongside a delicious luncheon inward the sunshine.
Another matter I've done lately that I highly recommend is see the MA library at the University of Leicester. All MA members are allowed to see the library. I went alongside friends Ed Southall in addition to Tom Bennison. MA librarian Mike Price real kindly showed us circular in addition to gave us access to the amazing books inward the Special Collection. It was incredible!
If you lot excogitation to acquire to whatever events inward the side yesteryear side academic twelvemonth in addition to then create depository fiscal establishment gibe out my updated conferences page. In September I'll endure at #mathsconf20 inward Edinburgh where I'm presenting on methods in addition to adfected quadratics, in addition to inward Oct I'll endure at #mathsconf21 inward Peterborough where I'm presenting on the 'Calculator Crisis'.
If you lot desire to attend the 1 twenty-four hours grooming class 'Marvellous Maths Teaching' alongside Craig Barton in addition to me in addition to then it would endure a goodness thought to acquire your asking inward at schoolhouse shortly earlier it sells out.
I pulled together the MA's August 2019 eNews which came out yesterday, sharing news, puzzles in addition to resources for maths teachers. Do depository fiscal establishment gibe it out, in addition to subscribe to have futurity issues here.
I visited my build novel schoolhouse edifice final calendar week alongside my daughters.
Here's my 5 twelvemonth sometime existence a instructor inward my novel classroom.
I've planned start lessons for a distich of my classes only I am fortunate to bring 4 Inset days earlier my pupils start thus I'm leaving most of my move for in addition to then rather than create it inward the holidays. I can't facial expression to acquire started alongside lessons! I'm actually excited almost coming together my novel classes. Though of class I'm a flake distressing almost summertime coming to an end.
If you're non dorsum at schoolhouse notwithstanding in addition to you're planning start lessons for September in addition to then you lot mightiness discovery roughly of my posts from previous years helpful, such every bit her blog to download the PowerPoint.
3. Area Mazes I know I've featured Area Mazes inward my gems posts earlier only hither are a few more... While on vacation I played roughly of the Area Quiz app on my phone. Most of the problems inward this app quest a flake (or a lot) of reasoning. They are suitable for people of whatever historic menstruum every bit long every bit they know how to move out area. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of these problems would move good at schoolhouse to deepen pupils' agreement of area.
4. Photo Signs I'm non crafty plenty to build 1 of these myself! Howie Hua @howie_hua made this sign for his pupils to concur upwards for photos. If you lot depository fiscal establishment gibe out his Twitter timeline you'll reckon his pupils proudly sharing photos of themselves coming together their novel maths instructor in addition to embracing the thought of existence a 'math person'.
Inspired yesteryear this, other teachers bring made signs for their maths classrooms. Here's an illustration from Alice Aspinall (@aliceaspinall).
5. Starter Questions Thanks to Mary Atherton from Carmel College inward Darlington for emailing me almost the pack of Starter Quizzes she intends to purpose alongside Year 10 this year. She tried a similar daily action alongside other twelvemonth groups final twelvemonth in addition to institute that pupils responded good to the routine. Ahead of each lesson Mary volition position 1 canvass of questions into each pupil's document wallet (her shape volition assist her create this) in addition to and then every pupil volition acquire started every bit shortly every bit they acquire far at the lesson. They acquire 10 minutes to reply the questions inward whatever lodge - when the buzzer goes off Mary calls out the answers in addition to the students score their ain work, recording their marks out of 10 on the record sheet that's glued to the front end of their document wallet. Thanks to Mary for sharing her quizzes.
Update I've had real niggling fourth dimension for blogging over summer. As good enjoying a lovely (if slightly rainy) household unit of measurement vacation inward Jersey, I've been busy trying to write my mass 'A Compendium of Mathematical Methods'. It's actually difficult work! I promise people similar it. I've alone got 1 chapter left to write. If all goes good it volition endure out inward Dec or January. I've learnt a huge amount of novel maths through researching interesting, odd in addition to antiquated methods. I can't facial expression to portion what I've found.
In other news, thank you lot to Jamie Frost for hosting roughly other lovely eventide for maths teachers at his draw of piece of job solid in addition to local pub.
And thank you lot to TES for hosting a slap-up TES Maths Panel coming together inward Sheffield alongside a delicious luncheon inward the sunshine.
Another matter I've done lately that I highly recommend is see the MA library at the University of Leicester. All MA members are allowed to see the library. I went alongside friends Ed Southall in addition to Tom Bennison. MA librarian Mike Price real kindly showed us circular in addition to gave us access to the amazing books inward the Special Collection. It was incredible!
If you lot excogitation to acquire to whatever events inward the side yesteryear side academic twelvemonth in addition to then create depository fiscal establishment gibe out my updated Year vii Maths Activities. Also, depository fiscal establishment gibe out my large collection of maths displays.
If you're dorsum to schoolhouse soon, goodness luck alongside the start of term.
I'll acquire out you lot alongside this puzzle that your pupils mightiness relish - it was shared on Twitter yesteryear @theexperttutor later on she spotted it inward a magazine. There are lots to a greater extent than similar this here - thank you lot to @Caminomig for the link.
Happy New Year! Welcome to my 101st gems post. This is where I part to a greater extent than or less of the latest news, ideas too resources for maths teachers.
