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Resourceaholic: 5 Maths Gems #179


Welcome to my 179th gems put up. That is the place I share a number of the newest information, concepts and assets for maths lecturers.

1. Maths Advance

I blogged about Maths Advance in Gems 173 – it is a web site full of wonderful problem questions, excellent for prime attaining lessons. I’ve now had the pleasure of assembly the writer of the web site, George Bowman, at two current conferences. Listed here are a few examples of his issues:

The issues can be found without spending a dime, however subscribing to the web site offers entry to solutions plus full video options.

2. A Stage Subject Frequency and Recommendation

Thanks to @the_chalkface for sharing his evaluation of subjects showing in Edexcel’s A Stage Maths and Additional Maths exams. 

3. GCSE Revision 

@MrMorleyMaths has added plenty of new assets to his web site mrmorleymaths.co.uk together with Recommended Revision Booklets for Increased and Basis Edexcel Paper 1, plus round 70 new How To Sheets with labored examples and examination questions.

Ken Stafford’s web site mathslinks.co.uk has been up to date with worksheets containing Edexcel Previous Paper questions for each matter, with handwritten labored options.

Additionally, take a look at these beautiful hand-drawn posters of the GCSE syllabus from @mindmapmaths. These have been shared 4 years in the past however by some means I missed them on the time!


4. Algebraic Fractions

@andrewmaths1 despatched me some nice questions from his travels in Canada. This is one in every of my favourites:

I additionally like this one, for reasoning about graphs:

5. 1st Class Maths

I am an enormous fan of the prime quality assets produced by @1stclassmaths. They arrive within the type of each AQA and Edexcel. Current additions embrace kinematic graphs, seize recapture, enlargements, algebraic proof, equation of a circle, tangent to a circle, circle theorem proofs and vectors. These are linked by my useful resource libraries. 

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Listed here are some belongings you might need missed:

  • LUMEN launched their Key Stage 3 curriculum: find out about it right here
  • Your college students is likely to be on this Polypad competitors. The deadline for entries is seventeenth Could. 
  • Designing your personal maths assets? This geoboard from @StudyMaths makes very neat diagrams.

I have been busy since my final gems put up. I had an amazing day at #mathsconf34:

And I loved my go to to Stratford-Upon-Avon for #jointconf24, the place I attended a superb session on A Stage by Rob Southern and Susan Whitehouse. Their e book Instructing A Stage Maths is out quickly.

I recorded a podcast with Craig Barton which has had some beautiful suggestions.

I additionally recorded a video explaining the Issue Technique for locating a HCF and LCM (this has additionally had some surprisingly good suggestions, however I do not suppose I see a profession as a YouTuber in my future…).
And I loved an amazing night time out at Puttshack (extremely advisable for a piece social) with my implausible crew.

I’ve a emptiness to affix my crew – it closes on fifteenth April. In the event you’re in search of a change, and also you need to work someplace the place it is a pleasure to show maths to college students with glorious attitudes, apply now. I can supply majority A stage educating, or a spread of lessons from Years 7 – 13, or simply Years 7 – 11 if most well-liked.
This month marks the tenth anniversary of resourceaholic.com. I’ve written 478 weblog posts within the final decade! Try the archive right here.

I will depart you with an thought to get some spare Casio 83GTXs for classroom and examination lending. Since Casio discontinued this mannequin however we nonetheless have three 12 months teams utilizing it, it will be useful to ask departing Yr 11 college students to donate their calculator after their final GCSE examination (offered they will not want it subsequent 12 months). As an incentive, we would stand outdoors the physics examination as college students come out and supply a swap – chocolate for calculator!



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