Secondary

Updated May 2018 Trigonometry: use in finding heights These excellent materials were designed at Leeds Metropolitan University and are excellent for seeing … Read More

What do you and pupils see when you look at this image without the prompts? This image is about Factors … Read More

Plenty of material here to support work on circles including links helpful sites for definitions, constructions and the circle theorems. … Read More

Very useful 53 page booklet in same format as Year 1 to Year 6 booklets available for primary teachers. Links … Read More

This helps with understanding how place value works as the figures move and the decimal point stays still when multiplying … Read More

Really useful 33 page guide in 7 sections offers A level, GCSE Higher and Foundation problem solving techniques as well … Read More

Excellent resource from the Freudenthal Institute in the Netherlands, that can be used in a variety of ways. It uses … Read More

In 2007, the Nuffield Foundation commissioned a team from the University of Oxford to review the available research literature on … Read More

Fold or draw out the tangram parts from a one unit square. A popular activity. Create objects using all 7 … Read More

Here are plenty of activities, many of them interactive, to use on pi day, (March 14) – Tuesday in 2017. … Read More

Frogs – a pdf file that gives background, how to solve the frogs problem, how to link it to solving quadratics, … Read More

Ideas for problem solving and mathematical reasoning using 2017 including: what is the smallest number that cannot be made with … Read More

Spire Maths Interactives for Probability (will not work on iPhones or iPad) found here. Wealth of material for KS3.

This simple idea works well and helps pupils with Reasoning skills. Lesson Notes (pdf file) Coloured Grids flipchart PowerPoint (1 … Read More

Update April 2017: Sean Hartford emphasises, again, what OfSTED really looks at. Update February 2017: Materials from the full recommendations from the … Read More

Equals Online – Mathematics and Special Educational Needs. Hadn’t realised until the MA sent a tweet around that this excellent … Read More

Although produced a while back both these reports contain useful information for specialist and non-specialist teachers of mathematics at all … Read More

These collections of lessons provide ready-made high quality lessons for the new mathematics curriculum even thought they were created some … Read More

If you like the Improving Learning in Mathematics materials then these are for you – some of the same team … Read More

If you like the Improving Learning in Mathematics materials then these are for you – some of the same team … Read More

An ideal way to look at solving 26 ‘real’ type of problems after you have looked at simpler examples such … Read More

Collection of Applying Mathematical Processes Practical Explorations. Good activities to follow the Bowland Assessment activities and Nuffield Practicals and to … Read More

Collection of 11 Applying Mathematical Processes lessons that let pupils follow through investigations. Good activities to follow the Bowland Assessment … Read More

Each of the 12 KS3 Resources contains 4 or 5 independent (sets of) lessons based around a common theme (the Activities). … Read More

  The Compass, Ruler and Protractor flash file can be used live (but work cannot be saved). Unfortunately as a flash … Read More

There are a wealth of free materials that can be used to support this topic. Here are my favourites. The … Read More

Here are plenty of activities to use on pi day (March 14) – Monday in 2016. See also the earlier … Read More

Examples of the bar method, mostly for secondary level here. Makes use of the excellent Thinking Blocks Modelling Tool. (I’m … Read More

This is an ideal pi day activity (March 14) to involve the whole school. Who can draw the perfect freehand … Read More

Stoke-on-Trent Mathematics Excellence Partnership Great to be there at the launch of this ambitious and important partnership and to know … Read More

Four short videos (less than 10 minutes in total) give a helpful view about 21st century thinking skills: critical thinking, creative … Read More

GeoDraw – Jamtec (Stoke) Ltd, any Geoboard, real or virtual, or dotty paper can be used to support the understanding … Read More

Data taken from PISA reports shows that more than 20% of UK students fall into this category. Read the Full Report, … Read More

Great fun making Sine wave from spaghetti. This GeoGebraTube file, diagram below, shows movement around unit circle as well as motion … Read More

This helps with understanding how place value works as the figures move and the decimal point stays still when multiplying … Read More

Essential reading for all those involved in primary ITE and for those involved in secondary and FE mathematics ITE. Beginning … Read More

These 33 tasks are still as good today as when first brought out. An ideal way to look at solving … Read More

Software for the Standards Box activities S3, S4 and S5 can now be found via our Improving Learning in Mathematics page. … Read More

  BMI ActivInspire flipchart, BMI Smart Notebook, BMI ActivStudio Flip file and BMI pdf file available.

Classic problem from  way back – but not clear how long it’s been around (couldn’t find anything other than suggestion … Read More

This classic book written in 1964 and updated in 1982 is a must for anyone teaching mathematics to pupils of … Read More

Very comprehensive site that includes links to TES articles etc as well as listings of many, many excellent resources.

Large set of useful secondary resources, including plenty for KS5, that can be used with care. Like the idea of … Read More

A site for ideas for 11-18 mathematics and according to Dave “This blog is to share ideas I create or … Read More