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Looking for quick percentage resources?

julia — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:24:52 +0000

Grab this download now and get 4 maths powerpoint activities to use for teaching percentages – a set of quick fire questions for use with groups in a class, a game of bingo requiring students to solve clues to see if they have a value, a fill in the gaps activity requiring number processing, and a set of pot luck questions in the question of sport format. Perfect for your GCSE maths classes, get these great activities to use today!

“Four activities for the price of one! Well thought out, clear and easy to use.”

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Resource contributed by Joanne Holloway.

Have you got the code?

julia — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:24:07 +0000

Designed for Key Stage 3 Maths classes, this resource gives you a lesson that can be used to check knowledge of Number terms such as factors, multiples and primes, and introduce concepts such as cubed numbers for level 5-6 students. Organise your students into a maximum of 8 groups, hand out the questions and students submit the codes back to you. You can then enter the results into an excel spreadsheet and watch the cells turn green when correct, giving you a very visual display of class progress and knowledge. This maths presentation and worksheet is ready to use today!

“An interesting way to involve pupils in group work…a variety of questions and an extension task for quick workers.”

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Resource contributed by Craig Pitman.

5 second quadrilateral quest

julia — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:21:53 +0000

Have fun with quadrilaterals in your maths lessons with this fun interactive game for Key Stage 2 maths or Key Stage 3 maths. This game is designed for 2 pupils to play in front of the class and is perfect for use as a starter or plenary. Select a quadrilateral given a set of properties. There are 2 versions depending on how tough you want to make it; in the first version pupils have only 5 seconds to respond, in the second version pupils have 10 seconds to respond. Take your pick from these maths worksheets.

“A lively activity to open or close a lesson on properties of quadrilaterals.”

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Resource contributed by Susan Byrne.

2011 Christmas Quiz – Science

julia — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:46:04 +0000

Back by popular demand it’s the Christmas Quiz, great for your secondary Science lessons this week! News, celebrities, music (played backwards!) and science rounds, and you don’t need YouTube in school to use it – there’s a link to download the video itself in the PowerPoint. Get stuck into this fun quiz in your Key Stage 3, GCSE or A Level Science classes and both the kids and staff will love it as classes compete for the highest score. Don’t forget the joker!

“Looking forward to using this!”

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Resource contributed by Henry Cordy-McKenna.

Christmas present quiz – Maths

julia — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:38:36 +0000

A great Christmas quiz for small groups or a whole class, perfect for your Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 or GCSE Maths lessons. Answer the questions in the middle to colour your teams Christmas presents, the first team to colour 5 presents wins. Play with hands up or on mini whiteboards. There are 10 quizzes on the powerpoint and you can easily produce more by changing the numbers in the pink squares to make your own questions. Play it today with your primary maths or secondary maths classes.

“A seasonal quiz to enhance maths teaching. Plenty of topic areas covered and a nice touch lighting up the presents.”

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Resource contributed by Joanne Holloway.

Christmas all wrapped up – Humanities

julia — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:38:06 +0000

Great for your Key Stage 1 and 2 Humanities, Citizenship or Science lessons, this is a series of curriculum-matched lesson plans designed to make children aware of all the green activities they can do at home this Christmas and how they affect the environment. Covers electricity usage, recycling of Christmas trees and toys and food miles of the Christmas dinner. Great ready-to-use primary Christmas lesson resources.

“This lesson was able to allow children to continue eco work whilst linking the lesson to Christmas. The children worked well in teams.”

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Resource contributed by healthyplanet.org and Teachable Team.

And check out lots of other Christmas teaching resources, ready to go for the last couple of weeks of term.

Striking the right balance

julia — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:36:32 +0000

Save hours with this ready-to-go GCSE Maths resource for teaching Balancing in Algebra. This resource offers a dynamic visual representation designed to give visual learners a mental image of the way that an equation must remain balanced, with equal values on each side, while it is being solved. Perfect for your visual learners and suitable for GCSE or Key Stage 3 Maths, get this secondary maths resource for your classroom today.

“Conceptually excellent, and the animations on the 2nd slide alone will save hours.”

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Contributed by Tandi Clausen May.

Make conversion simple

julia — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:22:31 +0000

Perfect for your Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Maths classes, this set of 9 colourful, printable conversion lines is ready to download and use today. This excellent primary maths resource will help with converting between: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, up to 1 whole mm, cm and m up to 10cm, cm and m up to 2 m, g and kg up to 1kg, g and kg up to 10kg, ml and l up to 1l, ml and l up to 10l, mins and hrs up to 4 hours, 12 and 24 hour clock, general help telling the time, and £ and p up to £10. Can also be used in your secondary maths lessons.

“A well presented and colourful set of conversion strips, useful in primary and secondary lessons.”

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Resource contributed by Martin Green.

Teacherhorizons launches to teachers around the world

julia — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:44:06 +0000

Ever considered building your teaching experience abroad? Where would you go? What’s holding you back?

Last week Teacherhorizons launched to help teachers explore teaching opportunities in schools around the world.

Check out the Teacherhorizons Launch Video to find out more.

TeacherHorizons video

Which H is a spooky festival in October?

julia — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:37:19 +0000

Grab a B please Bob with these brilliant Blockbusters themed boards based on the TV show and board game. Suitable for Key Stage 1-3 Maths, these three themed boards for Halloween, Christmas and Easter have mathematical questions on doubling and halving to 100. They are also completely adaptable so you can edit them yourself to make your own customised boards with easier or harder questions.

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This resource was contributed by Susan Byrne.