Statistics & Probability
Sprint or Endurance - TN Free
To keep students engaged and interested, we feel it is important to provide them with contexts that are up to date and relevant. Here we provide you with some websites that will permit you to keep them...
Algebra and Graphs
Quadratic Links TN
The following is some practical advice about how the activity might be run. There are three separate worksheets for this activity. The activity is repeated three times with less information given each...
Algebra and Graphs
Tower of Hanoi TN Free
This is a terrific activity that is instantly engaging, approachable for everybody and goes on to reveal a great example of an exponential sequence. If you have never tried to do it yourself then you...
Statistics & Probability
Mistigri TN
The idea for this activity came to me while playing this game with my children! They were surprised with how regularly they lost given a certain end situation. Often the theoretical probabilities behind...
Trigonometry
Discovering SOHCAHTOA TN Free
The use of dynamic geometry enables this introduction to trigonometry to move on quickly. I’m sure most of us have used this kind of introduction using paper and pencil before (and been frustrated by...
Mensuration
Making Cones TN
This is a really powerful way to introduce the concept of displacement vectors because of the way it relates to something like dancing. Students don't often see these connections and doing so can really...
Algebra and Graphs
Notes Free
This can be a very rich source of mathematical activity on a number of levels and is one of my favourite things to do with a class. The activity offers great examples of real situations that lead to algebraic...
Algebra and Graphs
Explore Sequences with Excel TN
Using spreadsheets allows for much quicker investigation and as such encourages a focus on the relationship between structure and sequence. Students, particularly those new to using spreadsheets, are...
Number
Primes and Powers Investigation
The aim is for students to appreciate that the words used in mathematics (though they don’t usually believe it!) are there to try and help them to understand what the subject is all about. The activity...
Statistics & Probability
Probability Trees TN
This activity is about bridging the gap between the intuition of sample space diagrams and the efficiency of tree diagrams. Students will look at a problem from the two points of view, play with multiplying...