Resources for Teaching Mathematics: 14-16This book contains 70 ready-to-use mathematics lessons suitable for students aged 14-16. Some lessons offer alternative routes through the curriculum, such as practising indices by solving radical equations, while others concentrate on difficult ideas, like appreciating that not all mathematical relationships are linear. Each plan consists of a teacher's sheet, providing: • the aims and objectives of the lesson • a lesson starter, main phase, plenary and homework ideas, each with suggested timeframes • guidance on how to adapt the activities to cater for students working at different levels; and • online resources, including links to useful websites, material to display on the whiteboard and additional ideas. Each plan also includes a photocopiable or downloadable student task sheet that corresponds to the teacher's sheet. The lessons focus on problem solving and putting mathematics into context, and are an essential resource for any busy teacher of mathematics. |
Contents
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| 4 | |
| 8 | |
4 Area of a Triangle | 12 |
5 Bearings | 18 |
6 Beat the Calculator | 22 |
7 Being Human | 26 |
8 Being Irrational | 30 |
38 Pint Cone | 160 |
39 Polygon Areas | 164 |
40 Prime Numbers | 168 |
41 PrimeGenerating Formulae | 172 |
42 Probability Pi | 178 |
43 Properties of Circles | 182 |
44 Proportionality | 186 |
45 Pythagoras Theorem | 190 |
9 Building a Wall | 34 |
10 CakeCutting Contest | 38 |
11 Circle Theorems | 42 |
12 Circular Argument | 46 |
13 Congruence | 50 |
14 Connect Four | 54 |
15 Constructions | 58 |
16 Counting Squares | 62 |
17 Cutting a Square | 66 |
18 Equable Sectors | 70 |
19 Equivalent Fractions | 74 |
20 Factorizing Quadratics | 78 |
21 Fill it Up | 82 |
22 Fly on the Wall | 88 |
23 Functions | 94 |
24 Golden Rectangles | 98 |
25 Graphical Linear Inequalities | 102 |
26 Graphical Solutions of Equations | 106 |
27 Histograms | 110 |
28 Identities | 116 |
29 Indices | 120 |
30 Inverse Functions | 124 |
31 Kims Game | 128 |
32 Many Faces | 132 |
33 Maximum Product | 136 |
34 Monkeying Around | 140 |
35 Odd Ones Out | 146 |
36 Ordering Fractions | 150 |
37 Percentage Increases and Decreases | 154 |
46 Quadratic Probabilities | 196 |
47 Quadratics in Disguise | 202 |
48 Radical Equations | 206 |
49 Randomness | 210 |
50 Rationalizing Denominators | 214 |
51 Recurring Decimals | 218 |
52 Reverse Percentages | 222 |
53 Rounding | 226 |
54 Set Theory | 232 |
55 Similarity | 236 |
56 Simpsons Paradox | 242 |
57 Solving Quadratic Equations | 246 |
58 StraightLine Graphs | 252 |
59 Surds | 256 |
60 Surface Area and Volume of a Cuboid | 260 |
61 Surface Area and Volume of a Sphere | 264 |
62 Tetraphobia | 268 |
63 The Cosine Rule | 272 |
64 The Sine Rule | 276 |
65 Throwing a Coin | 280 |
66 Trial and Improvement | 284 |
67 Trigonometry | 288 |
68 Twenty Questions | 292 |
69 Vectors | 296 |
70 Winner Takes All | 300 |
Other Resources | 304 |
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