5 Maths Gems #29

Hello as well as welcome to my 29^th Maths Gems. This is where I part v education ideas as well as resources I've seen on Twitter.

1. Nix the Tricks Videos
I've long been a fan of the mass Nix the Tricks - I intend it should live compulsory reading for all trainee maths teachers. I'm excited to meet that Owen Tabbert (@OTmath) is making a serial of Nix the Tricks videos for teachers. I intend these videos are going to live incredibly useful - non alone for non-specialists as well as anyone preparing to learn maths for the offset time, but besides for experienced teachers reflecting on how they explicate mathematical concepts. There's alone ii videos thus far, but to a greater extent than to come. This video nearly the concept of 'borrowing' inwards subtraction is excellent:



2. #AlmostMondayMaths
I like @OxfordEdMaths' novel tweeting initiative. Every Lord's Day at 7.15pm they tweet a maths enquiry for teachers to role inwards the calendar week ahead, using the hashtag #AlmostMondayMaths. Here's a duet of examples of what they've shared thus far:

#AlmostMondayMaths - rounding

#AlmostMondayMaths - algebra

3. Radians as well as Quadrants
Thanks to Meg Craig (Unit Circle as well as Radians' from Math Teacher Mambo (@MTMambo) which is nearly education radians using cut-out pieces representing diverse angles (π/4, π/3, π/6 etc).

When I learn Year 12 students to role a quadrant when solving trigonometric equations, they (just about!) empathise where to draw angles inwards degrees but honour it actually difficult to operate inwards radians. I've previously written nearly helping students to understand radians, but I've non seen this lovely template approach before.

4. Problems from MathsPad
MathsPad is ane of my favourite resources websites. I'm actually pleased that James (@MathsPadJames) and Nicola (@MathsPadNicola) from MathsPad are straightaway on Twitter because they're amount of expert ideas. Do banking concern lucifer out the problems as well as weblog posts that James tweets, similar this cuboid problem:

The website MathsPad has lots of gratis resources as well as the residual are available for a modest subscription charge. All of their resources are excellent.

5. Grange Maths Camp

I'm really impressed past times the dedication of Chris Smith (@aap03102) as well as his colleagues who gave upwards a weekend to run a maths army camp for their Sixth Form students. I'm besides impressed that thus many students attended - I can't fifty-fifty larn my students to attend a xxx infinitesimal lunchtime revision session! If yous haven't even thus read Chris' report of the sense as well as then create direct keep a hold back - it's inspiring stuff. It sounds similar Chris' students volition live really good prepared for their upcoming exams. 

Update

I direct keep ane to a greater extent than calendar week amongst my Year 11s as well as 12s earlier they start Study Leave. In my terminal Year eleven maths lesson this Fri I excogitation to role this bright 'last year. 

I'm a Year eleven cast tutor thus there's a lot going on this calendar week (including enough of cake eating!). Next calendar week I'll live making certain that the members of my tutor grouping larn to their GCSE exams on time. After one-half term I start my novel undertaking at Glyn School inwards Epsom (only iii weeks to become - it's been a long hold back since I was offered the undertaking inwards December!).

If yous learn GCSE classes as well as then I recommend yous read '#mathsconf2015 inwards Birmingham. 

Although I've been adding lots of novel resources to my libraries, I've non written many novel weblog posts lately. That's because I've been actually busy both at schoolhouse as well as at home. It was my youngest daughter's Christening on Lord's Day thus I had to create a lot of organising. Now that's done I'll direct keep fourth dimension to write some posts - create permit me know if there's whatever specific topics you'd similar me to write about. Last fourth dimension I asked for shipping suggestions, I ended upwards writing iii challenging posts - algebra, fractions as well as calculus. I'm create for some other challenge!