Hello in addition to welcome to my 45th gems post. This is where I portion v maths pedagogy ideas.1. Circumference
Pi Development and Circle: Introducing Circumference. The latter features animations such every bit this:
in addition to a actually overnice laid of circumference questions.
Causing quite a stir on Twitter over the concluding ii weeks, @tom_quilter's novel website pinpointlearning.co.uk provides students with personalised enquiry booklets based on show results. It's perfect for later a mock exam. You merely upload students' marks in addition to the website automatically produces private booklets featuring enquiry on the topics that students demand to piece of job on. The website is gratis in addition to is ready for Edexcel papers, thence if you've lately done an Edexcel mock thence compass laissez passer it a go. I've seen many tweets from teachers who've already tried it in addition to speak rattling highly of it.
When yous render mock exams to students yous powerfulness similar to piece of job this splendid Five Minute Mock Paper Analysis from @MathedUp. The file is editable thence yous tin customise it for your school.
I'm pedagogy C4 integration to my Further Maths flat at the moment. We've exactly done Volumes of Revolution in addition to I enjoyed making piece of job of props to explicate the concept. Thanks to an stance from Chris Smith (@aap03102), I used paper decorations to demonstrate how a corporation is formed when a airplane is rotated to a greater extent than or less the x axis.
I used these alongside gifs such every bit those shown below.
I likewise enjoyed using constant characters for the commencement time. This is an stance from Gems 22. Students who forget the 'plus c' inwards their answers are asked to decorate a constant character. Hopefully this volition encourage them non to forget i time to a greater extent than in addition to volition brand an interesting display for the classroom wall. Here's a brace of examples of what my students came upwards with:
These Star Wars snowflake designs are vivid in addition to fifty-fifty characteristic characters from the latest films.
If you're planning to compass some snowflake activities at schoolhouse inwards the concluding calendar week of term thence it's a corking chance to beak well-nigh fractals - read Gems 16 for to a greater extent than on this.
Snowflakes tin endure a combat tricky to brand thence yous powerfulness similar these real-life graphs.
Right, I convey mock marker to compass in addition to Christmas cards to write thence I improve acquire on. I'll move out yous with this overnice enquiry from @OCR_Maths - what fraction is unshaded?
