5 Maths Gems #5

Twitter is a unlike identify straightaway everyone's dorsum at school. During the solar daytime it's actually tranquillity because teachers are difficult at work, merely inwards the eve it comes live on again. Despite existence the outset calendar week of term, the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland maths twitter chats (#mathscpdchat on Tuesdays as well as #mathschat on Wednesdays) were equally busy equally e'er - equally park they gave me enough of inspiration.

This calendar week likewise saw the supply of instructor blogs. I actually bask reading reflections of what teachers convey been trying inwards their lessons, what went good as well as what didn't. These blogs are a fantastic source of ideas.

This 5th weekly gems shipping is (unintentionally) brought to yous past times the missive of the alphabet P. It features patterns, puzzles, primes, projects, plenaries as well as posters.

1. Patterns as well as Puzzles

Fawn Nguyen's (blog post close a successful lesson inwards which her students were actually engaged inwards exploring these sequences.

Sticking amongst visual maths, Denise Gaskins (@letsplaymath) shared a puzzle from the website 1001 Visual Puzzles. I explored this site as well as constitute that it's full of rattling odd as well as master copy puzzles. I likewise learnt a piddling close topology - what a bizarre branch of mathematics. Here's an event of a topological puzzle (students would demand to advert to a map of South America for this):

2. Primes

Primes are actually interesting, aren't they? I've seen to a greater extent than or less slap-up materials on primes this week.

Richard Green (@edfromo) is a mathematician who posts regularly on Google+. He writes actually interesting things close a broad gain of mathematical topics. He frequently features animations which you'll know I'm a fan of if yous read my shipping close animations as well as simulations. For event this is a rattling clear explanation of Mersenne primes as well as perfect numbers.

If you're thinking of doing something on primes amongst your students, @the_chalkface shared this first-class true or fake activity which students volition detect interesting as well as stretching.

I likewise similar this activeness 'Further Factor Properties' from @TeachitMaths, mainly because it involves sexy primes as well as I'm a chip young similar that.

4. Projects

I've never sentiment of textbook redesign before, merely it could live on a actually skilful mini-project at the destination of a topic. On blog post close a successful lesson inwards which her students were actually engaged inwards exploring these sequences.

Sticking amongst visual maths, Denise Gaskins (@letsplaymath) shared a puzzle from the website 1001 Visual Puzzles. I explored this site as well as constitute that it's full of rattling odd as well as master copy puzzles. I likewise learnt a piddling close topology - what a bizarre branch of mathematics. Here's an event of a topological puzzle (students would demand to advert to a map of South America for this):

2. Primes

Primes are actually interesting, aren't they? I've seen to a greater extent than or less slap-up materials on primes this week.

Richard Green (@edfromo) is a mathematician who posts regularly on Google+. He writes actually interesting things close a broad gain of mathematical topics. He frequently features animations which you'll know I'm a fan of if yous read my shipping close Pythagoras' Theorem as well as added a topic specials page as well as thence yous tin rapidly detect similar posts. I likewise had a rant close student targets inwards which I questioned whether they are effective or fifty-fifty necessary. After Ed Southall (@edsouthall) shared these awesome wall decals, I updated my mathsy gifts page. I've likewise added a duo to a greater extent than homeworks to the Pret homeworks page.

How skilful are yous at drawing lines of best fit? Test yourself here (thanks to @MARitchings) - fun for teachers as well as likewise a useful lesson resource.

Finally - look, blog post close a successful lesson inwards which her students were actually engaged inwards exploring these sequences.

Sticking amongst visual maths, Denise Gaskins (@letsplaymath) shared a puzzle from the website 1001 Visual Puzzles. I explored this site as well as constitute that it's full of rattling odd as well as master copy puzzles. I likewise learnt a piddling close topology - what a bizarre branch of mathematics. Here's an event of a topological puzzle (students would demand to advert to a map of South America for this):

2. Primes

Primes are actually interesting, aren't they? I've seen to a greater extent than or less slap-up materials on primes this week.

Richard Green (@edfromo) is a mathematician who posts regularly on Google+. He writes actually interesting things close a broad gain of mathematical topics. He frequently features animations which you'll know I'm a fan of if yous read my shipping close my end maths gems post.

5 Maths Gems #34

Hello in addition to welcome to my 34^th gems post. This is where I percentage 5 educational activity ideas I've seen on Twitter. The summertime holidays are survive here! Let's live honest though - although it's lovely to conduct maintain the chance to remainder in addition to play, the bulk of us practise a fair amount of schoolhouse operate over summertime - creating resources, organising in addition to tidying, preparing for September, catching upward on reading... Have yous read all 34 of my gems posts? Now's a skillful fourth dimension to start!

1. Magnitude
Standard Form is all nigh actually large numbers in addition to actually pocket-size numbers. It's overnice to set the theme into context - I've written a few times nigh The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-size – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!



2. Prime Time
@MathedUp shared a overnice activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it hence clear that every set out is either prime number or composed of primes.

I honey this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to reckon the set out i on it though!

Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:

@LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's to a greater extent than or less other twosome of examples:

Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

Number machines by @LearningMaths

3. Alphabet Lesson
In a Twitter news nigh commencement lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upward up with the best news they tin for each letter. They need to live able to tell yous what it agency - for instance for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, astute or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a skillful estimate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives yous fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a commencement lesson with Year 7.

If yous desire to conduct maintain this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to attain a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'Your First Maths Lesson with Year 7' which has lots to a greater extent than ideas for September.

4. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Level Prompts
@dannytybrown has been busy developing a serial of pre-teaching prompts for Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score topics. These are designed to live given to students a few days earlier a theme is taught. They are intended to prompt shape news in addition to potentially trim back the variation inwards prior noesis alongside students. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few examples are shown below. Do go on an optic on Danny's weblog squeaktime.com for to a greater extent than on this.

 5. Maths with Pizzazz
Thank yous to @japleen_kaur1 for sharing a prepare of resources I've never seen earlier - Maths with Pizzazz worksheets. Hundreds of topics are covered. Many of the activities involve practising skills in addition to using answers to operate out riddles in addition to jokes. Here's a twosome of extracts:

Extract from Page 211 - Algebra with Pizzazz!

Extract from Page 159 - Pre-Algebra with Pizzazz!

I could pass days looking through these resources! Thankfully there's an index. What I actually need to practise is split upward the PDFs into separate worksheets, labelled in addition to grouped past times topic. But that would conduct maintain weeks. Any volunteers?!

Recommended Reading
This summer @DrBennison in addition to @MissNorledge are task an impressive #summerblogchallenge. They intend to write a post every day, hence go on an optic on their blogs this summertime - blog.ifem.co.uk in addition to storeroom.norledgemaths.com.

Here's a few recent posts that I recommend:

• The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-size – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a overnice activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it hence clear that every set out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  
  
  I honey this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to reckon the set out i on it though!
  
  
  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  
  
  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's to a greater extent than or less other twosome of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  
  
  
  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter news nigh commencement lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upward up with the best news they tin for each letter. They need to live able to tell yous what it agency - for instance for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, astute or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a skillful estimate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives yous fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a commencement lesson with Year 7.
  
  
  
  If yous desire to conduct maintain this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to attain a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  
  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'Well whistle me Dixie, the reply is Pi!" nigh maths inwards the movies.
• The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-size – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a overnice activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it hence clear that every set out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  
  
  I honey this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to reckon the set out i on it though!
  
  
  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  
  
  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's to a greater extent than or less other twosome of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  
  
  
  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter news nigh commencement lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upward up with the best news they tin for each letter. They need to live able to tell yous what it agency - for instance for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, astute or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a skillful estimate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives yous fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a commencement lesson with Year 7.
  
  
  
  If yous desire to conduct maintain this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to attain a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  
  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'A score resources libraries. My presentation is nearly finished in addition to I'm actually pleased with it - if yous learn Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score in addition to you're coming to the conference hence practise come upward to my workshop to reckon what I've discovered.
  
  My 2 most recent weblog posts both characteristic inwards my 5 most pop posts ever - i was nigh The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-size – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a overnice activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it hence clear that every set out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  

  

  I honey this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to reckon the set out i on it though!
  

  

  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  

  

  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's to a greater extent than or less other twosome of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  

  
  

  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter news nigh commencement lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upward up with the best news they tin for each letter. They need to live able to tell yous what it agency - for instance for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, astute or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a skillful estimate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives yous fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a commencement lesson with Year 7.
  

  
  

  If yous desire to conduct maintain this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to attain a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  

  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'resources for halt of term lessons, the other The beauty of the real very large in addition to the real very pocket-size – Standard form' by @mhorley. Thanks too to the lovely @MissBLilley who shared this video which puts size into context - she used it to innovate Standard Form in addition to her students were amazed!
  
  
  
  2. Prime Time
  @MathedUp shared a overnice activity on prime number element decomposition. I actually similar this because it makes it hence clear that every set out is either prime number or composed of primes.
  

  

  I honey this prime clock from the vivid Minimal Math Concepts. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few tweeters were unhappy to reckon the set out i on it though!
  

  

  Whilst on the dependent area of primes, banking concern gibe out this first-class primes in addition to factors puzzle from @LearningMaths:
  

  

  @LearningMaths ever produces first-class resources. Here's to a greater extent than or less other twosome of examples:
  

  

  Fractions starter by @LearningMaths

  

  Number machines by @LearningMaths

  
  

  
  

  3. Alphabet Lesson
  In a Twitter news nigh commencement lessons of the year, the ever creative @missradders shared an thought for a Maths Alphabet lesson. In this lesson, students come upward up with the best news they tin for each letter. They need to live able to tell yous what it agency - for instance for the missive of the alphabet Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 they mightiness define add, angle, area, average, astute or adjacent... As Hannah says, "this is a skillful estimate of prior knowledge/ability ... in addition to gives yous fourth dimension to chat to them". What a lovely thought for a commencement lesson with Year 7.
  

  
  

  If yous desire to conduct maintain this thought further, your class could blueprint in addition to attain a maths alphabet poster similar the examples shown below. 

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/09F-MPS-MATH.htm

  

  Source: http://www.vernalpool.org/treefrog/pop/04R-B-M.htm

  
  

  Last twelvemonth I wrote a post 'shared advice for educational activity depression attaining students.
  
  My youngest missy Hettie in addition to I had the pleasance of coming together Rob Smith (@RJS2212) yesterday. Rob has spent the commencement calendar week of the summertime holidays travelling the length of the province to see equally many tweeting maths teachers equally he tin - banking concern gibe out #48hourmathstour to reckon what he's been upward to.
  
  Finally, expect what I've got - Mathematical Mr Men stickers! If you've non seen the l Mathematical Mr Men earlier hence practise banking concern gibe out them out on solvemymaths.com. They're awesome.