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 #23

It seems similar ages since my concluding gems post. School has been busier than I anticipated. This calendar week I had reports to write together with a Parents' Evening to attend - both tasks were especially challenging because I've solely been teaching these classes for a few weeks. I've also been mark at domicile every even out thus it's difficult to discovery fourth dimension for Twitter together with blogging. I receive got 3 other posts inwards draft - i virtually teaching quadratics, i virtually spontaneity together with i featuring some other batch of highlights from Chris Smith's newsletter dorsum catalogue. So spotter this space, they're all coming soon! In the meantime, here's v ideas you lot mightiness discovery useful.

1. Perspective
I've been teaching 3D visualisation to my Year 7s this calendar week (isometric drawing, plans, elevations together with nets). I've decided that this is i of my top 3 'worst topics to teach' with constructions together with transformations. But it did give me an chance to role the moving-picture exhibit below, which I got from Twitter a few months agone (original source unknown - delight nation me if you lot know!). I pose it on the board when my students arrived for their lesson on plans together with elevations.

2. Etymathology

My novel favourite Twitter concern human relationship is Gems 10.

This week @BedtimeMath shared this fact virtually seconds, which I'd never heard before:

It's funny how nosotros tin role a discussion similar 'seconds' our whole lives together with never give whatever thought to where it came from. Etymathology followed this tweet with the origins of the discussion minute:

And at that topographic point you lot acquire - some other instance of Twitter's contribution to education. I acquired novel cognition to locomote past times direct to my students. I await forrad to learning more!

3. Match My Parabola
I've written virtually Desmos many times, most lately inwards my shipping service Polygraph Rocks. I'm e'er non bad to listen novel ideas for teaching with Desmos thus I loved Michael Fenton's (@mjfenton) post 'Match My Parabola'.

The shipping service describes a lesson suitable for Higher GCSE or Core AS students studying quadratics. The thought is that students are given a laid of coordinates together with receive got to discovery a quadratic business office that passes through them. Michael rattling helpfully provides 10 activities - all your students receive got to create is click on the links together with consummate the tasks (here's an example for you lot to receive got a acquire at - acquire into your business office inwards jail cellular telephone ix on the left to meet if you're right).

Michael has previously written virtually 'Match My Line' - a similar lesson but for linear graphs, suitable for Key Stage 3 or 4. I've institute that students of whatever historic menses dearest playing with Desmos thus I'm looking forrad to using this i too. Really clever ideas from Michael.

4. Valentines Relay
It's solely ii weeks until half-term! Fri 13th Feb would last a proficient twenty-four hours to create Chris Smith's (@aap03102) lovely Valentines Maths Relay Race.

5. War on Error
Do your students proceed making the same mistake? Highlight mutual misconceptions inwards a display using Mr Taylor's (post for total details. This calendar week i of my students wrote (x + 5)² = x² + 25 thus that would last my outset entry to the display!

That's it for my gems this week, but comport with me - I receive got a few to a greater extent than things I desire to nation you lot about...

Multiple Choice Tests
I wrote virtually multiple selection tests together with Quick Key inwards Gems 11. This calendar week I tried it out for the outset time. Like my outset assay at using Plickers, it wasn't rattling successful! But I create intend to assay both apps i time again - I remember they require a combat of practice.

Quick Key is an app that scans multiple selection tests together with gives you lot instant feedback on results. I institute it rattling slow to gear upwards - I wrote a short quiz on quadratics together with only entered the right answers to Quick Key every bit I wrote it. In the lesson, I gave my students 20 minutes to brand themselves a i page summary of everything we'd covered on quadratics, together with and thus I gave them a 20 infinitesimal quiz inwards which they were allowed to refer to their revision sheet.

I was excited virtually mark the tests using Quick Key but I institute it rattling difficult to discovery a shadow-free, glare-free identify to scan. In the terminate it took exactly every bit long every bit if I'd marked them past times hand. The examine results varied from 20% to 100%, with most students getting 80% or 90% (the most mutual error was choosing Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 instead of C inwards the inquiry below). So it was a successful exercise inwards assessing the agreement of each pupil together with confirming that the bulk of students were create to motion onto the adjacent topic, together with forthwith I exactly demand to figure out how to address the gaps with those who got a depression score.

So inwards summary, the lesson inwards which students made a revision summary together with thus took a brusk multiple selection examine was successful, but I'll demand to acquire the hang of Quick Key.

World's Hardest Geometry Problem
I've exactly finished teaching angles to Year seven together with was actually impressed when i of my students told me that she'd institute an angles work online together with had spent ii hours working on it over the weekend, but fifty-fifty with the assistance of all her identify unit of measurement she couldn't solve it. It turned out to last the 'World's Hardest Easy Geometry Problem' which I've featured before... I promised her I'd receive got a acquire at it this weekend - I suspect I may terminate upwards bespeak Twitter for help!

Don Watch
Have you lot been keeping an optic on all the bright novel resources on Jumping along a line', suggested using the 0^th term to locomote out the n^th term of a sequence. This isn't how I commonly instruct sequences but I'll assay it adjacent time.

I also spotted the 0^th term on a Pret homework that Grant Barker (@AccessMaths) sent me this week. We've forthwith got to a greater extent than than 100 homeworks on prethomework.weebly.com so if you're ever looking for novel homework ideas together with thus create banking concern gibe it out.

Mr Maths
Finally, I'll locomote out you lot with i of the fantastic images made by @solvemymaths this calendar week - banking concern gibe out his blog for the total 'Math Mr Men Series'.

Tricks In Addition To Tips 2: Sequences, Linear Graphs In Addition To Surds

I latterly presented a workshop at the National Mathematics Teacher Conference (Highest Common Factor.

Linear Sequences

What's the n^th term of the sequence below?

5, 8, 11, 14, 17, ...

It mightiness exclusively accept y'all a minute to operate it out - how did y'all produce it? This is roughly other 1 of those topics where there's lots of unlike approaches. Ask the same inquiry to a random sample of teenagers from across the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland together with you'll reckon a broad hit of methods used.

Here I'm going to depict 4 unlike methods (there may endure more!). As y'all read them, consider whether you're going to stick amongst the method y'all currently use, or seek something new.

1. Zeroth term
Inspired past times this post on Don Steward's blog, I taught the 0^th term method for the outset fourth dimension this year. To operate out the value of q inwards the n^th term U_n = pn + q, nosotros merely footstep dorsum from the outset term inwards the sequence (ie q = U₀).

In the illustration 5, 8, 11, 14, 17..., subtract 3 from the outset term to larn U₀ = 2. So the n^th term is 3n + 2. This method is thence quick that it's at nowadays my preferred method for working out n^th terms.

When I taught this method it went well, although a misconception did surface after on. When students were asked to 'write downward the outset 3 price of the sequence 4n + 3', roughly of them gave the respond 3, 7, xi (ie they started their sequences from n = 0 instead of n = 1). This is something to endure aware of side past times side fourth dimension I learn this method.

Jumping along a business - Median Don Steward

2. Shifting times tables
'Shifting times tables' is a pop method. The catch is that nosotros compare our sequence to a times table.  In the illustration below, compare the sequence to the 3 times table. Ask your students how to shift the 3 times tabular array to larn the sequence together with they'll location that they demand to add together two, thence the  n^th term is 3n + 2.

If y'all project design to role this method for the outset fourth dimension together with thence I recommend this NRICH article Shifting Times Tables, which comes amongst an interactive tool. If y'all subscribe to MathsPad, they also stimulate got an interactive tool for identifying shifts.

This method plant good for quadratic sequences as good (a theme on the novel GCSE syllabus). For illustration to notice the n^th term of the sequence 4, 7, 12, 19, 28 nosotros tin compare it to n² together with notice that it is shifted upwardly past times 3 (ie the n^th term is n² + 3).

3. Formula
It's fairly straightforward to derive the next formula for the n^th term:

Why produce nosotros confine this formula to Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level? I 1 time took on a GCSE shape inwards Year xi together with asked them to notice roughly n^th terms inwards a revision lesson. I was surprised to reckon them all using 'the Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score formula' - their previous instructor had taught them it, together with why not? They seemed quite happy amongst it. I wouldn't role it amongst my Year 7s though - their algebra skills are real basic when they outset reckon sequences. In our example, this is what they'd stimulate got to produce to notice the n^th term:

Perhaps this is to a greater extent than endeavor than necessary. The 0^th term method is considerably quicker.

4. Substitution
This is the agency I taught sequences for years. To operate out the value of q inwards the n^th term U_n = pn + q, nosotros substitute a value for U_n, p together with n, together with thence solve for q. For illustration inwards the sequence below, nosotros know that U_n = 3n + q. We substitute the outset term to larn v = 3 + q. Therefore q = 2.

Thinking virtually it, this is the same method I'd role to notice the value of c inwards y = mx + c if I know the slope together with a indicate on the line. In fact given that linear graphs are merely graphical representations of linear sequences, whatever methods for finding the equation of a at 1 time business operate for finding the n^th term of a sequence. I don't produce plenty to brand this connective amongst my students.

Linear Graphs

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 at 1 time business through the indicate (5, 7) has slope 4. How would y'all notice the equation of the line?

As I said inwards my transportation service virtually linear graphs, I learn this differently at GCSE together with Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level. Wouldn't it endure improve to selection my preferred approach together with stick amongst it? 

At GCSE my students write downward y = mx + c together with substitute values for y, one thousand together with x, together with thence solve for c (let's telephone vociferation upwardly this Method 1). At Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score my pupils role the formula y - y₁ = m(x - x₁) (let's telephone vociferation upwardly this Method 2). Look at the steps involved - for this question, the methods are as efficient.

My electrical current Year 10s had an American instructor final term - she covered linear graphs amongst them. When nosotros came to revise this topic, they took a piece to figure out where to start. Evetually I heard 1 say, "is this the point-slope thing? What was that formula again?". 

OK, thence they'd been taught to telephone vociferation upwardly slope 'slope', that's easily fixed. But they'd also been taught Method 2 together with they couldn't recall the formula. This is a problem. Given that there's less to memorise, I intend they'd endure improve off amongst Method 1. 

It's worth reading Nix the Tricks (essential reading for all maths teachers), we're shown a didactics play tricks called 'Jailbreak Radicals'. Thankfully I've never seen this 'zero conceptual agreement method' used inwards the UK.

Instead, most teachers tell students to position a foursquare element together with and thence separate the surd accordingly eg √45 = √9√5 = 3√5.

Sometimes students fighting to location foursquare factors. In this illustration they mightiness prefer to simplify using prime number factors.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 geometric method is explained inwards the extract from Nix the Tricks below. Try to simplify a few surds similar this yourself together with reckon what y'all think. Notice that y'all all the same demand to position a foursquare factor.

Source: Nix the Tricks

The feedback from my conference workshop suggests that roughly people notice this unnecessarily complicated. But if you're going to seek it, I recommend this post by @ChrisHunter36 and this resource (pages v - 6) past times @314Piman.

That's it for today's post. I promise you've flora it helpful. Please comment below or tweet me if y'all know of whatever choice methods for didactics these topics. My side past times side transportation service volition endure all virtually quadratics - sketching, expanding together with factorising.

5 Maths Gems #28

Hello as well as welcome to my 28^th gems post. This is where I percentage 5 teaching ideas I've seen on Twitter.

1. Math Snacks
I spotted a tweet from @fawnpnguyen close the website mathsnacks.com. The website's tagline is 'Smart educational animations, mini-games, as well as interactive tools that assistance mid-school learners amend empathize math concepts'. Check out the animation Atlantean Dodgeball which is all close ratio. The video is clever as well as funny as well as the associated resources are really good.



The other animations are also worth a look. Number Rights, inwards which a passionate fractional activist rises upward as well as demands equity for all numbers, is lovely (if a petty bizarre).

2. Election Graphs
Cav (It's election fourth dimension again' inwards which he presented around of the terrible graphs that convey been distributed every bit component of the full general election campaign. The instance below is component of Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland's (@gregmulholland1) campaign. I happened to survive teaching graphs to Year seven this calendar week hence I showed them this example. I asked them to position the errors as well as hash out why somebody would attain such a misleading graph. It was a actually adept discussion.

Adam Creen (@adamcreen) had a swell watch for a related lesson - he produced a Mulholland Graphs activity in which students were asked to attain corrected graphs.

3. Two New Blogs
Stacy Brookes (@Stacy_Maths) has started a lovely novel website www.missbrookesmaths.co.uk. She really helpfully writes weblog posts featuring recommended resources. Stacy searches the cyberspace hence you lot don't convey to! For instance if you're planning a lesson on expanding unmarried brackets, ratio or plans, elevations as well as isometric drawing then you're inwards luck - she has a post service for each of these topics. There's enough to a greater extent than on her website (and lots yet to come!) hence attain explore.

Miss Norledge's (@MissNorledge) website www.norledgemaths.com is also excellent. Miss Norledge shares loads of swell resources as well as teaching ideas - for instance banking concern tally out this post service on Pythagoras' Theorem, this post service on completing the foursquare using algebra tiles as well as this post service on multiplication methods. She also does a regular 'Pick of Twitter' post. 

Both websites are fantastic for a resourceaholic similar me as well as I await frontward to seeing them grow. Do brand certain you're next @Stacy_Maths as well as @MissNorledge on Twitter.

4. Resources for the New GCSE
Here's an instance of a theme that's novel to GCSE Maths from September:

We similar a shot demand to learn 'Fibonacci type sequences, quadratic sequences as well as unproblematic geometric progressions... as well as other sequences'. I fearfulness that nosotros are under-resourced here. For around novel topics, such every bit quadratic inequalities as well as chemical compound as well as inverse functions, nosotros tin occupation existing iGCSE as well as Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score resources. But around topics currently convey really petty available hence nosotros demand to root creating resources. Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) has started the ball rolling past times creating these lovely activities - Geometric Sequences Card Sort and Geometric Sequences Worksheet.

I desire to root adding resources for novel GCSE topics to my libraries so attain permit me know if you lot brand or detect something good.

5. Classroom Practice
I dearest it when teachers percentage photos of interesting piece of work their students convey done inwards class. This is what Twitter for teachers is all close - sharing as well as inspiring. Here's a pocket-size choice of pupil piece of work that caught my oculus inwards the finally week.

3D enlargements from @ThetfordMaths

Interesting approach from @mburnsmath's student

Fractional representations from @surreallyno

Number bonds activity from @LttMaths...

...and solution from @BucksburnMaths

Update
I'm ridiculously busy at schoolhouse at the moment. I learn 4 attempt classes (Year 11, Year thirteen as well as 2 Year 12 classes) hence I'm doing a lot of terminal attempt preparation. If you're inwards the same boat, you lot powerfulness survive interested inwards my recent post service close Higher GCSE Revision Resources. My resource libraries also comprise revision resources for both GCSE as well as Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 level.

Last calendar week my subdivision had an Inset inwards which nosotros looked at questions from the novel GCSE as well as discussed our schemes of work. Looking at the It's election fourth dimension again' inwards which he presented around of the terrible graphs that convey been distributed every bit component of the full general election campaign. The instance below is component of Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland's (@gregmulholland1) campaign. I happened to survive teaching graphs to Year seven this calendar week hence I showed them this example. I asked them to position the errors as well as hash out why somebody would attain such a misleading graph. It was a actually adept discussion.

Adam Creen (@adamcreen) had a swell watch for a related lesson - he produced a Mulholland Graphs activity in which students were asked to attain corrected graphs.

3. Two New Blogs
Stacy Brookes (@Stacy_Maths) has started a lovely novel website www.missbrookesmaths.co.uk. She really helpfully writes weblog posts featuring recommended resources. Stacy searches the cyberspace hence you lot don't convey to! For instance if you're planning a lesson on expanding unmarried brackets, ratio or plans, elevations as well as isometric drawing then you're inwards luck - she has a post service for each of these topics. There's enough to a greater extent than on her website (and lots yet to come!) hence attain explore.

Miss Norledge's (@MissNorledge) website www.norledgemaths.com is also excellent. Miss Norledge shares loads of swell resources as well as teaching ideas - for instance banking concern tally out this post service on Pythagoras' Theorem, this post service on completing the foursquare using algebra tiles as well as this post service on multiplication methods. She also does a regular 'Pick of Twitter' post. 

Both websites are fantastic for a resourceaholic similar me as well as I await frontward to seeing them grow. Do brand certain you're next @Stacy_Maths as well as @MissNorledge on Twitter.

4. Resources for the New GCSE
Here's an instance of a theme that's novel to GCSE Maths from September:

We similar a shot demand to learn 'Fibonacci type sequences, quadratic sequences as well as unproblematic geometric progressions... as well as other sequences'. I fearfulness that nosotros are under-resourced here. For around novel topics, such every bit quadratic inequalities as well as chemical compound as well as inverse functions, nosotros tin occupation existing iGCSE as well as Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score resources. But around topics currently convey really petty available hence nosotros demand to root creating resources. Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) has started the ball rolling past times creating these lovely activities - Geometric Sequences Card Sort and Geometric Sequences Worksheet.

I desire to root adding resources for novel GCSE topics to my libraries so attain permit me know if you lot brand or detect something good.

5. Classroom Practice
I dearest it when teachers percentage photos of interesting piece of work their students convey done inwards class. This is what Twitter for teachers is all close - sharing as well as inspiring. Here's a pocket-size choice of pupil piece of work that caught my oculus inwards the finally week.

3D enlargements from @ThetfordMaths

Interesting approach from @mburnsmath's student

Fractional representations from @surreallyno

Number bonds activity from @LttMaths...

...and solution from @BucksburnMaths

Update
I'm ridiculously busy at schoolhouse at the moment. I learn 4 attempt classes (Year 11, Year thirteen as well as 2 Year 12 classes) hence I'm doing a lot of terminal attempt preparation. If you're inwards the same boat, you lot powerfulness survive interested inwards my recent post service close quadratics.

It's election fourth dimension again' inwards which he presented around of the terrible graphs that convey been distributed every bit component of the full general election campaign. The instance below is component of Liberal Democrat MP Greg Mulholland's (@gregmulholland1) campaign. I happened to survive teaching graphs to Year seven this calendar week hence I showed them this example. I asked them to position the errors as well as hash out why somebody would attain such a misleading graph. It was a actually adept discussion.

Adam Creen (@adamcreen) had a swell watch for a related lesson - he produced a Mulholland Graphs activity in which students were asked to attain corrected graphs.

3. Two New Blogs
Stacy Brookes (@Stacy_Maths) has started a lovely novel website www.missbrookesmaths.co.uk. She really helpfully writes weblog posts featuring recommended resources. Stacy searches the cyberspace hence you lot don't convey to! For instance if you're planning a lesson on expanding unmarried brackets, ratio or plans, elevations as well as isometric drawing then you're inwards luck - she has a post service for each of these topics. There's enough to a greater extent than on her website (and lots yet to come!) hence attain explore.

Miss Norledge's (@MissNorledge) website www.norledgemaths.com is also excellent. Miss Norledge shares loads of swell resources as well as teaching ideas - for instance banking concern tally out this post service on Pythagoras' Theorem, this post service on completing the foursquare using algebra tiles as well as this post service on multiplication methods. She also does a regular 'Pick of Twitter' post. 

Both websites are fantastic for a resourceaholic similar me as well as I await frontward to seeing them grow. Do brand certain you're next @Stacy_Maths as well as @MissNorledge on Twitter.

4. Resources for the New GCSE
Here's an instance of a theme that's novel to GCSE Maths from September:

We similar a shot demand to learn 'Fibonacci type sequences, quadratic sequences as well as unproblematic geometric progressions... as well as other sequences'. I fearfulness that nosotros are under-resourced here. For around novel topics, such every bit quadratic inequalities as well as chemical compound as well as inverse functions, nosotros tin occupation existing iGCSE as well as Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 score resources. But around topics currently convey really petty available hence nosotros demand to root creating resources. Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) has started the ball rolling past times creating these lovely activities - Geometric Sequences Card Sort and Geometric Sequences Worksheet.

I desire to root adding resources for novel GCSE topics to my libraries so attain permit me know if you lot brand or detect something good.

5. Classroom Practice
I dearest it when teachers percentage photos of interesting piece of work their students convey done inwards class. This is what Twitter for teachers is all close - sharing as well as inspiring. Here's a pocket-size choice of pupil piece of work that caught my oculus inwards the finally week.

3D enlargements from @ThetfordMaths

Interesting approach from @mburnsmath's student

Fractional representations from @surreallyno

Number bonds activity from @LttMaths...

...and solution from @BucksburnMaths

Update
I'm ridiculously busy at schoolhouse at the moment. I learn 4 attempt classes (Year 11, Year thirteen as well as 2 Year 12 classes) hence I'm doing a lot of terminal attempt preparation. If you're inwards the same boat, you lot powerfulness survive interested inwards my recent post service close post close it here). Lots of teachers are enjoying finding ideas as well as resources through #mathsTLP - attain bring together inwards at 7pm on Sundays, all welcome.

Last Fri I attended the UK Blog Awards 2015 (no, that's non my married adult man inwards the moving-picture demo above! Just the Mad Hatter). I had a lovely eve as well as was incredibly pleased that my weblog was Highly Commended inwards the Individual Education category. I haven't stopped grin yet! Thank you lot all for your support.

I'll acquire out you lot amongst this puzzle, which was originally shared by @mathsExplorers dorsum inwards October: "To solve this multiplication grid, house digits 1 to 9. You convey to occupation each digit ane time as well as alone once".