Download the PowerPoint here. This is basically a lot of ideas knicked from Resourceaholic. Sorry @mathsjem! Quite happy with this, though. I have used this with my year 9 class this year and I think I’ve taught trig better than I ever have before. Starts with sine. Talking about similar triangles. Not using the calculator… Read More »
I was reading this article about teachers moving abroad. It’s a nice little read and I thought I’d add my little two cents, as this is something I’ve been thinking about recently. In 2016 I was ready to quit teaching. It’s easy to go through phases in teaching. Loving it, hating it, loving it again.… Read More »
Download the PowerPoint here. I created this after a discussion on Twitter. Estimating is more complicated then I give it credit for. We have to decide the level of rounding that’s appropriate, based on the calculation being done. It’s not just as simple as rounding to 1 s.f. I did some questions that are quite… Read More »
Download the PowerPoint here. I didn’t want to have an example problem pair for this. Instead I went with more of a pattern spotting thing. I think this is quite nice (it all animates in so isn’t displayed at once). Then some fluency questions. Then another PIXEL PUZZLE. I like these, and my ratio one… Read More »