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I’m going to admit something: I often don’t enjoy teaching constructions. It’s fiddly. No matter how much you demonstrate whole-class, there’s no substitute for sitting with someone and showing them how to hold and move the compass. One solution is experts. Getting competent students to pair up and help less competent ones. Another solution is… Read More »

Constructions game

I hate teaching constructions. It’s so fiddly. Here’s a little game to make it a little nicer. A little exploration of trying to make shapes using only lines and circles. It’s fun.

The Progression Of Addition and Subtraction

I don’t know about you, but as a secondary school teacher I’ve not often thought about teaching some of the maths fundamentals. We assume students can already add, subtract, multiply and divide single digit numbers. Secondary teachers don’t pay enough credit to primary teachers, who have the critical job of embedding concepts like place value.… Read More »

DUDAMATH

I have found this. Makes patterns. Shows equations. Solves equations in an interactive way. Has some statistics stuff. Can’t believe I’ve never seen this before. Setting up an equation and then showing how to rearrange it visually is powerful. Watch the hint videos under the ‘?’ on the right hand side of the page to… Read More »

Design makes a difference

If you visit this website often (which, based on my stats, you almost definitely don’t) you might see that I switch the design around occasionally. I’m constantly fiddling with design and font use, trying to chase that holy grail : something that’s nicely designed. I’m the same for my worksheets and presentations. I’m constantly trying… Read More »

Number facts

Lovely website. You type in a number and it presents you with loads of facts about that number, breaking it down into it’s prime factors and some scales. It’s lovely. Try it yourself. Here’s the page for 2048. Quick starter idea (after showing students this website): 56 Give me some facts about this number. You… Read More »