Discovering pi
As Pi Day rolls round again, I've pinched one of my colleague's "Pi Kits" and…
Introducing pie charts using the average day
This was one of the first lessons I wrote in the first year of my…
Maths puzzles galore!
Just a quickie tonight to share the love for a few maths puzzle booklets I've…
Teaching Pythagoras’ theorem
I absolutely love teaching Pythagoras' theorem - not sure why, but I suspect it has…
Through the looking glass
It arrived! Having ordered a copy of Alex Bellos's second book, Alex Through the Looking Glass right…
Mental squares
Thank you, Internet, for wasting my evening. I don't know how I found this on…
Flash Maths
Just a quick post to say I've just found an excellent site for quick starters…
Growing squares
This investigation is great for getting pupils to “spot” square number patterns – it’s particularly…
Square differences
Pupils explore which numbers can be written as the difference of two square numbers; a nice way to practise calculating with square numbers, but also encourages them to pattern-spot at the same time.
Happy numbers
This is one of my absolute favourite investigations to use when teaching square numbers. It…