#mathsTLP Round-up (22nd January)


IGCSE specific crossover resources

IGCSE crossover questions booklet (@mrmanps)

Using ‘Common Topics’ booklets on Edexcel Emporium (suggestion from @NookiedV)

Making revision booklets using the last half of Foundation and first half of Higher papers to help with tier choice (suggestion from @Lucyjc1612)


Graph transformations resources (post-2017)

Past paper style questions (Maths Genie)

Graph transformation problems (shared by @Scott_Math83)

Go Teach Maths resources (suggestion from @maswhittaker – subscription required)

Transforming Graphs topic check-in (OCR)


Congruent triangles

This topic came up twice tonight so the resources for both are combined here:

Congruent / not congruent / not enough information task (shared by @karenshancock)

Covering constructions before looking at congruence and similarity rules for triangles (suggestion from @MathsImpact and also from @Arithmaticks)

Congruent triangle proofs (Dr Frost Maths)

Corbett Maths textbook exercises: Congruent Triangles and Congruent Shapes

Notes for tutors (MK Home Tuition)


Low floor, high ceiling tasks

You can probably predict the names and sites on this list – but it’s a great list:

Don Steward – I nominated V-problems for mine

Play With Your Math – nominated by @nathanday314 with a selection of tasks here

Open Middle

Go Teach Maths digit problems – subscription required

NCETM Checkpoints – nominated by @blatherwick_sam

NRich Maths – nominated by @MathsImpact

Standards Unit materials – also nominated by @MathsImpact

What happens when you cut corners from a triangle? (suggestion from @mcnally_gerry)


Interpreting histograms

Resources on plotting, plotting incomplete and interpreting histograms (Dr Austin Maths)

MEP Histograms resources Unit 8.7 (CIMT)

Histogram cut-up (Jonny Griffiths / Making Stats Vital)


Year 11 loci and Year 9 challenging ratio and proportion

Loci

MathsPad booklet on loci (suggestion from @mrsouthernmaths – subscription required)

Loci resources (Maths HKO)

Ratio and proportion

Higher GCSE ratio approaches (Resourceaholic)

New GCSE: Ratio blog post (Resourceaholic)

Multiplicative reasoning project resources (NCETM), particularly 1F and 2D

Scaling ratios task (resources from @nathanday314)

Ratio with angles (Interwoven Maths)

Ratio with angles in polygons (Interwoven Maths)

Interwoven proportion (Interwoven Maths)


Maths across the curriculum

Annotating resources from other departments within the school to highlight maths opportunities (suggestion from me)

Beginning with a wide-ranging topic (e.g. percentages) – looking at how this fits into other subjects, including modelling (suggestion from @BrookeEHunter)

Numeracy and graphicacy across the curriculum (Peter Mattock via TES)

Using recent exam papers from other subjects to find maths-based questions (suggestion from @tkmathsacademy)


Year 9 Foundation vectors

Resources from the Foundation section from the AQA Bridging Unit (AQA)

More vector messages (SMILE)

Resources from Dr Austin Maths – representing, describing, multiplying and adding (suggestion from @BrookeEHunter)

Adding and subtracting with vectors matching cards (Peter Mattock via TES)


Poisson distribution

Poisson distribution resources folder (Susan Whitehouse)

Introducing the Poisson distribution (blog by Tom Bennison) and a related article suggested by @nishadealwis

Poisson and a PGCE student (blog by Tom Bennison)

Introducing random events / How Random Are You (sxp maths)

Resources via Integral (suggestion from @theperfectlang1school login required)

Introduction to Poisson distribution video (MrNichollTV via YouTube)


A brief discussion about 2023’s exam aid


Other resources shared on the tag