The UKMT website – a goldmine of ideas
I’m sure that many of you will have organised your students’ participation in the Junior, Intermediate or Senior Maths Challenges that the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT) run every year.
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Careers and the Maths Curriculum
Our recent online Teacher Network meeting reminded me just how many resources there are on the AMSP website that provide help for promoting maths and showing how useful it is in lots of careers, in lots of different ways.
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Year 9 online Summer Challenge
We’ve just completed our online Summer Challenge week, with over 900 Year 9 students from around the Yorkshire and the Humber region and beyond participating.
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Chirping on about Twitter
After a gap of a few years, I’ve taken to Twitter once again as a source of mathematical ideas and inspiration. It’s great to see just how many maths teachers and educators are regularly posting ideas and resources on Twitter!
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A (very simplified) summary of an Oxford study
A mathematical study by Oxford study has found a link between a chemical compound in the brain, and problem-solving skills developed from studying maths.
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Teaching tangents and circles at GCSE
When you’re introducing how to find the equation of a tangent when given a point on a circle, centre the origin, do you go through the method and give students lots of examples to work out and then move on?
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Maths across the curriculum
Studying Core Maths helps to develop problem-solving skills and it keeps maths skills on the boil. The aim is to increase students’ mathematical proficiency and build their confidence.
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STEM teaching resources
Inspire and engage your students to be champions in STEM! You’ll find brilliant teaching resources and classroom activities for students aged 11-19 years including lesson plans, handouts and film clips on The Institution of Engineering and Technology website.
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Online short professional development sessions
Our most recent online short professional development session was delivered by Jean Smith and Raj Kumar. It concentrated on the topic of Quadratics showing progression from KS3 to AS level teaching, and featured ideas and resources to use in your teaching.
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