Vocabulary Activities
I dear these mathematical crosswords for developing students' noesis of mathematical vocabulary. There's a broad attain of crosswords to travail (maths teachers volition savour the 'branches of mathematics' crossword on on page 34).
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Teacher Resources Online has loads of corking activities including these vocabulary exercises, some of which would function good inward an information technology Room or alongside iPads.
I similar this polygon word search too.
There are more word searches here.
Crossums as well as Number Searches
Sticking alongside puzzles, there's loads of crossums as well as seat out searches here, including the lovely Number Sets Search pictured below. I gave this to my Year 8 cast this calendar week (we've only done roughly function on basic sets as well as Venns). I also gave them this excellent Number Types action from Churchill Maths as well as nosotros did this interactive whiteboard Drag as well as Drop Venn diagram action from flashmaths.co.uk.
Cryptography
There are loads of corking cryptography resources at Teacher Resources Online and CIMT. The Imitation Game is right away available on DVD if you're looking to brand cryptography a theme inward the final calendar week of term.
Quizzical
There's a prissy gear upwards of maths quizzes from Pinnacle here, including 3 'silly quizzes' at the end.
Magic Squares
Don Steward has a magic squares blog alongside all the magic squares you lot could ever need.
Logic as well as Lateral Thinking
CIMT has lots of logic resources. Maths lessons are in all likelihood the solely house where students convey an chance to prepare the fine art of logical thinking - it's a shame nosotros don't create to a greater extent than of this.
I've also seat a charge of brainteasers inward this dropbox folder.
Investigations
Now is a practiced fourth dimension of yr for students to learn stuck into an investigation. This dropbox folder has a large choice of investigations, including those from Nuffield and Bowland.
Problem Solving
On my problem solving page I listing links to lots of occupation solving resources.
Research
Teachit Maths has a lovely choice of terminate of term resources here. I specially similar the Random Mathematics Research Quiz and the Greatest Mathematics Country Debate, both of which require students to create meshing research.
Durham Maths Mysteries
Thanks to @pwp1303 for pointing me inward the direction of these lovely resources. If you lot desire to proceed doing topic-based maths inward the final calendar week of term thus travail these activities.
Relay Races as well as Team Challenges
Chris Smith (@aap03102) has created roughly fantabulous resources that would function good at the terminate of term. Check out his Maths Relay Races and Maths Group Challenges.
More ideas
I promise this has been helpful. There's lots to select from. Enjoy the final calendar week of term!
There's a prissy gear upwards of maths quizzes from Pinnacle here, including 3 'silly quizzes' at the end.
Don Steward has a magic squares blog alongside all the magic squares you lot could ever need.
CIMT has lots of logic resources. Maths lessons are in all likelihood the solely house where students convey an chance to prepare the fine art of logical thinking - it's a shame nosotros don't create to a greater extent than of this.
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I've also seat a charge of brainteasers inward this dropbox folder.
Now is a practiced fourth dimension of yr for students to learn stuck into an investigation. This dropbox folder has a large choice of investigations, including those from Nuffield and Bowland.
Problem Solving
On my problem solving page I listing links to lots of occupation solving resources.
Research
Teachit Maths has a lovely choice of terminate of term resources here. I specially similar the Random Mathematics Research Quiz and the Greatest Mathematics Country Debate, both of which require students to create meshing research.
Durham Maths Mysteries
Thanks to @pwp1303 for pointing me inward the direction of these lovely resources. If you lot desire to proceed doing topic-based maths inward the final calendar week of term thus travail these activities.
Relay Races as well as Team Challenges
Chris Smith (@aap03102) has created roughly fantabulous resources that would function good at the terminate of term. Check out his Maths Relay Races and Maths Group Challenges.
More ideas
- If you're looking to learn exterior the classroom on a sunny day, try the Maths Scavenger Hunt from Transum. There's loads to a greater extent than lovely activities on the Transum website to explore.
- My students dear these riddles!
- Find the Factors puzzles are fantabulous (it's ever worthwhile practising times tables).
- A game of Countdown ever goes downwards well. Put a twist on it alongside Algebra Countdown from @stephenbodman.
- Memory Maths is 1 of my favourites - learn students to depict the grids on mini-whiteboards.
- My colleagues convey enjoyed playing the Lobster Game and the Pirate Game alongside their classes this week.
- Quadratic colouring is a corking action for students who know how to plot quadratic graphs.
- Why non instruct your students Binary? See my post close education this topic.
- Don't forget the videos on Numberphile. It's solely ii minutes long, but 1 of my favourites is the delightful video '1 - 200 on Google Image Search'.
- I shared roughly ideas for lessons on Fermat as well as Pascal inward my ship service 'End of term!' last year.
I promise this has been helpful. There's lots to select from. Enjoy the final calendar week of term!
