1) Introduction to integration lesson starter
2) Powerpoint on Basic Integration and lesson handout for pupils to complete
January 18, 2008
January 16, 2008
Surface Area
surface-area-of-cuboids.doc – finding the surface area of basic cuboids
and the answers to this worksheet … 
surface-area-worksheet.doc – finding the surface area of prisms, cones and pyramids.
Area and Circumference of Circles
Starters
Basic skills check starter sheet containing 40 quick questions about doubling, squaring and BIDMAS
Number up getting ready for Circles
Worksheets: applying-circle-knowledge.doc – finding the area and perimeter of parts of circles and finding shaded areas. test-on-circle-stuff.doc – an end-of-unit test on circles area-problem-cards.doc – finding the shaded area and area of curvy shapes 
Complete the table to find areas of circles, and radius/diameter given the area 
Working backwards to find the radius/diameter given the circumference/area. Here are the answers: 
Diagram of a garden for applying area of circles knowledge and question table. Online Assessments (can only access with Mymaths user name and password): 1) Area of circles 2) Circumference of circles
January 15, 2008
Linear Graphs
Online Activites
Mangahigh have got a very nice collection of multiple choice tasks.
Worksheets
exploring-and-plotting-graphs.doc – Investigating y = mx + c by plotting linear functions.
Finding the gradients of lines on a simple grid.
straight-line-equations-intro-pupil-sheet.doc – introducing finding y = mx + c gently. Speed up sheet.
Finding the equations of lines with positive gradients.
Finding the equations of lines with negative gradients.
Games:
Midpoints (D Grade) on Mangahigh
match-the-linear-graph-to-its-equation.doc – sorting cards
Save our dumb planet! on Mangahigh
GCSE Surds
Starters
Here is a nice starter on surds from Mr Barton’s lovely website. It’s aimed at C1 level but can be adapted to suit lower years, especially with a very able class.
Worksheets
Presentations:
Introduction to Surds – a Powerpoint presentation with a little investigation about square roots and some simple surds for pupils to simplify.
Examples:
Plotting Coordinates
Games
There is a lovely game on the Flashy Maths website called Cartesian Alien that develops pupils’ skills at plotting coordinates in all four quadrants. You can download it to work offline also.
Worksheets:
Coordinates of polygons in the 1st quadrant
Starter activities:
starter-graph-plotting.doc results in pupils producing an optical illusion if they follow the instructions correctly.
Volume
Volume and Surface Area Revision – Jeopardy game on mainly cuboids
Worksheets:
1) Volumes of Prisms find-the-volume-of-these-prisms-worksheet.doc
2) Volumes of Cylinders volumes-of-cylinders-worksheet.doc
3) A* applied cylinder problems applied-volumes-problems-on-cylinders.doc
4) Working backards to find radius/height when given the volume and the height/radius
5) GCSE Exam Questions on Volume – this sheet contains 22 past AQA exam questions and provides pupils with spaces to write their answers. A snapshot of the first two pages is below.
Starters:
Presentations:
volumes-cones-pyramids-spheres – aimed at GCSE A* level.
January 14, 2008
Differentiation
Powerpoint presentations:
Lesson Worksheets
differentiation-assessment.doc – assessed test on finding equations of tangents and normals using differentiation.
January 10, 2008
January 8, 2008
Area
Areas of irregular shapes on grids
Areas of basic compound shapes
area-of-trapezia-and-volumes-of-trapezoid-prisms.doc
Mymaths online assessments:
Maths Teaching 
