Designed to improve confidence in mathematics, these resources from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, focus on geometry and were developed particularly for primary teachers and those non-specialists who teach mathematics in the lower secondary years.

Each section offers an overview of a...

This collection from Inquiry Maths contains three geometry themed prompts covering surface area of a cuboid, areas of squares and circles and shapes with equal areas. Each seemingly simple prompt is designed to intrigue students, leading to a rich mathematical task that can be explored in a variety of ways...

This sub-collection of resources from the Virtual Text Book collection contains nineteen resources designed for use on an interactive whiteboard to aid the teaching and learning of a variety of topics in ‘Geometry’. Each resource is an interactive Excel worksheet to encourage teacher-student interaction.

The...

This sub-collection of resources from the Virtual Text Book collection contains thirteen resources designed for use on an interactive whiteboard to aid the teaching and learning of a variety of topics in Geometry and Measure. Each resource contains interactive excel worksheets to demonstrate and practise various...

This resource consists of two interactive excel files dealing with some aspects of construction and geometric proof.

Perpendicular Bisectors...

Students are presented with two pie charts, one showing the number of letters in words in a sample of English text, the other showing the number of letters in words in the same sample of text written in German. Students are also given another sample of text showing the number of letters in each word but with the...

This poster aimed at primary children helps children start to think about how to manage their money. Whether they choose to spend it, save it or donate it, the poster suggests five things things to do or know about money before they are 7! The five things are:

1. Check your change

2. Investigate all...

This series is part of the Archive Collection which is available to view at the National STEM Learning Centre.

This set of Cre8ate maths activities requires pupils to interact with a variety of data sets and to use logical thinking skills to interpret what they find. Providing for the old also involves interpreting scales, calculations and consideration of ratio and proportion.

A range materials provided by cre8ate maths to support the teaching of mathematics at Key Stage Three, but can be used at Key Stage Two and Key Stage Four, in the context of transport. The resources include More Miles For Your Money, Ordering, The Greenest Route and Working for Efficiency.

This case study published in 2011 by LSIS  describes work by Wirral Metropolitan College. The project developed an action research project focused on increasing the participation rate of girls in the Level 2 Higher Diploma in Engineering. The first step for the project was to attract girls to post-16 engineering,...

Charlie Taylor’s Behaviour Checklists, Getting the Simple Things Right, look at the simple things that should be put in place to create good behaviour for learning. It includes the two lists 'key principles for headteachers to help improve school behaviour' and 'behaviour checklist for teachers'.

This task is designed to assess how well students understand calculating in scientific notation.

The task is set in the context of a newspaper headline that claims: ‘Everyday 7% of Americans eat at a Giantburger restaurant.’

The following information is presented:

• There are about 8 x 10^3...

Designed to be accessible for all primary aged children, this activity guides you and your pupils through the simple steps to explore maths with gingerbread men. This could be carried out as part of a design and technology, computing (coding) or maths lesson, and is simple to follow, making it suitable for learning...