This set of activities for students builds toward them being able to answer the question 'Assess whether the UK is becoming more extreme in the 21st century.'  Initially students are asked to define the terms 'rare' and 'extreme' and then order the layers of the Earth's atmosphere. This is followed by tasks to:...

Work done in this Nuffield 13 - 16 module followed from the B unit called ‘What do plants use for food’ and the S unit ‘Food chains and webs’. This X unit provided enough material for eight double periods. It could be selected to complete either a Science or a Further...

This report identified the alarming disparity between the proportions of students studying mathematics beyond the age of 16.  At that time only one-fifth of pupils in England continued to study maths at any level after achieving a GCSE - the lowest of 24 developed countries. A key recommendation from the report was...

This article discusses using mini battery powered computers to sense, and report back environmental data across a wide area in the Lake District. It talks about some of the ways in which this type of robotThis article discusses using...

The aim of this activity is to encourage discussion about the nature of relationships between variables. It provides examples of relationships where there may appear to be correlation but not necessarily a causal relationship. The task is suitable for group or...

This Cre8ate maths activity focuses on reflection and thinking about translation or rotation. It also uses co-ordinates to develop a non-standard transformation. The topic provides rich opportunities for cross curricular work and can also provide the focus for off-site activities.

A resource from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) online FE magazine which is aimed at educators interested in or teaching in the further education sector or post-16 education generally.

Odd one out, is an activity that aims to promote discussion and observation,...

This article, from an Early Years edition of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) online magazine, uses beads and threading as its key activity.

Threading is a well established activity for young children and this article gives a number of suggestions as to how the...

This resource from the further education edition of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) online magazine, explores how photographs could be used in lessons as starting points for mathematical discussion or exploration.

This article from an Early Years edition of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) online magazine describes how to use a digital camera to produce a scavenger hunt for early years students.

Feed Henry, an activity from an Early Years issue of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) online magazine, develops ideas of patterns and corresponding mathematical language.

Henry only eats patterns. It doesn’t matter what the pattern is made from - as long as it will...

Taken from Issue 31 of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Primary magazine, the Art of Mathematics focuses on Friedensreich Hundertwasser, an Austrian painter and architect. His buildings are colourful and rounded, trees are...

This issue of the Primary Magazine from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) takes weather as its inspiration for a number of mathematical starting points.

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This activity from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Primary magazine takes the issue of space junk as its central theme. There are opportunities to develop and understanding of time and time zones, probability, mass, speed and large numbers relating to distances.

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Using the context of digital devices, this article from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) FE online magazine, explores how students might be helped to understand how decimal numbers work by considering binary numbers and manipulating them. Tables are used to explain the link...