tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42424399616175295452024-03-27T21:10:47.301+00:00ResourceaholicIdeas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics
Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-83777729858009598362024-03-09T17:04:00.006+00:002024-03-09T18:01:35.810+00:005 Maths Gems #178Welcome to my 178th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. Inverse ProportionI really like this tweet from @catrionateaches. When teaching inverse proportion I always talk about constant products but then I head straight into the formula y = k/x. Catriona suggests a subtle change in method. 2. Graph TransformationsMathsPad has Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-33830618399445572692024-02-14T13:17:00.012+00:002024-02-14T13:42:31.261+00:005 Maths Gems #177Welcome to my 177th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. MathsLinksI discovered the website MathsLinks through TES. It's run by maths teacher Kenneth Stafford. He has collated lots of resources in one place. For example, on his GCSE Questions by Topics page he has included links to websites such as Corbett Maths and Maths Genie for Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-5798098917791078152024-01-21T12:47:00.024+00:002024-01-21T13:09:39.130+00:00GCSE RevisionI've blogged about GCSE revision resources numerous times before, but with many schools running mock exams in February I thought it might be a good time to revisit some of the highlights. For advice on how to structure and deliver GCSE revision, see my CPD video Exam Countdown.There are two main types of revision activity: topic focused and mixed topic. In the summer term I might spend the Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-90063762494969665182023-12-27T13:46:00.016+00:002023-12-27T19:15:15.127+00:00A Level Resources #3I'm teaching A level again this year after a five year break. If you're interested, here's a bit of background on how this came to be... I taught A level right from the start of my teaching career, including during my PGCE and NQT year. I thought it was common practice to teach A level when training, but I now realise I was lucky to get this opportunity - many maths teachers go their entire Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-308800378521271302023-11-25T16:26:00.007+00:002023-11-25T16:40:57.514+00:005 Maths Gems #176Welcome to my 176th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. 1st Class Maths1stclassmaths.com has always been full of incredibly high quality resources, and the recent additions are no exception. The GCSE revision resources (designed for both Edexcel and AQA) contain original GCSE-style questions which are very well written.I also love Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-47787371357370133252023-11-05T15:29:00.001+00:002023-11-05T15:29:50.477+00:00Marvellous Maths 3 OnlineCraig Barton and I recently ran an in-person course for maths teachers, Marvellous Maths 3. If you missed out, you'll be pleased to hear that the recordings and resources are now available in the form of an online course. The course is available here: craigbarton.podia.com/marvellous-maths-3 for the same price as the in-person course (£150 + VAT).If you had a ticket for Marvellous Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-78773017620062584162023-10-24T15:48:00.012+01:002023-10-24T16:08:52.292+01:005 Maths Gems #175Welcome to my 175th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. New ResourcesDr Austin continues to publish fantastic new resources on a regular basis. Her latest creations include a prime factor puzzle:and Function Machines for Rearranging Formulae:And a Standard Form Crack the Code:Check out DrAustinMaths.com for lots more.I'm a huge fan Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-71297607850355315032023-09-23T12:54:00.011+01:002023-10-24T08:29:55.725+01:00Essential CPD for Maths TeachersMarvellous Maths 3 takes place in October and we're delighted that so many teachers are going to join us. If you've not attended a day of maths CPD before, I think you'll be surprised by just how inspiring these events can be. You'll leave this course excited to get back to your classroom and buzzing with ideas to share with your team. You'll learn a lot from just being in a room full of maths Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-30025397038729838822023-09-10T08:18:00.008+01:002023-09-10T08:36:03.654+01:005 Maths Gems #174Welcome to my 174th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. Menu MathsI saw a tweet about #menumath last week. These lovely tasks have been around for years but I realised that I've never featured them in a gems post.This idea from @NatBanting is designed to generate 'low floor, high ceiling' challenges. Visit natbanting.com/Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-30115399207992619732023-08-10T14:37:00.003+01:002023-08-15T12:49:02.805+01:005 Maths Gems #173Welcome to my 173rd gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. Graphics@boss_maths has started to share a series of editable graphics for use in maths teaching. These lovely visual aids can be adapted and used as you see fit. Here's an example from Sudeep's pressure PowerPoint. Check out Sudeep's hashtag #WednesdayVisual for more in this Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-22634030378413369182023-07-16T12:56:00.009+01:002023-07-16T13:02:39.890+01:00Challenge in Year 7 AssessmentsLast year I blogged about the principles behind the design of our Key Stage 3 assessments and shared some examples of challenging questions for Year 8 and Year 9. I wrote new assessments this year (to avoid the sharing of exam papers with younger siblings!). I'll share some of the more challenging Year 7 questions in this post.This year we took a lot of our assessment questions from AQA's Key Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-66875538151156669322023-07-10T18:46:00.018+01:002023-08-10T08:49:11.752+01:00Marvellous Maths 3Marvellous Maths is back, bigger and better than ever! Following the success of our previous Marvellous Maths courses, Craig Barton and I are back with more in-person CPD for maths teachers this October. Packed full of inspirational resources, ideas and strategies that will improve teaching and learning, Marvellous Maths 3 will be invaluable for teachers of upper Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 andJo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-60434393105100396362023-07-08T09:55:00.004+01:002023-07-08T09:57:44.260+01:005 Maths Gems #172Welcome to my 172nd gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. SnakesI love this collection of 'Snakes' tasks from @nathanday314. These are brilliant. Accessible but packed full of depth and challenge, I think this is a really engaging task design. Find them on interwovenmaths.com.2. Speak Like a ScholarThank you to @hannahlsmithe Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-8221706361227055242023-05-30T09:17:00.004+01:002023-05-30T09:29:44.354+01:005 Maths Gems #171Welcome to my 171st gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. GCSE Revision UpdateThere's no shortage of GCSE revision resources but I made another revision mat anyway, because I needed one for a revision session the day before Paper 2.There are separate versions for Foundation and Higher and they can both be downloaded from TES.ThereJo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-67693406596008789772023-05-13T10:17:00.003+01:002023-05-13T10:23:26.158+01:005 Maths Gems #170Welcome to my 170th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. GCSE Revision Mats and PapersI have a page dedicated to GCSE revision resources and in my last gems post I shared some new additions to this page. Since then a few more new resources have been shared:@MrMorleyMaths created a Foundation revision mat. It should be printed as a Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-50924516939131499272023-04-23T09:41:00.012+01:002023-07-16T12:35:03.159+01:005 Maths Gems #169Welcome to my 169th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. GCSE Revision ResourcesI have a page dedicated to GCSE revision resources which had a few new additions last week:Dr Austin has started making full coverage revision grids. These are sets of increasingly challenging grids for both number and algebra, with more on the Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-92131474364372188282023-04-16T12:12:00.006+01:002023-04-16T17:22:12.575+01:00Reducing Curriculum ContentI've written two posts about curriculum - this is the second.My first post was about how to shoehorn an oversized curriculum into a limited number of lessons. Dan Draper summed it up nicely: "you can’t win but you can pick how you lose”.In today's post I've written more generally about curriculum reform and some opportunities to make changes in maths when the time comes.*****I'm told that Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-72265411936764461752023-04-14T10:40:00.031+01:002023-04-14T21:25:10.218+01:00Curriculum PrioritiesI've written two posts about curriculum - this is the first.Recently I've been contacted by a lot of teachers and Heads of Maths who've asked me for ideas on how to squeeze our massive curriculum into limited contact time. I'll address this in today's post.My next post will be about future curriculum reform and some opportunities to make changes in maths... when the time comes.******The GCSE Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-55488352862181196222023-04-02T12:56:00.024+01:002023-04-02T13:59:14.734+01:005 Maths Gems #168Welcome to my 168th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. Revision ResourcesI have a page dedicated to GCSE revision resources which is the most visited page on my website. It's had around 130 000 views since I wrote it back in 2016 and it gets particularly busy in April and May. Here are a few recent additions:John Corbett (@Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-30487817245946909862023-03-18T15:17:00.004+00:002023-03-18T15:31:20.689+00:00Exact Trig Values in DepthOne of the most controversial topics to be added to GCSE in recent years is exact trig values. Although trigonometry has always been on Higher Tier GCSE, before 2017 it only ever appeared on the calculator paper. When the Department for Education did a big curriculum and assessment re-jig, exact trig values were moved from A level to GCSE - and, in what we can only assume was some kind of Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-64013155577697127862023-03-02T19:41:00.006+00:002023-03-02T19:44:22.404+00:00Surds in DepthEveryone loves surds, right? They're so much fun...Since 2017 I've produced a series of CPD sessions, each one covering an individual maths topic. I call this my 'Topics in Depth' project. These CPD sessions focus on curriculum, assessment, subject knowledge, pedagogy and resources.Thanks to generous sponsorship from AQA, Craig Barton and I recently recorded a new set of Topics in Depth Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-60485160906470783292023-02-25T13:03:00.011+00:002023-02-25T13:19:33.361+00:005 Maths Gems #167Welcome to my 167th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers.1. PolypadI've blogged about Polypad before, and used it myself in a lesson on nets last week. My students were suitably impressed! Recently there's been a series of tweets about some really cool stuff that Polypad can do - these are definitely worth a look. Click on the tweets Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-2314611374228984192023-02-17T14:51:00.001+00:002023-02-17T14:52:09.597+00:00RatioThis is a contribution to the series of writings called 'Dose of Don', begun by Anne Watson, which delve into the collection of tasks on Don Steward’s blog. This piece is written by Sam Blatherwick (@blatherwick_sam). Many thanks to Sam for giving me permission to share his writing here. For the background on this series, please see the post Lines and Angles on Square Grids. Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-34714911109678604212023-02-16T08:24:00.001+00:002023-02-16T08:26:36.756+00:00Area in DepthSince 2017 I've produced a series of CPD sessions, each one covering an individual maths topic. I call this my 'Topics in Depth' project. These CPD sessions focus on curriculum, assessment, subject knowledge, pedagogy and resources. Maths teachers simply don't get enough time to research topics thoroughly when they plan lessons. In this project I aim to support teachers by doing the research for Jo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439961617529545.post-33394008661362122852023-02-12T09:22:00.014+00:002023-02-12T09:28:16.496+00:00Ten Videos for Maths LessonsI rarely show videos in maths lessons but every now and then I deviate from my usual lesson routine. Sometimes it's to help something stick in my students' memories, and sometimes it's part of the lesson's narrative. I thought it might be helpful to compile a 'top ten' short video clips for maths lessons. If you've been teaching for a while then you've probably seen them all before. But if you'reJo Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919801458664779971noreply@blogger.com4