This interactive excel sheet is aimed at Reception students and explores counting.

The first sheet generates a starting number for students to count on from. Add objects one at a time to those already in the box to...

This interactive excel sheet is aimed at Year One students and explores counting, addition and subtraction.

The first sheet generates a starting number of objects, students then have to add objects one at a time to...

This online ecology practical, from SAPS, uses random sampling to measure the abundance of various different species on an area of grassland.

Objectives

To give students practice at

• using random sampling to measure the abundance of various different species on an area of...

In this resource from SAPS, students learn about random sampling, diversity and different measures of abundance, before looking at close-up photographs of quadrats and using the field guide to identify them. The resources are intended to help students develop skills and plant identification techniques before going...

This online ecology practical, by SAPS, is designed to give students an opportunity to see how systematic sampling can be used to

• investigate changes in species richness across a footpath
• the distribution of species across a footpath

These online exercises are not intended as a...

This series of interactive excel sheets look at ordering both positive and negative numbers. Answers can be checked each time and new questions generated at the click of a button.

In the first sheet five randomly...

This series of interactive excel sheets explore organising and interpreting a range on data in various contexts. New data sets can be generated each time by the click of a button.

The first sheet allows a tally to be...

In this activity students explore the use of mathematics in a disease management context. Students assume the role of scientists attempting to contain the spread of a dangerous virus and are expected to locate infected people, develop a successful antidote and manage a large-scale vaccination programme. Students...

This excel resource looks at various methods of evaluating pi, including Vièta’s formula and using the trapezium rule.

The first series of sheets include an introduction to François Vièta, his infinite product for...

Parabola

This file provides a well illustrated introduction to the properties of a parabola. It begins by illustrating the...

This resource, aimed at Key Stages One and Two, links to the topic areas of animals, habitats, and adaptation. It includes a film showing footage of the behaviour of parental blue tits and a series of activity worksheets. These look at several aspects of blue tits and their behaviour including:

*What happens...

These downloadable videos and animations are part of the multimedia package Stuff and Substance, developed by the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme (SEP). They can be used to introduce a particle model to explain why a substance can exist in both the solid and liquid...

This excel file shows how Pascal's triangle can be used to calculate probabilities. Separate sheets show the possible outcomes when different numbers of coins are tossed. With the smaller number of coins these outcomes are listed.

This excel file begins with finding percentages of amounts without using a calculator. There are various options to allow for different degrees of difficulty of the questions posed. Answers can be revealed and new sets of questions generated.

In this resource from the DfE Standards Unit, students analyse simple number 'tricks', and explain how they work, using algebra. They then try to create their own variants of the trick, making it more impressive. Students will: develop an understanding of linear expressions and equations; make simple conjectures...