This resource from the Department for Education is designed to use and apply the uncertain and difficult nature of probability calculations in the real world through the work of an actuarial trainee. Students are provided with data on sea piracy, and use this to calculate the annual cost of piracy to the shipping...

This document from the Department of Education looks at how St Gregory's Catholic School Science College educates pupils and parents about cyberbullying through newsletters, their 'Parent Zone' and curriculum. The resource explores the school's resources for parents, mobile phone and behaviour polices as part of...

From Genetic Disorders UK, these resources look at the cause and symptoms of Sickle Cell Anaemia and how it affects the circulation. The film and activities in this collection are linked to the following curriculum areas: * Science: scientific enquiry – considering and evaluating evidence; humans and other animals...

This excel file explores the relationship between tangents and normals.

In the first interactive sheet the user can alter the coefficients of a quadratic function and see how this affects the graph and equation of...

Carom Maths provides this resource for teachers and students of A Level mathematics.

This presentation describes the concept of Tangles, which were the idea of John Conway. Students are given some rules from which they create the tangle representing 2/5, before creating their own tangle numbers for others to...

This resource begins with a description of what a tangram is and they can be used in the classroom, including a number of extensions and variations.

A step-by-step guide of how to produce a tangram is followed by several pages of challenges in the form of pictures for students to reproduce. Students are then...

This activity challenges students to work in small teams to design a water supply system for a small town of 5,000 inhabitants. They have to work within a budget, including giving themselves a profit margin.

The...

A cannon ball is fired and passes through two given points. The task is to discover the range of the cannon ball, the angle of projection, and the initial velocity. Solving the problem involves...

A primary mathematics series from the 1980s which covered all the basics.

A series of books for use in years 3, 4, 5 and 6.  The books provided full coverage of the of the then-current requirements of the National Numeracy Strategy at key stage 2.

The books provided:

* Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the curriculum

* Clear explanations and worked examples...

Published by LSIS, this report describes an action research project by Cambridgeshire County Council Library Learning services. It looks at the effect of targeted support for learndirect tutors on learners and tutor morale. The project was about raising tutors' confidence in supporting their learners by offering...

The materials in this publication from the National Strategies, were intended to support students who enter Year 7 having achieved level 3 in the Key Stage 2 National Curriculum tests in mathematics. The aim for these students is that they should attain level 4 as quickly as possible, moving on to level 5 by the...

These 12 revision lessons on topics that many students will have met before are, with some of the detailed content.

1. Place value, addition and subtraction Use standard column procedures to add and...

The Algebra lessons, from the Targeting Level 4 programme by the National Strategies, are designed to support teachers working with year seven students who need to consolidate work at level three and extend into level four. The lessons, which are quite detailed, focus...