This resource features a short task on distance time graphs.

Students initially consider a distance time graph that has journeys for a car and motorbike. They use the graph to find the distance between the car and motorbike for six points in time and then sketch the graph of the separation between the two...

This short booklet, from the Nuffield Mathematics Project, is for teachers of children from eleven upwards, whether in secondary or middle schools. It describes the aims of the Project as it affects these children, and so is complementary to the Introductory guide, I do and I...

This booklet focuses on gendered representations of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and how young people's views of careers in these subjects are developed. Classroom activities were developed for students drawing on media literacy skills to examine how their ideas have been influenced by...

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,...

Issue 84 of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Secondary magazine featured an activity which was developed by a teacher looking for ways of integrating a problem-solving approach into his everyday teaching.

The activity focuses on finding the mean, mode, median and...

This activity looks at the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope exploring the challenges that faced scientists and engineers whilst they were designing it. Linking to tessellating shapes in...

This resource from the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT) is the 2011 challenge. The Junior Mathematical Olympiad consists of a two-hour paper of more in-depth mathematical problems to which there are two sections: Section A requires answers only whereas full...

This is an investigation into how the Fibonacci sequence gives rise to the Golden Ratio. The supporting spreadsheet allows the initial values of the sequence to be changed and an interactive...

This short task considers identifying and interpreting linear graphs.

Students are given five equations of linear graphs. They must match four of them with graphs that have been drawn, and then draw the other graph on a set of axes. The final part of the task is to find a graph that could represent the speed...

This book, which forms part of the weaving series from the Nuffield Mathematics Project, is an introduction to logic in a very general sense.

Its main aim was to help students aged from about 8 to 12 to think clearly...

This task is designed to assess how well students understand:

• Using the formula for the volume of a cone
• Converting between measurements

For this task, a tree trunk is thought of as being approximated by a cone. Students are given the formula for a cone, and the dimensions of a...

This resource from SMILE Mathematics contains 27 activities with full teacher's notes and answers.

The activities cover:

Integers, powers and roots: Some sums, Half time scores, Tower of Hanoi

Written methods: Largest product

Equations, formulae...

This activity highlights the difficulty finding quartiles for small samples sizes as there appears to be more than one method to be found dependent upon the book being used. In this activity a sample size of 11 is chosen as finding the quartiles for this sample size is straightforward. Students are told the number...

This is one of a series of resources from the IET designed around the theme of the future of flight with the purpose of developing pupils knowledge and skills in design technology, engineering, science and mathematics. In this activity pupils measure noise produced by a range of activities using a sound meter to...