This lesson develops the concept of visualising two-dimensional cross-sections of representations of 3-dimensional objects.

The lesson begins by considering two cylindrical containers placed so that they make a right angle. Water flows from one cylinder to the other. Students consider the top view of the...

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), these resources are aimed at mathematics practitioners. Sessions in this resource look at:

• Data collection and handling (using technology creatively and appropriately)

• Key features of charts graphs and diagrams (building on knowledge...

This is a concept development lesson that is designed to assess how well students understand:

• Conditional probability
• Representing events as a subset of a sample space using tables and tree diagrams

A game has been devised where three white balls and three black balls are placed...

This is a concept development lesson that is designed to assess how well students understand:

• When conditional probabilities are equal for particular situations
• Representing events as a subset of a sample space using tables and tree diagrams
• Modelling using algebra

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This is a concept development lesson on interpreting data using frequency graph and box plots.

Eight frequency graphs are presented that show scores in tests. The frequency graphs must be matched with box plots.

There are pre-lesson and post-lesson formative assessment tasks. Detailed teacher notes...

This is a concept development lesson, designed to enhance how well students:

• Are able to use frequency graphs to identify a range of measures and make sense of data in a real-world context
• Understand that a large number of data points allows a frequency graph to be approximated by a continuous...

This resource features a task that involves interpreting functions that arise in practical situations.

Students are given the task of matching together worded descriptions, functions, and graphs. An example of a worded situations is a movie subscription where you get two movies free, but then you get charged...

This resource develops the concept of representing inequalities on a Cartesian coordinate grid. Students work with algebraic representations in a variety of formats and then shade the relevant areas.

An initial activity is to play a game ‘Hunting the target’. This involves students being given inequalities...

This is a problem solving lesson, intended to assess how well students are able to:

• Understand and calculate the conditional probability of an event A, given an event B
• Represent events as a subset of a sample space using tables, tree diagrams, and Venn diagrams

The problem is...

This resource develops the concept of what the different algebraic forms of a quadratic function reveal about the properties of its graphical representation. Particular attention is paid to:

• How the factored form of the function can identify a graph’s roots.
• How the completed square form of...

This lesson develops the concept of using trigonometry to model a real-world situation. In particular students will:

• Model a periodic situation, the hight of a person on a Ferris wheel using trigonometric functions
• Interpret the constants a, b, c in the formula h = a + b cos ct in terms of the...

A resource that looks at the genetic testing of embryos and foetuses and the ethical issues surrounding the use of these tests. In a series of activities students can explore the complex scenarios that genetic testing now provides, to choose characteristics and sex of offspring for example, and what the potential...

Research Councils UK (RCUK) was the strategic partnership of the UK's seven Research Councils from 2002 to 2018. From 2018 RCUK become UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). This collection of resources contains resources from the time UKRI was known as RCUK.

The research councils are:

• Arts and...

RCUK Careers in Research provides a selection of stories providing an insight into life as a researcher and the different career paths which researchers’ take. The stories feature researchers from all seven Research Councils and cover a broad range of disciplines.

This STEMNET resource describes the background and career of research engineer, and STEM Ambassador, Jonathan Dewsbury.

Jonathan is studying for an Engineering Doctorate and working for an international engineering consultancy who are part-funding his studies. The company, Buro Happold, design and build...