The mathematics behind genetic fingerprinting is explored in this resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching. Sketches show, in simplified form, how genetic fingerprinting can be applied to establish paternity and students calculate the probabilities of matching bands from samples.

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In this Bowland task, students are presented with a picture of a geoboard - a number of nails arranged in a square lattice on a board. On the lattice there is a sequence of squares. Students are told the length of the side of each square, the number of nails on the edge of the square and the number of nails inside...

This resource contains many examples of different kinds of geometric pattern. The introduction begins with border patterns; simple patterns which are easily reproduced by students.

This is followed by examples of tile patterns. Geometric patterns 3 to 6 are concerned with cyclotomy; the division of a circle...

Five squares are given. Each square contains a pattern of squares or triangles that become smaller and smaller until they are infinitely small. The challenge is to work out what fraction of each square is shaded. The challenge provides an introduction to the concept of geometric progressions and the idea of a limit...

This resource helps students to recognise geometrical shapes and their properties.

The resource is part of the Nuffield Maths Level 1 Foundation resource collection.

There a series of short tasks designed to assess how well students understand a range of geometric concepts, including Pythagoras’ theorem.

• Other topics covered comprise:
• Circumference of a circle
• Area of a rectangle
• Angle measure
• Angles at a point

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Mathcentre provide this resource which covers the slope intercept form, an aspect of geometry that involves the gradient and vertical intercept of a graph, which can be established from the terms of a linear equation.

Comprehensive notes, with clear descriptions are provided, together with relevant diagrams...

Designed to improve confidence in mathematics, these resources from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, focus on geometry and were developed particularly for primary teachers and those non-specialists who teach mathematics in the lower secondary years.

Each section offers an overview of a...

The geometry activities, from Skills Workshop, are designed to support teachers and students studying numeracy and functional skills.

This collection from Inquiry Maths contains three geometry themed prompts covering surface area of a cuboid, areas of squares and circles and shapes with equal areas. Each seemingly simple prompt is designed to intrigue students, leading to a rich mathematical task that can be explored in a variety of ways...

This sub-collection of resources from the Virtual Text Book collection contains nineteen resources designed for use on an interactive whiteboard to aid the teaching and learning of a variety of topics in ‘Geometry’. Each resource is an interactive Excel worksheet to encourage teacher-student interaction.

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This resource consists of two interactive excel files dealing with some aspects of construction and geometric proof.

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Students are presented with two pie charts, one showing the number of letters in words in a sample of English text, the other showing the number of letters in words in the same sample of text written in German. Students are also given another sample of text showing the number of letters in each word but with the...