The balance between economic success and the environment is the focus of this resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching. It provides an example of how mathematics can help to make people more aware of important issues. Students apply statistical measures to interpret a variety of data which...

A resource containing a collection of puzzles and problems designed to help students discover the ‘real life’ mathematics that is all around them as they visit the Royal Horticultural Society garden at Harlow Carr. The trail encourages group work and collaborative problem solving, develops observation and recording...

A wealth of mathematical activities arranged by topic. Some of the activities are suitable for use with older primary school-aged students whilst the majority are aimed at the secondary classroom.

Contents:

• Involving fractions: Egyptian fractions, fraction pairs...

Head STEAM, produced by TV and online production company 360Production, is an educational channel that aims to inspire students to become a future leader of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) industries. The short videos explore a variety of STEAM topics such as sound waves and frequencies, 3D...

In this resource the head of a circular snowman rolls around its circular body to make one trip back to where it started. The ratio of the diameters of the circles is given. The challenge is to find how many times the head will revolve throughout the journey, and find a general rule.

The resource contains a...

These cre8ate maths materials have been designed to support the teaching of mathematics at Key Stage Three, but can be used at Key Stage Two and Key Stage Four, in the context of health and social care. The resources consist of Accessible Spaces, Classroom Olympics and Getting On.

In this resource from Cre8ate maths students have the opportunity to work with complex charts, used by professionals who monitor the physical development of children.

The activities, for students to undertake, include...

This resource from London Curriculum  explores how statistical techniques are being applied to help solve the problem of air pollution in London. The resource consists of five lessons, covering Venn diagrams, graphs, correlation, representing data and careers:

Lesson 1: Using statistics to understand why air...

This resource uses the context of football to introduce a heart rate investigation. Students take part in suggested exercises and measure their heart rate and recovery time.  They need to plot of graph of their heart rate for different activities, and are encouraged to decide the axis and scale of the graph for...

A tennis ball is dropped from a height of 3 feet. The ball is shown bouncing on the ground. The challenge is to graph the height of the tennis ball against time. The resulting graph is parabolic with the amplitude showing a decrease each time.

Height video

A stack of cups is shown. Cups are then added to the stack. Part way through the rate at which cups are added is increased. The challenge is to graph the height of the stack against time.

Height of stack video

A person is shown climbing to the top of a playground slide. They pause at the top and then slide down the slide.  The end of the slide has an upwards turn for safety. The task is to graph the height of the person’s waist off the ground against time.

Height of waist off ground 1 video

A person is shown on a swing. They swing back and forth at a constant rate and reach. After several swings, the person jumps off the swing and comes to rest. The challenge is to graph the height of their waist against time. The resulting graph is parabolic and periodic with a constant section at the end.

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