A selection of resources published by BEAM for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical understanding.

The activities and their mathematical content are:

*Ben's cakes -...

These games, published by BEAM for teachers of primary mathematics, can be used to practise and consolidate students' early mathematical understanding. The games, with their mathematical content, are:

• Three in a line - addition up to 12
• Add or subtract - addition and subtraction to 12
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This resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, builds on students' previous knowledge of multiplying by powers of 10 to demonstrate how calculations such as 2000 x 300 can be performed accurately. Follow-up exercises provide practice in the skills learned.

Straightforward logic is used in this resource, from the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, to establish the calculation, necessary to move correctly along a number line, when the starting point is at a negative value. Phrases such as owing and debt are used to help students deal with...

This excel file has large displays of two Casio calculators which could be useful for class discussion. The first interactive sheet shows sets of calculations which require the use of functions including x2, √ and π. The second interactive sheet shows sets of more...

The activities in this booklet from the National Numeracy Strategy make use of a calculator as a teaching and learning aid. They are intended to help children in Key Stage Two understand and practise mathematical ideas and skills. They range from 'Words' where students...

Calculator pack one consists of 13 activities and investigations designed to explore a range of mathematical areas with the aid of a calculator. Activities include:

• Investigating remainders generated by calculations
• Calculating the values of two numbers given their product and...

A collection of seventy four activities designed for use with a calculator. Topics covered include all four operations of number, number bonds, number machines, factors, missing signs, fraction to decimal conversions, areas of rectangles, perfect squares, factorials and investigating the ratio of two consecutive...

Mathcentre provide this calculus refresher resource which has been designed to enable students to prepare for their university mathematics programme. There is a comprehensive review of derivatives, the product, quotient and chain rules, differentiation of functions, integration by parts and substitution, as well as...

This excel program contains two interactive spreadsheets designed to explore the gradient functions of cubic and quadratic functions.

The first activity enables students to alter the coefficients in the function ax2+...

Calendar questions requires students to use a calendar answer a number of questions presented in word form. Students have to determine what day of the week certain dates fall and calculate the dates of events given appropriate information. Appropriate calendars for use with students are included with the resource...

An ASE SYCD: Science Year Primary resource which gives examples showing how digital cameras and microscopes can be used to support science teaching.

The resource includes help on how to use the equipment, examples of pictures and examples of elapsed time photography using the microscope.

*The...

This Science Busking Demo Pack from the British Science Association describes 30 quick demonstrations for use at public events or science fairs.

This resource has been put together by science made simple and is intended for use by 16+ year olds, though if deemed suitable they can be adapted for use by under...

Produced by Nelson Thornes, this resource helps students look at aspects of how science works. In particular, students are presented with data from a scientist who is working for a company making a food spread. The company claims that the spread reduces blood cholesterol. Students are asked questions regarding the...

This resource is from a collection of Nuffield Maths resources exploring Hypothesis testing. The demand is roughly equivalent to that in GCE A level. The resources typically include slide shows to introduce the topics, student sheets and teacher notes, as well as other relevant resources.

In the ‘Can they...