Some updates this week…

MATHSgrader Wk1 Assessment Tier C

From Ross Blair on MATHSgrader comes a complete set of Interactive assessments to complement the Maths Genie homeschool program. The resources are provided in three tiers, Tier A roughly accords with grades 1-2. Tier B with grades 3-5 and Tier C is 6-9. Check the menus for Teachers and Pupils for easy site navigation.

For A Level Owen (Owen134866 on TES) has a library of Mathematics teaching resources, these are really clearly structured with step by step examples. Recently added, is A-level Core Pure Mathematics Year 2/A2 for the second year of Further Mathematics. These resources have been added to the Teaching Resources page for Further Mathematics. This Calculus content is part of the core Pure Mathematics specification common to all examining boards. For more on Further Calculus in Further Mathematics, see my post here.

Also note for Further Mathematics, Jack Brown who has created thousands of videos covering the complete A Level specification has been very busy with his Further Maths collection of teaching videos and exam paper walkthroughs;  the easiest way to navigate the videos is through his website, TLMaths.com. A recent addition to the exam paper walkthroughs is the specimen paper for OCR MEI Modelling with Algorithms.

My post on Graspable Math proved popular last week and included a canvas of the problems from one of Dave Taylor’s wonderful Increasingly Difficult Question sets. I decided I liked the idea of having a canvas ready for his Simplifying Expressions, starting with IDQ-Simplifying Expressions 1, I opened it on my own canvas and adapted it slightly. I do like to keep all steps of the working displayed, so I have put the exercises on the left, creating a good space on the right.

Taking a canvas and adapting can help you learn to use the interface if you are unfamiliar with it. Using this One Incorrect canvas by Eric Weitnauer which is based on Don Steward’s one incorrect simplification I made a copy of Eric’s canvas and created one for the first problem from Don Steward’s blog post, discovering along the way that if you enter text for a web link, then Graspable Math inserts that as a link.

Note formulas on the menu.

For a clear example of this feature in action, have a look at this video.