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Collecting Like Terms / Simplifying
powerpoint finding pairs a starter activity where pupils must match up simplified and non-simplified expressions
excel sum and product generates an infinite number of expressions which pupils must find the sum and product of. Please Note: See technical issues if you are having trouble getting excel files to work properly!
tarsia jigsaw collect like terms a fairly simple jigsaw simplifying expressions with numbers and one variable
powerpoint introduction an introduction to writing expressions and collecting like terms via little stories
tarsia jigsaw algebraic fractions a domino match-up exercise using a combination of multiplying and dividing algebraic terms to simplify.
       
       
Expanding Brackets
excel expanding single brackets lots of variations of single bracket questions to practice
excel expanding two brackets same again, but this time with two brackets
tarsia jigsaw expanding single bracket jigsaw a jigsaw with negatives and squares added to increase difficulty
       
       
Factorising
excel factorising single brackets all the factorising practice you could ever need
flash player factorising quadratics allows pupils to answer a variety of questions and then shows them whether or not they are correct by multiplying out their answer in front of their eyes!
powerpoint factorising quadratics starter a way of introducing how to factorise quadratic equations by means of a number game
tarsia jigsaw quadratic dominos practise expanding and factorising quadratic terms.
       
       
Indices 
word algebraic indices match up cards a card sort exercise for quite tricky algebraic indices
       
       
Inequalities
powerpoint linear inequalities a presentation that tests pupils' abilities to identify the equations of straight line graphs, before developing this skill for representing linear inequalities graphically
tarsia jigsaw solving inequalities a jigsaw exercise for solving linear inequalities
word match up inequalities match up the graph with the inequality
word horizontal and vertical inequalities an excellent exercise to practise matching the graphs of horizontal and vertical inequalities to their equation, kindly donated by Jenny Andrews
       
       
Misconceptions
powerpoint algebraic misconceptions a little starter testing pupils' knowledge of basic algebraic misconceptions
       
       
Pythagoras
gsp pythagoras illustrated some fancy visual, dynamic demonstrations of pythagoras' theorem
word pythagoras crossword a crossword for which the answers are all sides of right angled triangles  
powerpoint pythagoras demo a nice colourful demonstration of the theorem
       
       
Quadratic Graphs
excel drawing and transforming quadratics alter the constants and immediately see the effect on the shape of the graph
gsp quadratic transformation a nice simple way of seeing the effects of changing the constants of a quadratic expression
       
       
Sequences
flash player linear sequences a simple program which can generate linear sequences and investigate the effect of changing constants
excel nth term generates linear sequences and asks pupils to find the nth term
tarsia jigsaw position to term rule a match up exercise for linear sequences
       
       
Shapes of Graphs
gsp shapes of functions alter the constants to quickly display any type of function on a graph
       
       
Solving Equations
powerpoint balance method an example of how the balance method could be used to solve a linear equation
excel simple algebra with symbols a simple way to introduce inverses as a means to solve equations
flash player solving linear equations   a great program that illustrates how to solve equations by "doing the same to both sides"
excel solving linear equations generates an infinite amount of linear equations, with different levels of difficulty, and provides the answers. the only problem is that the answers are sometimes nasty decimals!
tarsia jigsaw solving equations jigsaw lots of linear equations of varying difficulty to match up to their answers
tarsia jigsaw order of steps a really nice activity kindly donated by John White where students must arrange the steps required to solve equations in the correct order!
       
       
Straight Line Graphs
excel y = mx + c generator generates random straight line graphs and asks pupils to name the equation
excel drawing straight line graphs alter constants and see the effect on the straight line graph
tarsia jigsaw equations of lines match the equation of the line with the table of co-ordinates
       
       
Substitution
word the great algebra race a dice game testing pupils' ability to substitute and to investigate expressions
word substitution worksheet a worksheet requiring pupils to substitute a range of numbers into a range of expressions. change the numbers and expressions to alter difficulty
tarsia jigsaw substitution jigsaw a jigsaw involving a wide range of expressions
       
       
Transformations  
excel transforming functions change constants to see the effect on the graph of the function. covers linear and quadratic as well as harder ones too.
gsp transforming trig graphs a dynamic and visual way of observing the effects of transforming the trig graphs
       
       
Trial and Improvement
flash player win a million a nice way to introduce trial and improvement. the better the guess, the more money you get!
       
       
Trigonometry
excel unit circle a really nice way to introduce the trig functions
excel trig functions clearly shows where the shapes of the 3 trig functions come from
word sine rule game an excellent match-up exercise to practise the sine rule kindly donated by Jenny Andrews
       
       
Writing Expressions
powerpoint introduction an introduction to writing expressions and collecting like terms via little stories
powerpoint rods a visual way of introducing how to form algebraic expressions
word twelve days of christmas a match up activity with a seasonal flavour!
       
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