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Calling all Maths teachers!

What are some of your all-time great tasks for secondary Maths?

Ones that could have their place in any curriculum, one that should be studied in PGCE courses, ones that started whole new genres of tasks...
... or just ones you really like.

(see some of mine below)

Bookmark these angle loop puzzles from Naoki Inaba for your angles unit! Great critical thinking task!

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#mtbos #iteachmath #puzzlingclassroom #mathsky #edusky #logicpuzzles

How do we effectively "go through a test" without it becoming just watching the teacher or without taking enormous time for low benefit?

I mostly pick a few key questions and example problem pair them, but want to look at improvements to this.

Maybe we're all modellers, carrying a model of the world around in our heads. Our models don't usually matter. But mathematicians' models can matter a lot. What do they really contain?

Watch Erica Thompson's full lecture on responsible modelling: youtu.be/OpYUxZry4vo

#Alevelmaths can anyone recommend a mathsy/ statsy video/ film to show students. An hour(ish) long?
I’m thinking “joy of stats” but not so old. Thanks

A member of our Team is investigating what topic(s) different schools/colleges do for their taster days / welcome days for A-Level Maths and Further Maths. Would you be willing to let me know? Please split by Maths / FM if you could. Many thanks in advance!! #ALevelMaths

Our New to Teaching A level Mathematics Summer School is back for 2025!

Our Summer School is designed to deepen teachers' pedagogical content knowledge in key areas of the A level curriculum.

Apply now: buff.ly/ErXXrzd

ActiveLearn for A Level Maths:
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1) PDFs of the textbooks - feel free to give this link to students

2) a Word doc of direct links to all the teacher books (thanks to Andrew for putting me onto this)

Exams 2025 Resources UPDATE: Please see here for any errata to versions of document you may have previously downloaded. Links here will take you to the most current version of all files This is the page where I will be…

This morning I put up solutions for my first AQA practice Paper 2, a Practice Paper 2B and a mechanics practice paper for AQA further. All available here: blog.drbennisonmaths.com/blog/2025/04... #ALevelMaths

#MathsToday #ALevelMaths #UKMathsChat Please share 🙂

A warm up grid of questions for paper 2 of AQA A Level Maths

I've added a warm up grid for AQA #ALevelMaths Paper 2. Feel free to use/adapt for your students.
(And let me know if you spot any errors!)
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A first of my AQA Practice Paper for Paper 2 is on my website now: drbennisonmaths.com/Practice_Pap... #ALevelMaths

AQA A Level Further Maths - Topic analysis from today's paper 1 (Excel file), and a student-friendly list of topics to revise for paper 2 (Word document)
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#ALevelMaths #MathsToday

If n is an integer and n^3+ 5 is odd, then n is even [in pink] There is an odd integer k for which k^3+ 5 is odd Underneath a proof has been written out, using the following sentence starters which are in a different colour. Suppose that... Then k can be written as... So k^3+5 = which is a contradiction because... So there is no... Therefore…

A similarly scaffolded proof that if a is an integer and a^2 is even, then a is even. Pink text reads: There is an odd integer k for which k^2 is even

A similarly scaffolded proof that if a is rational and b is irrational, a+b is irrational

A diagram to represent the logic behind proof by contradiction. Pale coloured text underneath the diagram reads: If this were true, this would be true, and this would be true,... And this would be true, but I know it can't be. Since my chain of reasoning is watertight, the problem must be at the very beginning, so the initial statement is false.

Y12 have found proof by contradiction really hard! We did some practice at just writing down the opposite statement first (pink in first 2 pics), and then I’ve been scaffolding the proofs fairly heavily.
Does anyone have a good bank of examples for more practice?
#ALevelMaths #MathsToday

Exams 2025 Resources This is the page where I will be posting my various revision for 2025 Post 16 maths exam resources including practice papers, revision topic sheets etc. An intended release schedule for practice pa…

Today’s update: 8 Topic focussed revision sheets for A-Level maths (one extra will come out this week on numerical methods) Each links to a YouTube video of examples and then some questions (no solutions yet though!) blog.drbennisonmaths.com/blog/2025/04... #ALevelMaths #Exams2025

#ALevelMaths
Release schedule of my AQA A-Level practice papers etc for this year.

Could you please share it with me as well? I am on the same exam board and it could be very useful to my students

New! My 188th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎

www.resourceaholic.com/2025/03/5-ma...

Hat tips to follow.

#MathsToday #Mathsky #UKMathsChat #iteachmath

In my role of KS5 Maths Coordinator, a passion project of mine over the last 3 years has been to launch A-Level Statistics at my school. I successfully launched and now have two cohorts studying towards their A-Level Stats. As is known, there aren't a lot of resources out there so ... #alevelmaths

In #MathsToday we were slowly building up to harder Trig Modelling with Y13s by focusing on simpler and then increasingly difficult cases #ALevelMaths

Love a completion table for A Level Maths so trying to make more this year at www.chelekmaths.com

Mathematics - Proof A Level Mathematics - Proof resources

Resources for Proof - A Level Maths
colleenyoung.org/2025/01/19/p...
#UKMathsChat, #ALevelMaths, #iTeachMaths

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17 top tips and exam techniques for GCSE maths Once your students know the content, it’s helpful to know good GCSE maths exam techniques. Check out our top tips.

Once your students know the content, it’s helpful to know good GCSE maths exam techniques. Check out our top tips and please give it a share!

#LbQMaths #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Class notes on methods for integrating quotients.

Class notes on methods for integrating products.

Revising different possibilities for integration with Y13 #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

RHS A worked example on simplifying algebraic fractions. (6x+12)/(4x+8) LHS Prompts The correct answer can be reached by cancelling the x (6+12)/(4+8) Show that this doesn't work for (6x+8)/(4x+10)

In #MathsToday, something to consider on algebraic fractions.

Level 3 Maths - Taster sessions In this collection you will find six taster lessons. The lessons provide an opportunity for students to try out some of the topics they will meet on a level 3 maths course. There are two lessons for ...

Some of them should be activated again.

You can get editable versions by following the link to the Taster lessons at the bottom of amsp.org.uk/teachers/11-...

I've created a feed for subject leadership stuff.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Feel free to follow and share!

In due course I shall start spamming bluesky with all my helpful #SubjectLeadership content and I dare say others might have some useful stuff to share using the hashtag too

I also made the first series of a podcast about #SubjectLeadership and it's definitely something I'd like to pick up again. But for now there are 8 really interesting episodes with some really great guests.

www.aidansevers.com/post/introdu...

Finally managed to get the websites www.frayer-model.co.uk and www.more-same-less.co.uk up and running again. For any maths teachers that haven't seen them in the past (or have and found them useful!) check them out. #UKMathsChat