Some Maths for the Easter holiday anyone? anyone?
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Some Easter-themed puzzles, challenges and trivia.
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Maths lesson + World Book Day? Sorted. Here are a range of activities that nod to books while keeping the maths learning moving.
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[Dressing up optional 🙂]
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The Paradox lesson starter has just been updated with more mind-benders. (Scroll down the page.)
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What is your view on square rectangles? Dou you know anyone who says "I always tell lies"?
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Maths is not old fashioned, it's important all the time.
It even knows tomorrow is the day of Valentine.
So for a loving puzzle, please do not dismay
Try tomorrow's starter, the Starter of the Day:
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Today's date written as 6-2-26 is palindromic! Don't miss this rare chance to mention this exciting (to a mathematician) fact in your Maths lesson today. There are some related resources here:
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Here is a 3-level puzzle and some Maths activity ideas to reference the Olympics as the Winter Olympics get underway in Italy.
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Which country has won the most Winter Olympic medals overall?
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Superior is a quick, two-player warm up or an end-of-lesson fun take on probability.
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Keep Maths as everyone's favourite lesson 😉
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Captain Obvious says that this is a wonderful Maths revision activity that highlights misconceptions and rewards creativity.
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I (Captain Obvious) use it very often!
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A Christmas song, a tune to hum,
Of gifts delivered, find the sum.
Pentatonix' soundtrack plays,
Sing and tally all Twelve Days.
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ChristMaths idea:::: Decorate this tree with graphs!
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There are many more interactive activities in the ChristMaths collection: www.transum.org/ChristMaths/
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From tomorrow (8 Dec) until Boxing Day the Maths Starters of the Day will all have a Christmas theme. Ho ho ho.
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Make the most of the positivity. Channel the enthusiasm!
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Today's Maths lesson Starter of the Day is quite an easy question about the game of noughts and crosses. However I hope you don't stop there; please scroll down the page for the link to Ultimate Noughts and Crosses. it's wonderful.
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Double Double quiz and puzzle;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Spooky sums that have no fear;
Halloween Maths is waiting here:
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And today's Starter of the Day has had even more comments (69) than yesterday's. Though it's not as mathematical, it certainly has numerical interest.
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Numbers containing "A"
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If you live near or in the UK,
Today is National Poetry Day.
The Maths teacher's thinking what to do
I have some ideas to share with you:
www.transum.org/Maths/Poems/
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A speedy drag-and-drop task for anyone tempted to “solve” an identity. It often reveals other misconceptions too.
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Last maths Lesson of the week. Shake things up a bit with a different beginning or ending. Try the Groups of Four puzzle. Six levels, how many can you complete?
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A discussion prompt image has just been added to the Pythagoras topic page.
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I haven't used it with real students yet though.
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As well as the common-or-garden starters of the day there are also advanced maths lesson starters designed for A-level and IB students.
Have a browse:
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It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day today. I bet you didn’t have that on your calendar! Today’s Starter, under the guise of pirate fun, actually practises the ability to say larger and larger numbers correctly.
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Though it doesn't appear on many syllabi these days, Matrix Multiplication does have a place on the Transum website - just in case!
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Start your lesson like this: ask students to visualise the first three primes, square them, and write the results in the top right corner of their exercise book page.
Date done. Now let’s get on with the lesson!
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Don't forget there's a Starter of the Day for every Maths lesson this year. Try BTS(Back To School) with your Year 9 group tomorrow. Quick, easy and very revealing!
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Today is World Population Day. In maths lessons around the world it is an ideal opportunity to think deeply about big numbers. See some of the questions you could ask in today's starter.
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July 4th, American Independence Day, what better time to do the Four's Independence challenge or the Maths versus Math quiz.
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It's been one year since I launched this Maths projectable, and it's still going strong! Captain Obvious will always state the obvious, so break free from predictable thinking by playing The Uniqueness Game.
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Year 5 to Year 13
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Tantrum is a game, puzzle and challenge - each with 5 levels - that will definitely dispel the misconception that squares must have horizontal and vertical sides. Scroll down the page for related activities!
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Whatever you are teaching it is nice to have a variety of resources rather than the textbook alone. Type just one word into the Transum search page to find some gems you may not have otherwise considered:
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Possible #lessonstarter?
2025 is a 'square year.' Were you alive to enjoy the last one?
Will you be alive for the next one?
How far ago to have lived through two square years? Three square years? Four? Five?
Another genre of the task is to show photos of your kids' constructions, and invite teachers and kids about what they #notice #wonder. #lessonstarter
