Shape Properties
- Durham Maths Mysteries – Properties of Shape
- Standards Unit SS1 – Classifying Shapes
- New Zealand Maths – Mum’s Kitchen – symmetry
- NRICH – Completing Quadrilaterals (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Semi-Regular Tessellations – interactive task (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Guess my Quad (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Quadrilaterals Game – pair game (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Shady Symmetry (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Reflecting Squarely (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Property Chart – classifying quadrilaterals or triangles (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Eight Hidden Squares (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Attractive Tablecloths – symmetry (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Shapely Pairs – pair game (3* challenge)
3D Shapes
- Standards Unit SS6 – Representing 3D shapes – plans and elevations
- New Zealand Maths – Carrie’s First Cubes
- New Zealand Maths – More of Carrie’s Cubes
- New Zealand Maths – The Castle – plans and elevations
- New Zealand Maths – Castle on the Ground – plans and elevations
- NRICH – Colourful Cube (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Marbles in a Box (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Triangles to Tetrahedra (3* challenge)
- NRICH – Which Solids Can We Make? (3* challenge)
- NRICH – Nine Colours (3* challenge)
- NRICH – 3d Shapes – Short Problems (KS3/4 1* – 3* challenge)
Measures
- New Zealand Maths – Tim’s Trip – SDT
- New Zealand Maths – 1000 Seconds – time
- NRICH – Place Your Orders – Fermi style estimation (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Olympic Measures – units card sort (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Speed-Time Problems at the Olympics – Fermi style estimation (KS4 1* challenge)
- NRICH – Thousands and Millions – Fermi style estimation (2* challenge)
- NRICH – All in a Jumble – units card sort (2* challenge)
- NRICH – An Unhappy End – SDT (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Speeding Boats – SDT (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Walk and Ride – SDT (3* challenge)
Coordinates
- New Zealand Maths – Treasure Map
- Don Steward – Coordinates of Quadrilaterals
- NRICH – Cops and Robbers – interactive task (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Coordinate Patterns (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Route to Infinity (2* challenge)
Real Life Graphs
- Standards Unit A6 – Interpreting distance-time graphs
- The Amelie Fashion Activity – longer puzzle activity using SDT and other skills
- Don Steward – Distance Time Graphs and Average Speed
- NRICH – Fill Me Up – filling containers (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Maths Filler – filling containers (2* challenge)
- NRICH – How Far Does it Move? Distance time graphs interactive task (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Speeding Up, Slowing Down – distance time graphs interactive task (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Up and Across – distance time graphs interactive task (3* challenge)
- NRICH – What’s That Graph? (KS4 2* challenge)
Area and Perimeter
- New Zealand Maths – Fertiliser – area
- New Zealand Maths – Chicken Run – area and perimeter
- New Zealand Maths – Peter’s String – area and perimeter
- Don Steward – Rectangle Areas
- Don Steward – Equable Right Angles Triangles – area and perimeter of RA triangles
- Don Steward – Equable Parallelograms – area and perimeter of parallelograms
- Don Steward – Equable Trapeziums – area and perimeter of trapeziums
- Area Mazes – puzzles involving area of a rectangle
- NRICH – Warmsnug Double Glazing (KS4 1* challenge)
- NRICH – Quadrilaterals in a Square – algebra needed (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Compare Area (KS4 3* challenge)
- NRICH – Perimeter Challenge (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Changing Areas, Changing Perimeters (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Can They Be Equal? (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Fence It (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Blue and White – area of a circle (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Triangles and Petals – short video to watch (KS4 2* challenge)
- Youcubed – Paper Folding
Volume and Surface Area
- NRICH – Cuboid Challenge (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Cuboids – surface area (3* challenge)
- NRICH – Cola Can (3* challenge)
Scale Drawings
- Maths Assessment Project – Drawing to scale: a garden – full lesson plan
- NRICH – Track Design (KS4 1* challenge)
Similar Shapes
Transformations
- Standards Unit SS5 – Evaluating statements about enlargement
- Standards Unit SS7 – Transforming shapes
- Standards Unit SS8 – Developing an exam question: transformations
- Don Steward – Tangram Transformation
- NRICH – Transformations – Short Problems (1* – 3* challenges)
- NRICH – Attractive Rotations (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Mirror, Mirror… – reflection (1* challenge)
- NRICH – …on the Wall – reflection and rotation (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Transformation Game – pair game (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Who’s the Fairest of Them All? Enlargement (3* challenge)
Vectors
- Don Steward – Grid Moves
- Don Steward – Harder GCSE Vector Questions
- NRICH – Vector Racer – pair game (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Vector Journeys (KS4 1* challenge)
- NRICH – Vector Walk (KS4/5 1* challenge)
- NRICH – Vector Gem Collector – interactive game (KS4/5 1* challenge)
- NRICH – Areas of Parallelograms using vectors (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – From Point to Point (KS4 3* challenge)
Loci and Constructions
- Durham Maths Mysteries – Loci
- Maths Assessment Project – Optimising coverage: security cameras – full lesson
- NRICH – Construction Short Problems (1* – 3* challenges)
- NRICH – Constructing Triangles – 10 sided die or random number generator needed) (1* challenge)
- NRICH – The Farmers’ Field Boundary (2* challenge)
- NRICH – An Unusual Shape – loci (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Rolling Around – interactive task (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Squirty – constructing triangles and squares (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’ – interactive task (3* challenge)
Angles
- Mr Barton’s Rich Task – How Many Angles? Printed Geoboard task
- Don Steward – Angles Practice Makes Perfect
- Don Steward – Angles with Algebra
- Don Steward – Angles Proofs
- Don Steward – Isosceles Triangles Proofs
- Don Steward – Parallel Line Angle Relationships and Proofs
- Don Steward – Arc Length and Sector Area
- Don Steward – Bearings
- Maths Sphere – A Square Triangle? Angles in a triangle and square numbers
- NRICH – Estimating Angles – interactive game (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Angles Inside – angles in parallel lines interactive task (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Star Polygons – interior angles (2* challenge)
Pythagoras’ Theorem
- Resourceaholic Pythagoras Problem Set
- NRICH – Tilted Squares (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Garden Shed (2* challenge)
- NRICH – Two Ladders (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Inscribed in a Circle (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Semi-Detached (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Where to Land – also uses SDT (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – The Spider and the Fly (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Three Cubes (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Ladder and Cube (KS4 3* challenge)
- NRICH – Pythagoras and Trigonometry Short Problems (KS4 1* – 3* challenges)
- Don Steward – 3D Pythagoras’ Theorem
Trigonometry: Right Angled Triangles
- NRICH – Where is the Dot? Video to watch (KS4 1* challenge)
- NRICH – Far Horizon (KS4 3* challenge)
- NRICH – Pythagoras and Trigonometry Short Problems (KS4 1* – 3* challenges)
Trigonometry: Sine and Cosine Rule
- NRICH – Hexy-metry (KS4 3* challenge)
- NRICH – Bendy Quad (KS4 3* challenge)
- Don Steward – Cosine Rule
- Don Steward – Sine Rule
Proof
- Don Steward – Angles Proofs
- Don Steward – Isosceles Triangles Proofs
- Don Steward – Parallel Line Angle Relationships and Proofs
- Don Steward – Pythagoras’ Theorem
- Don Steward – Harder GCSE Vector Questions – vector proofs
- NRICH – Angles, Polygons and Geometrical Proof Short Problems
- NRICH – Colourful Cube (1* challenge)
- NRICH – Making Sixty – paper folding and angles proofs (KS4 1* challenge)
- NRICH – Sitting Pretty (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Pythagoras Proofs (KS4 2* challenge)
- NRICH – Tet-Trouble (KS4 3* challenge)
- NRICH – Partly Circles (KS4 3* challenge)
- Youcubed – Picture Story – picture proof
- Youcubed – Finding Pi – scissors and glue needed.
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