Find out who committed the crime, where and when by practising differentiation and finding gradients.

Murder mystery task to check understanding of functions, domains, ranges, inverses and composite functions. Game of Thrones theme. Answers on second page.

Top Trumps cards to help pupils practice finding gradients from equations and co-ordinates. Game of Thrones theme. Red level is straightforward - recognise gradient from equations already in the form y=mx+c. Amber level pupils must rearrange the equation to find the gradient. Greehn level they must find the gradient from 2 co-ordinates.

Give pupils time to answer the questions on mini whiteboards/in books then reveal correct answers so they can try to guess the catchphrase. Easily adaptable for any topic

Xmas quiz for my higher GCSE groups. Get students to select numbers from the advent calendar at random. Questions are aimed at helping them to revise for Edexcel Higher Calculator paper, but with some festive/end of year rounds thrown in for good measure. Feel free to adapt for your own classes.

I liked phildb's chain rule plenary with 'here's the answer, what&'s the question' and have just adapted it for easier interactive whiteboard use

Use knowledge of midpoints, gradients and distance between 2 points to solve a murder! A fun way to tackle misconceptions. (Stewie kills Kenny at 10:10 on 13th May)

Students must classify statements about modulus graphs and transformations as always, sometimes or never true. Students should give reasons for their answer - in particular is they think something is sometimes true they should explain under what conditions it would and would not be true.

Team game which builds up the skills required to solve equations, beginning with missing number problems and moving through inverse operations to solve 1 step equations. Put pupils into teams and get them to answer the questions on mini-whiteboards. They need to risk their points based on how confident they are that their answer is correct. Adapted from HannahJoy21's maths Vegas on negative numbers.

Graded connect thoughts activity on indices. Pupils to write answer on a post it note to claim a square. Aim is to get 4 in a line before their partner (or can be used individually - in practice I find many pupils actually just want to answer all the questions!). I would recommend specifying vertical or diagonal line so pupils try each type of question, or can use the different levels for differentiation.

Connect thoughts activity to practice writing rules for arithmetic and geometric sequences using 'Un' notation. Answers on second page. Pupils to write answer on a post it note to claim a square. Aim is to get 4 in a line before their partner (or can be used individually - in practice I find many pupils actually just want to answer all the questions!). I would recommend specifying vertical or diagonal line so pupils try each type of question, or can use the different levels for differentiation.

Sick of kids dropping 'easy' marks at the start of the exam paper due to irritating gaps in their knowledge? You need to 'Mind the Gap!' Each powerpoint has questions taken from the start of Edexcel Linear GCSE maths exam papers (Foundation aside from 1 higher non calc, and 1 higher unit 3). We have been using these as part of revision with Year 11 - pupils write answers on mini whiteboards. Hope someone finds them useful!

Differentiation, finding gradients and co-ordinates, and stationary points. Give pupils post it notes and challenge them to be first to get 4 in a row (vertically or diagonally so they hit all categories)

I gave my A Level pupils poker chips to keep track of their scores. They have to decide their stake before answering each question based on how confident they feel. Thanks to HannahJoy21 for sharing original resource format.

Another maths vegas activity. I have designed this one for use with my low ability year 7 group.

Treasure hunt for pupils to practice using the formulae for arcs and sectors. Angles given in radians. Stick up around the room, pupils must find the answer to lead them to the next question. Only one level but thought someone else might find it useful!

I give these to pupils to work together in pairs. All working must be shown on a post it to claim each space. Aim is to get 4 in a line. Sometimes to encourage pupils to not just complete the bottom row I change the rules to claiming a space on each row to win.

Maths Vegas team game building up to solving equations with x on both sides. Groups must risk their points depending on their confidence.

Pupils should answer 4 in a line. Vertical or diagonal lines should be encouraged to provide a range of questions. This has some basic questions and some designed to trip them up a bit or incorporate a few elements of exam questions. Grade D-C. Can be used in pairs with post it notes for the answers or as an individual challenge depending on your group.

Step by step method to solve a circle and tangents problem. the steps have been mixed up and pupils have to sort it out! Contains extra question at the end for pupils to attempt independently.

Find the negative reciprocal and look for the answer on the top of the next question - leads pupils around the room. Two levels (amber is easier than green). I will be using this to begin some work on tangents and normals (i.e. gradients of perpendicular lines)