A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a pupil-friendly way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

Lots of games to introduce important concepts of probability.

Number Level 5: Tests students' ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide with negative numbers by generating random questions and providing the answers. can be used for whole class teaching or to generate worksheets

A presentation and worksheet to introduce the basics of ratio. Suitable for KS3 and lower KS4 students. Questions and examples are included for students to practice and discuss.

A lesson, complete with an interactive example, for teaching cumulative frequency and box plots.

A few years ago I wrote a set of notes for pupils and put them on my website. The notes were supposed to be written in a “pupil-friendly” way, and different to notes students might find in textbooks or elsewhere on the internet. I have converted the notes to PowerPoint slides so you can download them, adapt them if needed, use them in revision lessons or perhaps give your students a set to take home with them to help them prepare for exams. The chances are there will be a few mistakes here and there, so if you spot any please email me & I will correct them. Hope they are of use!

A really nice way to introduce the trig functions.

A lesson teaching the basics of stem and leaf diagrams with a nice colourful example.

Clearly shows where the shapes of the 3 trig functions come from.

Another great lesson from Lisa McNulty.

A nice Magic Squares activity to practice the concept of collecting like terms. This word document is suitable to be printed out and given to students. Students must rearrange the rows, columns and diagonals of the square so that they simplify to the same expression. Answers are provided.

The computer rolls two dice, adds the scores, and keeps a record of the results on a grid. Good for playing bingo and introducing sample spaces.

A worksheet requiring pupils to substitute a range of numbers into a range of expressions. Change the numbers and expressions to alter difficulty.

A Collective Memory activity on types and properties of quadrilaterals. For more information and ideas about how to use this resource, and links to my full index of Collective Memory resources, please visit http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/collectivememory.htm

students must place a number of scenarios on the probability scale. provides a nice introduction to probability

Algebra level 6 Powerpoint: An introduction to solving equations using the balance method

Pupils must decide which nets can make a cube.

A Tarsia activity on Fractions, Decimals and Percentages. These type of activities can be used to consolidate understanding of a given topic, and foster positive group work and co-operative learning. For more ideas on how to use these types of activities (including twists!) and to download the latest version of the wonderful free software to open this resource (and create your own), just click on the web-link. If you have any comments, or spot any (non deliberate!) mistakes, please share them below. Many thanks to all the teachers who have helped me assemble these Tarsias over the years.

Statistics Level 6 - Choosing the most appropriate way to represent data Questions requiring pupils to read and compare information from pie charts, bar charts and line graphs

A collection of challenging but interesting starter questions.