The best way to help students understand tangent.

Play pointless, answers that are more difficult get less points, the most difficult is pointless. Players try to get the lowest score possible. 30 points if you get the answer wrong. It will develop using Pythagoras and provoke discussion.

KS3 lesson on rotation and reflection makes a zebra make a penguin a quick check on equations of straight lines Joins to say Hi

Go over all 4 transformations and make a pretty picture. The real beauty is then getting the class to attempt to make their own.

Plot the points and then do the transformations and you will agree that the result is cool!

If you are going to make a trig worksheet make it while listening to The Cure.

Pointless revision

Play pointless and build up to compound area. I will try to upload the original smart board version tomorrow.

1 or 2 lessons to introduce trig.

Year 8 transformations

Sudoku style puzzle for graphs up to and including Core 3.

Play pointless, the hardest correct answer gets the least points. 30 points if you get the wrong answer. Team with the lowest total at the end wins.