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Use this engaging Tarsia card puzzle to help students learn to convert between degrees and radians including using pi. Students do a lot of thinking and learning and solve many problems as less writing needed. Working in small groups works really well as there is the shared goal of completing the puzzle. All students contribute as they all work at the same time and at their own pace on the same or different pieces. The activity also encourages maths talk. I recommend you print the cards onto c

Trigonometry Applications: Sample Problems (US units) Help your students see how useful trigonometry is with these real-life problems. (Metric version also available.) Every problem has a diagram to help students understand each application. This sample worksheet has 4 problems. You can also cut it into cards for group activities. For more problems see: Trigonometry Applications – Worksheets A and B. US units and metric versions available. Problems include: · Finding angles using trigonom

Use this engaging Tarsia domino card puzzle to help students learn trigonometry ratios and Pythagoras. Problems use the standard triangle ABC, with sides a, b, and c. Students do a lot of thinking and learning and solve many problems as less writing needed. Working in small groups works really well as there is the shared goal of completing the puzzle. All students contribute as they all work at the same time and at their own pace on the same or different pieces. The activity also encourages mat

Trigonometry Applications: Sample Problems (Metric units) Help your students see how useful trigonometry is with these real-life problems. (US version using feet and inches also available.) Every problem has a diagram to help students understand each application. Problems include: · Finding angles using trigonometry · Finding lengths using trigonometry - unknown may be on the numerator or the denominator · Finding lengths using Pythagoras · Rounding answers appropriately - Can cut into card

Use this Powerpoint lesson starter to help students understand how long multiplication works. The clear and colourful Powerpoint presentation helps you introduce long multiplication visually with a block of 32 squares by 21 squares. Progress through colour coded steps and see how the standard strategy works and how it relates to parts of the diagram. Extra for experts: The last two slides are designed for students who are ready to be challenged to understand multiple strategies and how they wor