Nottinghamshire hands on support - secondary - mathematics
General:
| Link | Description |
| Association of teachers of Mathematics | Supports the teaching and learning of the subject by sharing and evaluating teaching and learning strategies and promoting new ideas and possibilities. |
| Brainteasers and puzzles | The thinking skills of 11 to 19-year-olds are the focus of this website created by Caret, Cambridge University's Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies. |
| Experiments at school | Aimed at getting students aged 7-19 across the UK to take part in statistics-related experiments in five categories: life sciences; physical sciences, mathematics, geography and miscellaneous. |
| Fibonacci numbers and nature | Site from the University of Surrey covers Fibonacci numbers; the golden number; Fibonacci rectangles and spiral; numbers and branching plants; petals on flowers; seed heads; pine cones and leaf arrangements |
| GCSE Maths | Quadratic equations, trigonometry, algebra, graphs, percentages and prime numbers are all tackled her in refreshingly down to earth language. |
| History of Mathematics archive | A collection of maths-related material produced by the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of St Andrews. |
| Living worksheets | A compilation of interactive, self-marking maths exercises, puzzles and tools designed to be used on computers running Microsoft Excel. |
| Mathematics enrichment club | Home to a mass of free mathematical puzzles covering Key Stages 1-5. |
| Maths lessons | Designed by a practising Maths teacher to serve the needs of KS3 and GCSE teachers and students who want to have fun with maths. |
| Maths zone | Short adventure game exploring some key stage 3 maths problems. |
| Puzzle Maths | A series of number games that are harder than they first look. |
Revision:
| Link | Description |
| About today's date | Numbers from one to thirty one ...a page for each day of the month Click on a number to learn more about it. The information is taken from the book Numbers: Facts, Figures and Fiction. |
| Automaths | Designed activity to provide a gentle and positive environment where you can practice number skills in addition, multiplication, subtraction and division |
| BBC bite size: GCSE: Maths | GCSE revision help from the BBC |
| BBC bite size: KS3: Maths | KS3 revision help from the BBC |
| BBC bite size: standard grade: Maths 1 | Standard grade revision help from the BBC part one |
| BBC bite size: Standard grade: Maths 2 | Standard grade revision help from the BBC part two |
| Dorling Kindersley quiz questions - Maths | GCSE Interactive tests |
| Math league | The Math League is dedicated to bringing challenging mathematics materials to students. The Math League specializes in math contests, books, and computer software. |
| Maths enrichment | Mathematics problems, games, and articles |
| Percent and probability | Explanation and examples of Percent and probability |
| US Math forum | Lots of links to other useful maths sites |
A Level:
| Link | Description |
| BBC education: Higher grade: Maths | Higher grade revision help from the BBC |
| Cut the knot | This site is for teachers, parents and students who seek engaging mathematics. Many of the topics are accompanied by Java illustrations. There are more than 800 Java applets. The applets can be licensed by teachers for inclusion in their own pages. |
| Fibonacci numbers | This is the Home page for Dr Ron Knott's multimedia web site on the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden section and the Golden string hosted by the Mathematics Department of the University of Surrey, UK. |
| Interactive Maths online | Interactive Maths online |
| Math league | The Math League is dedicated to bringing challenging mathematics materials to students. The Math League specializes in math contests, books, and computer software. |
| Math magic | MathMagic is a K-12 telecommunications project developed in El Paso, Texas by Alan A. Hodson. It provides strong motivation for students to use computer technology while increasing problem-solving strategies and communications skills. MathMagic posts challenges in each of four categories (k-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) to trigger each registered team to pair up with another team and engage in a problem-solving dialog. When an agreement has been reached, one solution is posted for every pair. |
| Maths tutorials | On-Line Tutorials for Finite Mathematics Applied Calculus Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus Arranged by Topic |
| MathWorld | MathWorld is the web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica. |
| Project A-Level: Maths revision | In the maths section they have a small selection of great A level revision guides and have revision notes which cover important topics for your exam. |
| S-Cool: Maths | AS and A2 Level Maths |
| SOS Mathematics | S.O.S. MATHematics is your free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations. |
| The Math forum: Ask Dr. Math | Answers to a wide range of maths questions |
| Waldo's interactive Maths pages | Online maths resources |