The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) at the University of Plymouth has developed Lesson Plans for the Mathematics Enhancement Programme (MEP) which are based on Hungarian teaching strategies and pedagogy.
MEP Primary
The Lesson Plans for Years 1–6 (Key Stages 1 and 2) correspond to the topics itemised in the MEP yearly schemes of work. There are 4 detailed lesson plans per week for 35 weeks, with every 5th lesson intended as revision or as an opportunity for teachers to plan their own Hungarian-style lesson.
Each Lesson Plan has accompanying copy masters and a corresponding page in a Practice Book. (e.g. Lesson 21 in Year 1 refers to page 21 in Practice Book Y1)
A link to the Lesson Plans and accompanying support material is:
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/primary/default.htm
MEP Secondary
The Lesson Plans for Years 7–11 were originally produced as outlines which teachers need to embellish, although more detailed Lesson Plans based on Hungarian pedagogy are available for Years 7 and 8. The Lesson Plans correspond to the MEP yearly Schemes of Work and have accompanying teacher support and pupil material.
The Lesson Plans (and other related material) can be accessed under the Teacher Support Material at:
Year 7
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book7/book7.htm
Year 8
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/book8.htm
Year 9
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book9/y9swo.pdf
Years 10 and 11
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/allgcse/allgcse.htm
Lesson Plans corresponding to the Maths Frameworks can be accessed at:
Springboard
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/features/mathematics/maths_unit_plans/y1index
BBC
Key Stage 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/parents/teachers/lesson_plans/index.shtml
KS3 revision lessons:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/teachers/lessonplans/#Mathematics
Primary Resources
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/maths.htm
Gareth Pritchard’s site for Primary resources covers many subjects, including maths, and is hosted by Research Machines. It contains a bank of free, ready to use ideas, resources, worksheets and lesson plans.
National Curriculum Online
You can view the programmes of study for Key Stages 1 to 4 at:
http://www.nc.uk.net/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=6004&Subject/@id=22
From these pages, you can also see the attainment targets, notes and links to online teaching resources.
Maths Goodies
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/
29 of the 81 lessons on the CD are available free.
Miscellany
Good sites for accessing other useful sites including those with free lesson plans are:
www.kingwoodclc.net/links/links_numeracy.html
www.sheffcol.ac.uk/links/Mathematics/Organisations/
http://www.tagteacher.net/maths/index.htm
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVmaths.htm
The Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching (CIMT) at the University of Plymouth developed the Mathematics Enhancement Programme (MEP) resources which are based on Hungarian teaching strategies and pedagogy. All the MEP integrated and comprehensive resources are available free of charge from the internet.
The direct link to the yearly schemes of work for Primary
Years 1–6 (Key Stages 1 and 2) is:
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/primary/y126sw.pdf
The schemes of work (general yearly overview and more detailed descriptions of unit content, with suggested routes according to ability level) for Years 7–9 (Key Stage 3) can be found at:
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book7/book7.htm
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book8/book8.htm
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/book9/y9swo.pdf
For Years 10–11 (Key Stage 4) there is a general yearly overview for 4 ability levels (Standard, Academic, Express, Special):
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/asow.pdf
and more detailed schemes of work for each level at:
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/sowst.pdf
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/sowac.pdf
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/sowex.pdf
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/sowsp.pdf
with a References column for teachers’ to note useful resources, programmes, links, etc.
The Primary and Key Stage 3 frameworks for teaching mathematics produced by the DfES are equivalent to schemes of work.
The Framework for teaching Primary Mathematics can be downloaded from:
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/mathematics/math_framework/
The Framework for teaching mathematics: Years 7, 8 and 9 can be downloaded from:
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/keystage3/respub/mathsframework/foreword/
The QCÅ/DfES have produced Customising Your Curriculum, which offers guidance on linking the frameworks to the schemes of work for other subjects.
http://www.qca.org.uk/8530.html
The Nuffield Curriculum Centre has developed schemes of work (including lists of topics to be covered, information about resources and suggested time allocations) for its individual unitsat Foundation, Intermediate and advanced levels. They can be downloaded from:
www.fsmq.org/resources/schemes-of-work,1346,NA.html
Other more limited sites are:
www.eriding.net/maths/schemes_of_work.shtml
The schemes of work and maths levels available here are for the core Y8 (full year) and for autumn and spring terms for Y9. The schemes follow the KS3 Strategy’s sample medium term plans adjusted to include materials from the Strategy’s interactive series mini-packs.
www.bristol-cyps.org.uk/teaching/secondary/maths/schemes.html
The Bristol Maths Team has written a scheme of work to support pupils in Year 7 working at levels 2 and 3 of the national curriculum.
Suggested outline schemes of work for A-level are provided by AQA:
http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/pdf/outline-scheme-maths.pdf
Free Maths Resources web sites
Association of Teachers of mathematics (ATM)
http://www.atm.org.uk/free-resources/index.html
offers free resources and free samples of resources for teachers to download or to use online in the classroom. The site also has some articles from its journal, Mathematics Teaching available online.
BBC Education
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml
provides lesson plans, activities, worksheets and links to related TV and Radio programmes for use by teachers and parents of 4-11 year olds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/maths.shtml
has lesson plans, activities, worksheets and links to related TV and Radio programme for use by teachers of 11-16 year olds. It also provides links to the Bitesize revision programmes for KS3.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks4/bitesize_maths.shtml
for GCSE revision
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/archive/
has video and audio clips which can be used to motivate pupils or demonstrate mathematicalconcepts in real world situations. Teachers need to register first before clips can be downloaded.
Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, University of Plymouth
http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk
offers free resources for teachers and pupils from Year 1 to Year 13, hosts an on-line international research journal and provides reports on longitudinal international research studies undertaken by CIMT.
Count On
www.counton.org/cabri/index.htm
is a continuation of the Maths Year 2000 site and offers free resources including a free download of Cabri 3D and a free monthly guide to using the software.
London Grid for Learning
http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx
Offers maths and science resources for KS3 and KS4 as well as providing a link for downloading free the BETT 2006 award winning Mathematical Toolkit from Intel/MA.
The Mathematical Association (MA)
http://www.m-a.org.uk/resources/publications/other_resources/index.html
provides a variety of resources (booklets, posters, stickers, games, worksheets and videos) for maths teachers from early years to A Level.
http://www.m-a.org.uk/teaching_mathematics_with_ict/
provides the latest information on ICT and mathematics, including links and downloads.
http://www.m-a.org.k/roadshows/
gives current information on its Maths/Ict roadshows
The MathProPress Internet Centre for Mathematics Problems
http://www.mathpropress.com/mathCenter.html
identifies and lists all sources of mathematics problems on the internet, as well as providing related information.
Mathsnet
has been developed by Brian Dye, Head of Maths at Hewett Comrpehensive School in Norwich and includes interactive programs, articles, quizzes, games and puzzles, maths links and reviews of software and books.
Maths Sphere
http://www.mathsphere.co.uk/resources/
links to free resources, all in pdf format, and includes worksheets, board games, puzzles, instant graph paper and a comprehensive maths dictionary.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NVLM) http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
is based at Utah State University and is supported by the USA National Science Foundation. It is a library of free, uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for the mathematics instruction of children from Kindergarten to Year 12. It is currently being extended and refined through projects such as the eNLVM, which is developing interactive online learning units for mathematics.
Nrich
http://nrich.maths.org.uk/public/index.php
This site is based at the University of Cambridge’s School of Education and provides access to a collection of puzzles, games, mathematical problems, articles and activities which provide learning support for very able children of all ages.
The Nuffield Foundation
http://www.fsmq.org/resources/
offers downloadable teaching and learning activities at Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced levels, including schemes of work, starters and assignments.
Primary Resources
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/maths.htm
Gareth Pritchard’s site for Primary resources covers many subjects, including maths, and is hosted by Research Machines. It contains a bank of free, ready to use ideas, resources, worksheets and lesson plans.
Royal Statistical Society
http://www.rsscse.org.uk/activities/atschool.asp
hosts AtSchool Projects, which aim to improve the teaching and learning of data handling and statistics. A very useful source of data is
CensusATSchool
http://censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk/
which is an international project which collects and disseminates real data across the curriculum for use by teachers and pupils.
Stats4Schools
http://www.stats4schools.gov.uk/
is managed by the independent Office for National Statistics and includes large data sets collected for the Government. It offers free lesson ideas, plans and worksheets for use in the classroom.
Teacher Net
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/supportpack/subject.aspx?t=2&s=10
provides access to free KS3 maths resources for the DfES’s Practical Support Pack (including lesson plans, resources, tutorials and video case studies).
Teachers’ TV
http://www.teachers.tv/searchArchive.do?submitted=true
has a library of video clips from its programmes which would be useful to primary and secondary teachers.
Teaching ideas
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/contents.htm
This website, hosted by RM, has been created for the teachers and parents of primary-age children. The maths section includes lessons, puzzles, games, investigations, etc. and a simple maths dictionary.
Technology for Secondary/College Mathematics (TSM)
http://www.tsm-resources.com/mlink.html
The ICT Training Centre at Oundle School has compiled comprehensive links to useful Mathematics web sites around the world, including maths associations, teaching resources, data banks, games and puzzles, software producers and international conferences.
The United Kingdom Maths Trust (UKMT)
http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/
organises competitions (including the British Maths Olympiad and the UK branch of the International Maths Olympiad) and enrichment activities for schools and colleges. It also runs courses for teachers.
University of Plymouth
http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/resources/PDFLaTeX/mathaid.html
The School of mathematics and Statistics at the University of Plymouth has produced an online ‘library of portable, interactive, web based support packages to help students learn various mathematical ideas and techniques and to support classroom teaching’. It is aimed at students following courses which have a mathematics component. Each unit consists of an introduction, worked examples, exercises and solutions, followed by quizzes to test students’ understanding, with immediate feedback.
Waldo Maths
uses Java (tm) applets to demonstrate different mathematical topics. It covers Key Stage 3 (11 to 14) and GCSE (14 to 16), but is mainly aimed at AS/A2 Maths and Further Maths.
Useful web-sites for using ICT in mathematics teaching
www.counton.org/cabri/index.htm
Free Cabri 3D download and free monthly guide to using it
www.m-a.org.uk/teaching_mathematics_with_ict/
For the latest information from the Maths Association on ICT and mathematics, with links and downloads
lgfl.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx
Download free the BETT 2006 Award winning Mathematical Toolkit from Intel/MA
www.becta.org.uk/corporate/display.cfm?section=21&id=4982
for a vid3eo of the MA/Intel toolkit
www.teachernet.gov.uk/supportpack/subject.aspx?t=2&s=10
For access to the free KS3 maths resources for the DfES’s Practical Support Pack (including lesson plans, resources, tutorials and video case studies)
www.schoolsnetwork.9rg.uk/Article.asa?NodeId=0&PageID=235580
For an update from the SSAT on ICT/maths resources
www.teachers.tv/searchArchive.do?submitted=true
For Teachers’ TV: KS3/4 Maths – New maths Technology – In the Classroom and useful video clips
For up-to-date information on the ATM/MA Maths/Ict roadshows
For information on free or very cheap ICT resources