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A science teacher’s presentation of scientific numbers 6 Mar 2011
How a science teacher presents scientific numbers – presented by a young energetic science teacher. Could either show the video or…see details …
Airplane infront of the moon 13 Feb 2011
WCYDWT? This image is a great stimulus to build a similar triangle problem. Students could use the internet to find out various dimensions and…see details …
Angle Sum of Triangle using your IWB 25 Aug 2011
How to instructions to set up a fun angle sum of triangles activity on your Interactive White Board. Students love building the triangles once they…see details …
Bablyonian use of square root of two 26 Nov 2011
Photographs and analysis of an 1800 BC Babylonian table showing the diagonal of a square and ancient knowledge of the value of square root of two…see details …
Babylonian Maths 7 Oct 2011
A full teaching resource kit on maths in Ancient Babylon, including videos presented by a mathematical archaeologist, worksheets and activities…see details …
Bronowksi demonstrates Pythagoras Theorem 15 Jan 2011
From the 1973 BBC Series “The Ascent of Man”, Bronowski travels to Samos and shows how Pythagoras’ Theorem can be demonstrated…see details …
Buffon’s Needle simulation to generate Pi 3 Dec 2011
A high quality Flash Animation to demonstrate Buffon’s Needle Theorem. Fire it up on your IWB and leave it running for a good while to get…see details …
Carl Sagan describes Kepler’s discoveries of elliptical orbits 28 Jan 2013
5 minute extract from Carl Sagan's “Cosmos” series. Explanation of Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion - with good mathematical…see details …
Conic sections - Dandelin spheres 12 Jan 2013
Visualisation of conic sections made by shining light on a sphere - and the associated sphere which would make up a Dandelin pair.see details …