At the ATM and MA Conferences in 2017, Alison and Charlie presented sessions to introduce some of the ways in which we are making NRICH more accessible to a wider audience.
Four suggested ways of scaffolding tasks to bring them within reach of "our" students, without doing all the work for them:
Introducing a variety of methods/representations together with follow-up questions: Quadratic Patterns
A challenging question, a proof sorting activity, and a follow-up question: Pythagoras Perimeters
Showing a potential map or route through the problem: Latin Numbers
As a follow-up to the session you may like to look at one more activity that offers another form of scaffolding:
Showing different methods and inviting students to adapt them in order to generalise: Marbles in a Box
Short problems for Starters, Homework and Assessment These problems are ideal for consolidating and assessing subject knowledge, mathematical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Links to NRICH resources to support Secondary teachers: