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This selection of tasks have Teachers' Resources which outline how teachers can put into practice a Complex Instruction approach in their classrooms - a teaching approach that has been promoted by Jo Boaler. These resources offer further details about the approach and its merits.
Complete these two jigsaws then put one on top of the other. What happens when you add the 'touching' numbers? What happens when you change the position of the jigsaws?
In this challenge, you will work in a group to investigate circular fences enclosing trees that are planted in square or triangular arrangements.
These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?
How would you count the number of fingers in these pictures?
You are organising a school trip and you need to write a letter to parents to let them know about the day. Use the cards to gather all the information you need.
Can you each work out the number on your card? What do you notice? How could you sort the cards?
Which pairs of cogs let the coloured tooth touch every tooth on the other cog? Which pairs do not let this happen? Why?
Use a single sheet of A4 paper and make a cylinder having the greatest possible volume. The cylinder must be closed off by a circle at each end.
Choose a couple of the sequences. Try to picture how to make the next, and the next, and the next... Can you describe your reasoning?
What happens to the area and volume of 2D and 3D shapes when you enlarge them?
Drawing a triangle is not always as easy as you might think!
Jo made a cube from some smaller cubes, painted some of the faces of the large cube, and then took it apart again. 45 small cubes had no paint on them at all. How many small cubes did Jo use?
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow paint on their faces?