Year 11+ Being collaborative

  • Developing good team-working skills
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    Developing Good Team-Working Skills

    Group work depends on effective team work. This article describes attributes of effective team work and links to "Team Building" problems that can be used to develop learners' team working skills.
  • Arranging squares
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    Arranging Squares

    Age
    11 to 18
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    A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.

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    Triangles in the Middle

    Age
    11 to 18
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    This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.
  • Which spinners?
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    Which Spinners?

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?

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    Vector Walk

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Starting with two basic vector steps, which destinations can you reach on a vector walk?

  • Which quadratic?
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    Which Quadratic?

    Age
    14 to 18
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    This task develops knowledge of transformation of graphs. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out which mathematical function they have chosen.

  • Perception versus reality
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    Perception Versus Reality

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?

  • Exploring cubic functions
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    Exploring Cubic Functions

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Quadratic graphs are very familiar, but what patterns can you explore with cubics?

  • Back fitter
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    Back Fitter

    Age
    14 to 18
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    10 graphs of experimental data are given. Can you use a spreadsheet to find algebraic graphs which match them closely, and thus discover the formulae most likely to govern the underlying processes?

  • What's that graph?
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    What's That Graph?

    Age
    14 to 18
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    Can you work out which processes are represented by the graphs?

  • Kite in a Square
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    Kite in a Square

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you make sense of the three methods to work out what fraction of the total area is shaded?

  • Calculus Countdown
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    Calculus Countdown

    Age
    16 to 18
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    Can you hit the target functions using a set of input functions and a little calculus and algebra?

  • Guess the function
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    Guess the Function

    Age
    16 to 18
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    This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.