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I have taught at Mt Lawley SHS in Perth, Western Australia, for 5 years. Throughout that time, I have taught general Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 classes, as well as more advanced Year 11 and 12 (ATAR) classes.
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I have taught at Mt Lawley SHS in Perth, Western Australia, for 5 years. Throughout that time, I have taught general Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 classes, as well as more advanced Year 11 and 12 (ATAR) classes.
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Geometry - Surface Area of Prisms
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on understanding the concept of surface area and using formulas to find the surface area of cubes, rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, cylinders and more complex 3D shapes.
Finance - Simple Interest
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on understanding what interest is in a financial sense, and calculating the simple interest accumulated on a loan/investment.
Finance - Percentage Increase and Decrease
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on basic percentage increase and decrease questions, as well as worded questions.
Trigonometry - Finding Unknown Angles Using Trigonometric Ratios
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on determining unknown angles in right-angled triangles using trigonometric ratios (SOH CAH TOA).
Trigonometry - Finding Unknown Side Lengths Using Trigonometric Ratios
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on finding unknown side lengths in right angled triangles using our trigonometric ratios (SOH CAH TOA). There are examples where the numerator is the unknown and where the denominator is the unknown.
Trigonometry - Trigonometric Ratios (SOH CAH TOA)
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on memorising the trigonometric ratios (sin, cos and tan), knowing how to chose suitable ratios and substituting values into ratios.
Geometry - Perimeter of Basic Shapes
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on finding the perimeter of basic shapes (including circles), inverse questions (using the perimeter to find and unknown side) and worded questions.
Geometry - Unit Conversion
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on converting between different lengths (mm, cm, m, km), area (mm2, cm2, m2, km2) and volumes (mm3, cm3, m3, km3).
Angles, Congruence and Similarity - Congruent Triangles
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on understanding the four congruence laws for triangles (SSS, SAS, AAS and RHS), writing congruence statement and filling out congruence tables with evidence.
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15 Lesson Algebra Bundle!
This bundle includes 15 scaffolded algebra lessons, with each lesson including a PowerPoint, worksheet and answers page. The topics included are:
Terminology and Simplifying Expressions,
Expanding Brackets Using the Distributive Law,
Expanding Two Sets of Brackets (FOIL and Box Methods),
Highest Common Factor Factorisation,
Factorising Trinomials (ax2 + bx + c),
Difference of Perfect Square Factorisation,
Grouping Pairs Factorisation (ax + bx + ay + by),
Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Null Factor Law (No Factorising),
Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Null Factor Law (Factorising),
Adding and Subtracting Algebraic Fractions,
Multiplying and Dividing Algebraic Fractions,
Solving Basic Two-Step Equations,
Solving Challenging Equations with Brackets and Fractions,
Substituting into Algebraic Expressions,
Solving Worded Algebraic Equations.
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If you wish to try out some of my free resources before you buy, check out these ones below:
Terminology and Simplifying Expressions,
Finding the Equation of a Line,
Perimeter of Composite Shapes,
Column Graphs.
Trigonometry - Angles of Elevation and Depression
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on understanding what angles of elevation and depression are, drawing diagrams from written descriptions and answering worded questions involving angles of elevation and depression.
Probability - Probability Terminology
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on writing sample spaces from scenarios and answering basic probability questions by considering favourable and total outcomes.
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7 Lesson Geometry Bundle!
This bundle includes 7 scaffolded geometry lessons, with each lesson including a PowerPoint, worksheet and answers page. The topics included are:
Unit Conversion,
Perimeter of Basic Shapes,
Perimeter of Composite Shapes,
Area of Basic Shapes,
Area of Composite Shapes,
Surface Area of Prisms,
Volume and Capacity of Prisms.
Purchase this bundle and save 20%!
If you wish to try out some of my free resources before you buy, check out these ones below:
Terminology and Simplifying Expressions,
Finding the Equation of a Line,
Perimeter of Composite Shapes,
Column Graphs.
Bundle
9 Lesson Statistics and Graphs Bundle!
This bundle includes 9 scaffolded statistics and graphs lessons, with each lesson including a PowerPoint, worksheet and answers page. The topics included are:
Types of Data and Measures of Central Tendency,
Column Graphs,
Stem and Leaf Plots and Dot Plots,
5-Figure Summaries and Box Plots,
Challenging Box Plots,
Histograms,
Measures of Central Tendency in Grouped Data,
Scatterplots,
Line Graphs.
Purchase this bundle and save 20%!
If you wish to try out some of my free resources before you buy, check out these ones below:
Terminology and Simplifying Expressions,
Finding the Equation of a Line,
Perimeter of Composite Shapes,
Column Graphs.
Bundle
5 Lesson Finance Bundle!
This bundle includes 5 scaffolded finance lessons, with each lesson including a PowerPoint, worksheet and answers page. The topics included are:
Finding a Percentage of an Amount,
Percentage Increase and Decrease,
Simple Interest,
Compound Interest,
Inverse Percentage Questions.
Purchase this bundle and save 20%!
If you wish to try out some of my free resources before you buy, check out these ones below:
Terminology and Simplifying Expressions,
Finding the Equation of a Line,
Perimeter of Composite Shapes,
Column Graphs.
Bundle
5 Lesson Simultaneous Equations Bundle!
This bundle includes 5 scaffolded simultaneous equation lessons, with each lesson including a PowerPoint, worksheet and answers page. The topics included are:
Solving Simultaneous Equations Graphically,
Solving Simultaneous Equations using Substitution,
Solving Simultaneous Equations using Elimination (1),
Solving Simultaneous Equations using Elimination (2),
Worded Simultaneous Equation Questions.
Purchase this bundle and save 20%!
If you wish to try out some of my free resources before you buy, check out these ones below:
Terminology and Simplifying Expressions,
Finding the Equation of a Line,
Perimeter of Composite Shapes,
Column Graphs.
Algebra - Grouping Pairs Factorisation (ax + bx + ay + by)
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on factorising 4 term expressions where the first and second terms share a HCF and the third and fourth terms share a different HCF (grouping).
Algebra - Factorising Trinomials (ax^2 + bx + c)
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on how to factorise trinomials, including questions with common factors to remove before factorising the trinomial.
Algebra - Solving Quadratic Equations Using the Null Factor Law (Factorising)
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on using the null factor law to solve for the value of x in equations that involve factorisation.
Straight Line Graphs - Finding the Equation of a Line
This resource includes:
A PowerPoint that can be used with a class,
A scaffolded student version of the PowerPoint with gaps for the students to fill in,
A differentiated worksheet with answers included.
This resource is suitable for Year 9 and 10 students and is linked to the Australian curriculum. This resource focuses on determining the equation of a straight line from a graph, given the gradient and one coordinate and given two coordinates.