Need To Knows
The content knowledge and skills you need to complete the tasks in this Maths unit can be accessed in 5 ways. Firstly there are explanations in the Maths text book (relevant pages listed below), secondly you can learn from the written explanations (downloadable pdf's with links below), the third section contains web based resources (also links from here), section 4 has video clips that are fully embedded (so can be watched without needing to leave this site) and the 5th section lists the face to face Targeted Teaching sessions offered by BHS staff.
1) Textbook Explanations
Relevant sections in the Pearson Mathematics Year 8 textbook:-
Solving equations - Pages 154 & 155
Simplifying expressions - Pages 162 & 163
Multiplying and dividing algebraic terms - Pages 170 & 171
Expanding brackets - Pages 174, 175 & 176
Cartesian Plane - Pages 335 & 336
Line Graphs - Pages 337 & 338
Linear Relationships - Pages 344, 345, 346 & 347
Solving linear equations - Pages 403, 404, 405 & 406
Solving equations - Pages 154 & 155
Simplifying expressions - Pages 162 & 163
Multiplying and dividing algebraic terms - Pages 170 & 171
Expanding brackets - Pages 174, 175 & 176
Cartesian Plane - Pages 335 & 336
Line Graphs - Pages 337 & 338
Linear Relationships - Pages 344, 345, 346 & 347
Solving linear equations - Pages 403, 404, 405 & 406
2) Downloadable pdf written explanations
Plotting Cartesian points and drawing straight line graphs
Collecting like terms
The distributive law
How to find the equation of a straight line
Coordinate geometry for more advanced students
Collecting like terms
The distributive law
How to find the equation of a straight line
Coordinate geometry for more advanced students
3) Online Resources - Websites
1) A website that explains how to plot points (co-ordinates) in a Cartesian plane
2) A website with explanation and examples of collecting like terms
3) A website that explains the associative, commutative and distributive laws
4) A website which show how to draw graphs of straight lines
5) A second website which show how to draw graphs of straight lines
6) A website explaining how to find the equation of a line if you know the slope and the y intercept
2) A website with explanation and examples of collecting like terms
3) A website that explains the associative, commutative and distributive laws
4) A website which show how to draw graphs of straight lines
5) A second website which show how to draw graphs of straight lines
6) A website explaining how to find the equation of a line if you know the slope and the y intercept
4) Embedded YouTube Clips
1) A YouTube clip on collecting like terms.
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2) A YouTube clip covering collecting like terms, expanding brackets (distributive law) multiplying positive and negative numbers and adding fractions. The clip is called ‘Combining like terms with Miss Kirkbride’. |
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3 & 4) Two YouTube clips showing how to expand brackets (called the distributive law)
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5) A YouTube clip on drawing straight lines by plotting points.
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6) A YouTube clip on how to find an equation of a straight line if you know the slope and y intercept.
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7 & 8) Two YouTube clips on how to find an equation of a line from two coordinates.
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5) Targeted Teaching sessions offered (face to face by BHS teachers)
These are short sessions of direct instruction supplied by a teacher. These targeted teaching session are for no longer than 10 minutes duration and for no more than 10 students at a time. Students only sign up for the sessions they need to attend.
1) How to plot points in a Cartesian plane.
2) How to collect like terms.
3) Multiplication and division of pro-numerals
4) Expanding brackets
5) Inverse operations
6) Solving equations
7) Graphing straight lines
8) Calculating the slope of a straight line
9) Finding the equation of a straight line by knowing the slope and y – intercept
10) Finding the equation of a straight line by knowing two points on the line.
1) How to plot points in a Cartesian plane.
2) How to collect like terms.
3) Multiplication and division of pro-numerals
4) Expanding brackets
5) Inverse operations
6) Solving equations
7) Graphing straight lines
8) Calculating the slope of a straight line
9) Finding the equation of a straight line by knowing the slope and y – intercept
10) Finding the equation of a straight line by knowing two points on the line.