Mr Kent's Lesson: 28 November, S2

GCSE Higher

Book Review
Exercise 1
Trial and Improvement
Complete these questions (you can find the answers at the end): Use Trial and Improvement to find a solution

Exercise 2
Completing the square
Watch this video and complete the questions: Solving Quadratics by completing the square

Exercise 3
Simultaneous Equations
Complete these questions (you can find the answers at the end): Simultaneous Equations

Lesson
Title: Index notation and surds (3)
Challenge Question
How can we remove a square-root from the denominator of a fraction?

Learning Targets
Developing
Calculations with standard form.

Mastering
To be able to calculations with surds.

Resources

Developing

MEP - 1.7, page 15

Ten Ticks - 7-8, 2, page 32-3

Calculations with Standard Form (from MEP 1.8)*

Investigate negative and fractional powers
MEP - 1.6, page 13

Mastering

Introduce multiplication, division and factorising Surds
MyMaths - Surds

Surd Matching (print)

Surds (from Ten Ticks 9-10, 1, page 27-28)*

Introduce multiplying out brackets and double brackets that include Surds

Surds (from MEP 6.9)*

MEI: Surds

Book Review

Homework
Complete the workbook to page 50

Respond to comments in your book and complete the "next step" exercise (see above).

Further & Additional

Book Review

Lesson
Title: Functions
Challenge Question
How many types of functions will you need to be able to use?

Learning Targets
To fully understand the shape of different types of functions and how to transform these functions.

Resources