Keith Burnett

Teaching maths post-16 in Birmingham UK. Contact me on ping dot keith at gmail dot com.

Maths and teaching

• Quadratic formula lesson using CIMT questions
• Ratios by grouping and by tallying
• Measuring angles and investigating polygons
• Divide by sharing out
• The unreasonable effectiveness of sorting and posting tasks
• Graphs workshop lesson for GCSE
• Measuring and formulas: A tale of two tins
• Probability: sorting statements by likelihood
• Perimeter of a rectangle as first algebra lesson
• Rolling two dice experiment
• Area and perimeter linked with factors and a bit of algebra
• Algebra revision activities
• Misunderstandings about perimeter and area
• Probability Summary GCSE New syllabus
• Make a scale diagram from a satellite image
• Measuring: numeracy introduction
• Transformations flashcards
• Measurement and metric unit starter
• Functional Skills Maths: Fixed and variable costs
• Area of a trapezium
• Use a till roll to build a fraction wall
• Statistics starter: choosing random digits
• Number starter: digit sorting
• The reporting of GCSE exam results
• BODMAS as a first lesson
• Multiplying 0.2 by 0.3: visualise by area
• Introducing algebra rules through grid multiplication

Other stuff

• Recipe: Spicy Lentils
• Scientific Linux 5.9 on a recycled workstation
• Installing Debian Wheezy from DVD1 of the Release Candidate 1 installer
• Five years on Linux
• Zotero reference database
• Aneurin Bevan book cover
• Hypertext navigation patterns
• Publish a Web site with three bash scripts
• Publishing a Web site with a handful of bash scripts
• Scientific Linux 6.2 on a Thinkpad X200s
• Debian Squeeze, gdm and dwm
• Ubuntu 10.04 lighter Gnome desktop

And there's more

• Pinboard link blog
• Screencasts on YouTube
• Presentations on slideshare
• Handouts, usually pdf files
• Legacy Bodmas blog pages

Keith Burnett, Last update: Sun May 05 2013