David Miles' Weblog http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/ Clicking on any of the links below will take you to the posts relevant to each specific grade. Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 en Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:21:08 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Discovery Week Photos Photos available here

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/06/discovery_week_photos.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/06/discovery_week_photos.php Grade 06 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:21:08 +0000 Binomial Expansion Here's the original tasksheet (with a typo corrected!)


And here are the answers.

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/06/binomial_expansion.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/06/binomial_expansion.php Grade 10 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:54:32 +0000 Geometry Here's a useful online resource with definitions and explanations of the meanings of many geometrical terms.

http://www.icoachmath.com/SiteMap/Geometry.html

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/05/geometry.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/05/geometry.php Grade 06 Tue, 27 May 2008 13:16:15 +0000 Finding the distance between two cities Here's one site
http://www.indo.com/distance/index.html

Here's another
http://measurementsconverter.com/worldhowfar.

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/04/fidning_the_distance_between_t.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/04/fidning_the_distance_between_t.php Grade 06 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:32:54 +0000 Proof of the Product Rule Here's a video showing another way of deriving the product rule, it's very clear and easy to follow. You may find the pace a little slow, but it's well worth watching.

In fact, this teacher has made a variety of videos, on a wide range of topics we work with in this course. Might be a good idea to use them when reviewing. Check them out here http://www.teachertube.com/uvideos.php?UID=38707

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/03/proof_of_the_product_rule.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/03/proof_of_the_product_rule.php Grade 11 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:55:52 +0000 Answers to Review Sheet Answers

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/02/answers_to_review_sheet.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/02/answers_to_review_sheet.php Grade 07 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:24:42 +0000 The Counterfeit Coin That was a great lesson by the way, it was good to see you all participating well and thinking hard.

So, here are the problems. In each one the coins appear to be identical and the scales simply tell you which side is heavier and which is lighter.

1. You have 9 coins and you know that one of them is counterfeit, weighing less than the others. You are allowed to weigh them twice. How do you find the counterfeit coin?

2. You have 12 coins and you know that one of them is counterfeit, but you don't know if it is heavier or lighter than the others. You are allowed to weigh them 4 times. How do you find the counterfeit coin?

3. Same problem as number 2. but this time you are only allowed to weigh them 3 times.

Your task is to explain how to solve each problem. Your report can be handwritten, you will need to include diagrams! As a minimum, you MUST produce a solution to the first problem, but you are strongly encouraged to attempt to solve and explain how to solve the other two problems as well.

Have fun. You might find this site useful NVLM - Coin Problem but you will need Java on your machine (it probably has it)

See you all on Monday

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/01/the_counterfeit_coin.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/01/the_counterfeit_coin.php Grade 07 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:20:03 +0000 Online Questionnaire http://www.censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk/phase8/

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/01/online_questionnaire.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2008/01/online_questionnaire.php Grade 06 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:18:59 +0000 Grade 12 Resources Ok, I'm going to start trying to put various bits and pieces online. I'll usually put them here => http://www.southbank.net/~davidm/

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/grade_12_resources.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/grade_12_resources.php Grade 12 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:18:42 +0000 Writing a Maths Report This is later than I intended, hopefully some of you are still awake, then again, hopefully you are done with your homework and are off to bed. Here it is anyway. If we do anything further in class I'll update it to this file.

How many Squares?

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/writing_a_maths_report_1.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/writing_a_maths_report_1.php Grade 07 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:38:25 +0000 Writing a Maths Report Sorry this is late, I completely forgot about it at work and only got around to it just now. Hopefully you'll find it useful.

Shading Squares

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/writing_a_maths_report.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/writing_a_maths_report.php Grade 06 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:37:00 +0000 Functions Task Functions and Logos Part 1

Use Geometer's Sketchpad and/or your GDC for this task.

Due Date: Wednesday 12th December

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/functions_task.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/12/functions_task.php Grade 10 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:26:35 +0000 Fraction Game Here are a few fraction activities you can have a go at.

Fraction Track
This one you play with an opponent, though of course you can play on your own as well.

http://AAAMaths - Fractions
There are lots of little lessons here with opportunities to practice concepts, definitely worth spending some time here. Each lesson has three games at the end.

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/11/fraction_game.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/11/fraction_game.php Grade 06 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:03:19 +0000 Fraction Loopcards Template Download the template for the game here

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/11/fraction_loopcards_template.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/11/fraction_loopcards_template.php Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:32:43 +0000 Homework - Conic Sections Submit your homework by writing a comment in response to this post.

Give the correct equation for each case.

1. A circle of radius 7, centred at (5, 9)

2. A circle of radius 4, centred at (-4, 2)

3. A parabola coming down from the left and going up to the right, with vertex at (-4, -2)

4. An ellipse, centred at (3, -2), 5 units wide and 3 units high

5. An ellipse which is tangent to the lines x=-3, x=5, y=-2, and y=7.

6. A parabola where the vertex is at a maximum, vertex at (5, 7).

7. A hyperbola, centred at (0,0). What happens to the hyperbola as you increase the value of a, or increase the value of b?

]]> http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/10/homework_conic_sections.php http://www.southbank.net/blogs/staff/davidm/2007/10/homework_conic_sections.php Grade 10 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:24:07 +0000