HD1/L1.1
Numeracy: Functional Maths - data handling, Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/L1.8, MSS1/L1.9, HD1/L1.1, MSS1/L1.1
Context: Gardening & Horticulture, Painting Decorating & DIY
Level: L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Work out the cost of carpeting a flat (compound shapes) and seeding and fencing a rectangular lawn.
The step by step problem solving approach also makes this ideal for underpinning L1 Functional Maths – although the scaffolded worksheet on page 2 can be removed for confident students or for assessment purposes.
Numeracy: HD1/E3.1, HD1/E3.2, HD1/L1.1
ESOL: General ESOL
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Sort or match cards
Useful to assess learning or for ESOL numeracy students. Learners need to match words and definitions. Laminate or print onto some good quality card to use again and again.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, HD1/L1.3, HD2/L1.1, N1/L1.7, HD1/L1.4, HD2/L1.2, MSS1/L1.8, MSS1/L1.9, N1/L1.8, N1/L1.9, MSS1/L1.2, N1/L1.1, N1/L1.10, N1/L1.11, N1/L1.3, HD1/L1.1, MSS1/L1.1, MSS1/L1.3, N1/L1.2, N1/L1.4, N1/L2.4, MSS2/L1.2, N1/L1.5, HD1/L1.2, MSS1/L1.4, MSS1/L1.7
Resource type: Revision material, Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1
A super, 32 page booklet created to provide busy tutors with a convenient workbook. Learners can either work through from beginning to end or pick out certain elements to focus on curriculum areas.
A workbook that covers the adult numeracy curriculum elements of number, shape and space and handling data.
It covers (and is fully mapped to) almost every Level 1 Adult numeracy curriculum element. It is also useful for underpinning many Level 1 Functional Maths coverage and range statements.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - data handling, Functional Maths - number, N1/L1.7, N1/L1.10, HD1/L1.1
General: Generic resources for literacy, numeracy and beyond
Free tags: Drug awareness
Context: Health, Social care, Early years
Level: L1
Resource type: Discussion points, Informative presentation, Worksheet or assignment
This lesson is designed to embed adding and subtracting, ratio and proportion, etc. whilst looking at the important issue of alcohol consumption and units. Students are able to look at the RDA of alcohol consumption, binge drinking, etc. in the introductory PPT.
Numeracy: Functional Maths - data handling, HD1/E3.1, HD1/E3.2, HD1/E3.3, HD1/L1.1, HD1/L2.1, HD1/L1.2, HD1/L2.2
Context: Art Film Media Music TV
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Investigation or project
A clearly set out investigation into TV film age ratings. This makes an ideal investigation for mixed ability groups as it is cleverly differentiated for E3-L2 (E2 students could also participate with support).
All you need is a recent weekly TV guide.
Covers tallies, dual and single bar charts, pictograms, extracting and comparing information and designing a questionnaire. Fully mapped, and ideal for, Functional Maths.
Numeracy: HD1/E3.2, HD1/L1.1, HD1/E3.4
Free tags: Smarties & Love Hearts
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Resource generator
Skittles pictogram creator is a very clever Excel sheet to accompany our ever popular Smarties data handling resource and it a great way of combining numeracy and IT skills(many tutors are now using Skittles as an alternative to Smarties because there is more variation in the numbers/colours of sweets per packet).
Numeracy: HD1/E3.2, HD1/L1.1, HD1/E3.4
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Resource generator
Car park survey pictogram creator is a clever Excel sheet for recording the different numbers of coloured cars in a car park.
Two versions are available – v1 has 1 picture representing 1 car, version 2 has one picture representing 5 cars.
Numeracy: N2/L1.3, HD1/L1.1, HD1/L2.1
Context: Voluntary & Charity
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Athought-provoking set of questions covering fractions, decimals and percentages; plus bar charts and dual line graphs (and some general questions about becoming a Fairtrade college).
Numeracy: HD1/E3.2, HD1/L1.1, HD1/E3.4
ICT: Charts & graphs
Free tags: Smarties & Love Hearts
Resource type: Resource generator
Level: E3, L1
A very clever Excel sheet to accompany the ever-popular Smarties data handling resource and a great way of combining numeracy and IT skills.
Numeracy: HD1/L1.3, HD1/L1.4, HD1/L2.3, HD1/L2.4, HD1/L1.1, HD1/L2.1, HD1/L1.2, HD1/L2.2, MSS1/L1.4, MSS1/L2.4
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1, L2
Temperature and thermometers is a great set of ‘real life’ questions, many based on weather statistics from across the world. Covers reading scales, using two scales to convert between Celsius and Fahrenheit, understanding negative temperatures, finding mean average and range, extracting information from tables and bar charts, and plotting data on line or bar charts. Due to the wide variety of skills covered, this makes an ideal end of year revision exercise- as well as neatly covering the temperature elements of the L1/2 curriculum.
