Starting to teach AS: Use of Maths this term?
You will be aware that this website has many resources that can support your teaching of the course (click on "Resources" in the menu at the left of this page).
You can also purchase books from Nelson Thornes and a Resource CD-ROM that includes extra practice sheets, interactive Excel spreadsheets and a sophisticated Scheme of Work Wizard that allows you to plan and organise your own customised version of the course.
If you type 'AS Use of Maths' into the search engine on the home page of the Nelson Thornes website, a list of publications available to purchase will be displayed.
To help you in the early stages of the course, the links below give suggested work schemes for each unit as well as some sample materials from the Nelson Thornes textbooks and CD-ROM.
Schemes of Work
Click here to view suggested work schemes for AS: Use of Maths.
Resource Sheets
The following resource sheets are those referenced at the beginning of some of the activities in the textbooks:
Algebra Resource Sheets (146 KB)
Calculus Resource Sheets (126 KB)
Statistics Resource Sheets (159 KB)
Please note that the questions needed for Task 2 in Activity 1.1E in the AS:Use of Maths Statistics book can be found at the Commission for Integrated Transport website.
Weblinks to other questionnaires that could be discussed are given below:
www.london.gov.uk/mayor/consultation/docs/mar06-poll.pdf
www.london.gov.uk/mayor/annual_survey/2002/more_top_line.pdf
www.ipsos-mori.com/content/research-archive/emissions-related-congestion-charging.ashx
Practice Sheets
Linear Equations (81 KB)
Finding Equations of Straight Lines (221 KB)
Percentage Errors (129 KB)
Rearranging Formulae (2.0 MB)
Graphic Calculator Support Sheets
GC Teacher's Notes (29 KB)
Graphic Calculator Teacher's Notes 1 (35 KB)
Excel Spreadsheets
The CD-ROM includes many more interactive spreadsheets of the sort already available on this website. Two spreadsheets from the CD-ROM which might be useful for teaching in September and October are available here.
General Equations (17 KB)
Exploring Quadratics (37 KB)