Last year I did a bit of an action enquiry looking at using graphing software in maths lessons. My enquiry…
Inspection Reflection
The school where I work has recently been inspected by Estyn, the education inspectorate in Wales. (Estyn is Welsh for…
The Endless Delights of y=x^2
This brief post owes its inspiration to @MrNiksMathClass who shared some of the below on twitter recently. So we all…
Square roots in a semi-circle
A fellow maths teacher (@sitaylor7) at my school introduced me to this little curiosity. Since investigating, I believe that full…
Circles with Geogebra
I used Geogebra to introduce my Year 12 further maths class to circles. I wanted the students to see the…
When Technology Doesn’t Work
I strongly believe that technology has an important place in mathematics teaching and learning. There are many reasons for this.…
Welcome!
Welcome to Geomaths! I am a maths teacher currently teaching at a Cardiff secondary school. I have a passion for…
Investigating Stationary Points of a Quadratic
Geogebra is really useful in investigating the shape of a quadratic. If we start with y=ax² + bx + c,…
