The Calculator Guide now has a shop on TES. You can visit via the link here.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/gardinsp
Previous resources that have been shared, including a remastered version of the equivalent representations activity that was developed a few years ago, have been uploaded. There is also the Casio Calculator Tarsia which lets students match Calculator button presses with the results produced.
There are also two new resources Solve, Then Factorise, specifically desiganed with instructions for the Casio Classwiz fx-991EX, but could be used with any calculator with a polynomial solver.
The first task, which is free, gets students to input a quadratic equation into the solver and then retrive and record the solutions. From those solutions the then get the factors and complete the factorised form of the equation. This is the opposite way around to the convention of factorising, then solving and provides a different take on working with quadratics.
Finally there is a space to expand the factors and check it expands to the correct quadratic equation.
The second task Solve, Then Factorise 2, extends on this with further examples and when combined with Solve, then Factorise 1 can provide a lessons worth of activity for the students with their Classwiz, for a small charge.
Both tasks are complete with instructions and solutions.
Visit the TES shop and get Solve, Then Factorise
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/gardinsp
Or if you use Teacher’s Pay Teachers instead, the tasks are available here too.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Calculator-Guide-Store
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