Albert Einstein (1879 –1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist. He was a central figure in the revolutionary reshaping of modern physics in the first decades of the twentieth century. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc^2 has been called "the world's most famous equation".
MODELLING ALGEBRAICALLY
What is the geometry of algebra?
Key questions
Can we manipulate expressions?
Can we work with brackets?
How can we interpret expressions geometrically?
What is generalising?
5 lessons
Specification detail
Literacy
stories that set a frame or background
stories that accompany or intertwine
stories that introduce
stories that explain
stories that ask a question
stories that entertain
The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensburger
The king's chessboard
Introduce...
thinking of a number - 1, 2
a loop game - 1
abc smile - 1, 2
algebra trail - 1, 2
cuisenaire rods - 1, 2, 3
number links - 1
rod brackets - 1, 2, 3
snakes and spiders - 1, 2
algebra tiles expressions - 1, 3
Develop..
expressions spiders - 1, 2
equivalent expressions - 1, 2
algebra tiles expanding and simplifying - 1, 2, 3
expression pyramids - 1, 4
roof tops - 1, 2, 4
start with a square - 1, 2, 3
identicubes - 1, 2, 3
growing squares - 1, 2, 3, 4
double brackets - 1, 2, 3
identities - 1, 2, 3
perimeter expressions - 1, 2, 4
rectangle perimeter - 1, 2, 4
algebra tiles expanding brackets - 1, 2, 3
algebra tiles expanding single brackets - 1, 2, 3
Extend...
equable shapes - 1, 2, 3, 4
algebra tiles double brackets - 1, 2, 3
paths - 1, 4
directed arithmagons - 1, 4
three operations - 1, 2, 4
generalising - 1, 2, 4
magic squares and circles - 1, 2, 4
to and fro - 1, 2
whose rule is correct - 1, 2, 4
algebra tiles factorising - 1, 2, 3