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Enriching the Secondary Curriculum

Enriching the Secondary Curriculum

To complement our Secondary Curriculum page for teachers, this feature contains some articles about rich tasks and how they can be used to inspire your students.


The NRICH Rope Model 

What are the characteristics of a good mathematician?

What Are Rich Tasks, and Why Do They Matter? 
Age 5 to 18

What are rich tasks and why do they matter?

Teaching Secondary Mathematics Using NRICH Resources 
Age 11 to 18

An introduction to using secondary NRICH activities in the classroom.

Tilted Squares - Teaching Using Rich Tasks 
Age 11 to 18

Watch Charlie and Alison teaching a lesson and read about the teaching points they consider to be important.

NRICH Resources for Every Occasion 
Age 11 to 16

This article highlights NRICH tasks that can be used for a variety of purposes in the classroom.

What we think and why we think it - Secondary 

The Secondary Team's beliefs about teaching mathematics, and the ideas that have inspired us.

Secondary Curriculum-linked Problems 
Age 11 to 16

Resources organised by mathematical topics.

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The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.

NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.

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