A RECENT UPDATE TO IOS SEEMS TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO STOP THIS RESOURCE WORKING ON IPAD.  I’VE ONLY JUST NOTICED THE FAULT.  THE INCONSISTENCY OF HTML 5STRIKES AGAIN.  APOLOGIES, I’LL SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE.

This is a departure for this site.  Instead of being an online IWB resource this is an online iPad compatible resource.  Instead of being coded in Flash this is coded in HTML5 and so is compatible with all of Apple’s mobile devices.  It is also equally usable with the interactive whiteboard as long as you have an up to date browser.  Internet Explorer users must have IE9.

This update of an older clock resource was chosen to allow teachers or teaching assistants to work with a child and an iPad on a 1 to 1 basis.   As such, and in line with the majority of the resources on this site, it is not designed for solitary learning but to support teaching staff help their student to learn.

The clock is easily interacted with.  Drag anywhere onscreen to rotate the hands.  This is not restricted just to the bevel and finer control can be achieved further from the centre of the clock.  There are 3 buttons.  The top one turns on ‘snap to 5′ where the minute hand will always snap to a 5 minute interval.  The middle one divided the face into ‘to’ and ‘past’.  The bottom one toggles minute labels. A deft flick of the clock will result in it spinning to a random time.

As already said this resource is not for solitary learning but to support helping a child learn to tell the time.  As such an adult could use this to give a child the time and have the child more the hands to that time.  Or they may have the child spin the clock and then tell them the time.  Another alternative is to set the time and ask the child to advance it by another time.

Tablet computers lack the power of desktops so not all devices will necessarily provide a suitable learing experience.  It has been tested on an iPad 2 and on and Android based HTC Desire phone and worked fine.  As such it should work fine on recent iPhones and iPod touches too.

If your class does not have wifi remember you can save a webpage to an Apple device by selecting ‘Add to Home Screen’.

As ever please feedback any suggestions or bug reports particularly in this case in relation to mobile devices.

Known issues:

Unfortunately browser differences can throw up surprises in a way that using Flash does not. 

Firefox is not displaying correctly please use either IE9 or Safari.

Firefox 7 works fine. 

When switching on the to/past clock face in IE9 there is a short delay as the image is not preloading correctly.  Subsequent toggling of this face is instant as the image is then loaded.

A solution to all is being worked on.

Go to iPad compatible Interactive Learning Clock.

To understand why this resource is different to the previous ones on this site see the supporting site teacherledplus.com.

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This interactive whiteboard resource is another that was initially designed to form part of a space themed set of lessons.  It can, however, be used perfectly well in isolation on a lesson on angles.  Within the themed leson I give the backstory that the solar panels of their satellite have become unaligned and need correcting manually.  The resource is designed to encourage children to estimate angles.  On the left of the screen 4 values for the optimal angle of each “panel” is given as well as its error value which shows how far from optimal it is.  Tap the appropriate dial and drag the brighter of the two green lines into a position that you believe makes the angle closest to the optimal position.  Then do the same for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.  Once all 4 panels have been set click enter.  This will show the new error rates and if necessary a fine tuning attempt can be made. 

A combined error rate of less than 20 needs to be reached for the challenge to be beaten. 

This resource can work well as a team exercise with 4 members per team with each setting one dial.  The winning team is the one that succeeds in the fewest attempts.  There is a post showing how this resource is used in a space themed set of lessons on the supporting blog for this website here.

Go to Mars Angle interactive whiteboard resource.

A useful resource to explain measuring angles is this Angle Measurer.

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This interactive whiteboard resource forms the first part of a themed series of resources that support the use of a Soma Cube in teaching.  If you know about the Soma Cube then this resource is useful for showing a class the basic pieces and some of the shapes that can be made from them. Choose either shapes that can be made from a set of Soma pieces or the individual peices themselves and scroll through them using the arrows at the bottom of the screen.

Depending on your screen resolution you may need to set your browser to full screen. On IE press F11.

If you would like to know more about using the Soma Cube for problem solving lessons or developing spatial reasoning please see the supporting article on the new site designed to support the resources here.  teacherledplus.com  A number of activities and suggestions are made here.  Alternatively the following book includes the original publication by Martin Gardner that brought the puzzle to the masses:The Colossal Book of Mathematics

View this Soma Overview interactive whiteboard resource.

There are two more resources designed to be used in a Soma themed series of lessons and these are:

Soma Bingo

Soma Isometric Drawing

Please feedback on these themed resources with any problems suggestions or ideas in the comments or follow this site on Twitter.

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The third interactive whiteboard resource in a series to aid using Soma Cubes in lessons.  This one is to facilitate adding a competitive element to their use.  Break the class into groups and allocate them to  one of four colours red, green, yellow or blue.  Set a goal.  This may be to complete a horizontal line, vertical line or any line.   When a group shows you that they have completed a shape they can capture that square by pressing the appropriate colour on the appropriate box.  That square is then captured for 2 minutes or permanently if you activate that option.  To take take a closer look at a shape click the small picture inside the box. Click the larger picture to close it.  There is far more detail on how to use this resource on the teacherledplus.com link below.

Go to Soma Bingo Interactive whiteboard Resource.

To learn more about using Soma Cubes in lessons for practising spatial awareness and problem solving skills see this the supporting site to teacherLED.com – teacherledplus.com

View Soma Cube Introduction IWB resource.

Soma Isometric Drawing

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Please feedback on these themed resources with any problems suggestions or ideas in the comments or follow this site on Twitter.

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This interactive whiteboard  resource can be used as part of the Soma Cube themed resources on this site or as a standalone resource for demonstrating how to draw using isometric dotted paper.  By clicking the appropriate button either a piece from the Soma Cube or one of the shapes it can make are shown along with a an isometric dotted grid.  Students and teachers can demonstrate how to draw the shape isometrically using these.  To draw click and hold on a dot and move to another.  Once you touch another dot the line will be straightened and you can progress to the next dot.  If you make a mistake click undo to step back through the lines.

Go to Soma Cube isometric drawing resource.

Find out more about using the Soma Cube in lessons on the supporting site’s article “Soma Cube“.

View Soma Cube Introduction IWB resource.

View Soma Bingo IWB resource.

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Please feedback on these themed resources with any problems suggestions or ideas in the comments or follow this site on Twitter.

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An interactive whiteboard resource to demonstrate the measuring of angles to a class.  The two black lines can be moved to create varying angles.  The arcs signifying the angles in question can be toggled on or off leaving one or both on display by using the two buttons with the red and blue arcs in them.  There are two type of angle measurer that can be used: a 180 degree protractor and a 360 degree angle measurer.  These can be toggled by the appropriate buttons on the display or removed by using the very top button.  The angle measurers can be rotated by clicking and dragging.  They will always be centred over the point where the lines meet. 

Using this resource you should be able to realistically demonstrate the measuring of angles.

Go to interactive whiteboard resource.

Please report any problems or suggestions in the comments section.

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An interactive whiteboard to demonstrate rotation around a point to your class on an IWB.  The small black cross is fixed as the point of rotation in the centre of the screen.  Click the red shape to move it around the screen.  On release it will snap to alignment.  Clicking and dragging the vertically aligned slider to the right will take the shape through its rotation around the centre point.  Releasing the slider will snap it to the nearest 90 degree rotation.

You can choose between rotating a square shape or an L shape using the button below the slider.  The button with a circle toggles the path of rotation on and off.  The four pale blue discs canbe dragged and dropped to mark key points.  For example you could mark the original top left corner of the shape and where it is expected to be after a 90 degree rotation.

A printable resource is also included for students to cut out and predict what they will think will happen during different rotations.

Go to interactive whiteboard resource.

Go to printable resource.

A resource that is similar but for translating shapes is Translation Plotter.

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