Discover Maths
Discover Maths is the most comprehensive and highly accessible package for Junior Cycle Maths, brought to you by The Educational Company of Ireland and a team of highly experienced maths experts. The package contains three books designed to fully meet the needs of teachers and students, and the requirements of the Junior Cycle Maths specification.
Discover Maths 1 addresses the challenges of the mixed-ability First Year classroom. It is followed by NEW Discover Maths 2 (OL) which meets the needs of Second Year & Third Year students in an Ordinary Level classroom and NEW Discover Maths 3 (HL) which focuses on the abilities of Second Year & Third Year students in a Higher Level classroom.
The series contains an abundance of excellent and engaging questions as well as a comprehensive range of resources to support the planning and teaching needs of teachers.
The Discover Maths 1, 2 and 3 packages include:
- A Student Textbook
- Free Student Graph Copy
- Free Student eBook
- A Teacher’s Resource Book
- Fully worked solutions for every question and example in the book
- Free Digital Resources
STUDENT TEXTBOOKS
- Well-structured and focused chapters with clear learning intentions, required prior knowledge and relevant definitions, notes, examples and exercises, ensuring students’ seamless progression through the content
- Think-Pair-Share, Class Discussion, Class Activity tasks and questions included to encourage individual inquiry, pair work and whole-class learning
- Unification chapters provide students with effective opportunities to understand this mathematical concept’s importance and practise unifying different mathematical skills – preparing them for the new Junior Cycle Maths exam more than any other resource on the market
- ‘Exam Skills’ chapter to help equip students with the necessary aptitude to study and be exam-ready
- Self-assessment opportunities for students to assess and reflect on their learning throughout,
including reflection tasks at the end of each chapter
- Spotlight on mathematicians throughout history included in chapters, highlighting the real-world relevance of maths
- Short answers provided at the end of the book
- Dedicated chapter on Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs) to help students achieve the best results possible
- FREE Student Graph Copy provided for students to complete specific maths questions
TEACHER’S RESOURCE BOOKS
Discover Maths 1, 2 and 3 Teacher’s Resource Books have everything a teacher needs to successfully teach and plan Junior Cycle Maths and will help you save time:
- Comprehensive editable planning documents to support planning
- Fully worked solutions for every question and example in the books are included in the
Teacher’s Books and in the solutions and summary PowerPoints
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Teachers and students can access the Discover Maths 1, 2 and 3 interactive e-books at www.edcolearning.ie, plus a bank of free digital resources, including:
- Editable chapter summary PowerPoints to aid revision and exam preparation
- Worked solutions PowerPoints with detailed step-by-step workings for every question and gridlines for teachers to show their work
- Author-presented demonstration videos covering a selection of questions, including geometry constructions
- Quizlet activities and chapter tests to reinforce learning
- Interactive GeoGebra activities
- Editable teacher’s documents and templates to support planning
- Links to useful websites
Check out our sample PowerPoints below
Worked Solutions PowerPoint (each question in the chapter is included with graph paper to allow you to complete the worked solution on the whiteboard in class with your students – Solutions are also provided at the end of the PowerPoint for your reference)
Chapter Summary PowerPoint
THE AUTHORS
Discover Maths is written by a team of Maths teaching experts, all with extensive experience as practising secondary school Maths teachers. With a combined wealth of diverse experience teaching in various educational settings, the authors also design and conduct seminars on mathematical teaching methods for teachers across Ireland.
Additionally, their in-depth experience includes correcting State Examinations and providing online tuition in Maths education to Junior Cycle students nationwide. The author team has also been instrumental in teaching mathematics to Junior Cycle students from 23 DEIS schools, showcasing their dedication to inclusive education as part of the Trinity Access Programme.
Introducing Discover Maths 1,
a First Year Junior Cycle Maths Textbook
WITH DISCOVER MATHS AUTHOR Stephanie Mulligan
E-books and Digital Resources Available on
Check out our sample digital resources below or visit EdcoLearning to have a look at our large range of free digital resources.
