Benefits and uses

1. Benefits and uses • Settling pupils down as they enter the class • Pace • Pupil engagement • Challenging more able pupils • Structure and routine • Different timers for different tasks • Save yourself from a sore throat!

2. Task 3: What is the pattern? [10 mins] • Success Criteria: What I’m looking for….. • Patterns in the data.

3. How to use the countdown timers • In PP2007 files, the timers can only be linked and not embedded, but if you save as PP2000-2003 or save as PP2010 then the timers should work on any computer if you save them to USB or email them to someone else. • To use, just copy and paste the slide you want into your PP presentation and then add title/text/pictures as necessary. • The timers cannot be cropped but can be resized or moved around. • Often you won’t see them in the PP until you are in slideshow view. • If a security alert pops up when you start the slideshow, you must enable macros. Ref. http://www.jmp.com/support/swfhelp/en/powerpoint.shtml

4. Bar timer

5. Explosives timer

6. Candle timer

7. Bomb timer

8. Clock timer

9. Dynamite timer

10. Egg timer

11. Firework timer