Peer tutoring and teaching · Maths CAS idea
Make maths explainer videos for younger students
CreativityServiceProject-ready
With a small team, script and record short explainer videos on topics a teacher identifies as hard for younger years, then share them through the school.
Where the maths comes in
Breaking a topic into steps, writing original examples and checking every one.
Which CAS strand it fits
- Creativity: The arts, and other experiences that involve creative thinking.
- Service: Unpaid, voluntary work with others that also has a learning benefit for you.
Your CAS coordinator decides how an experience counts at your school. Strand summaries are provisional (our words, being checked).
How to run it
- Ask teachers which topics students struggle with.
- Script each video with your own examples; have a teacher check accuracy.
- Record, edit and publish on the school's platform.
- Ask viewers whether the videos helped.
This can grow into a CAS project if your CAS coordinator agrees: see planning a maths CAS project.
How to evidence it
- Scripts and storyboards
- The finished videos
- Viewer and teacher feedback
Date everything and keep it in your school's CAS portfolio as you go. More on what counts as evidence.
Reflection prompts
Questions to think about, not answers to copy. Write your reflections in your own words, in whatever form your school accepts.
- How did your script change after a teacher checked it?
- What makes an explanation clear on video compared with in person?
- How did your team divide the work?
Learning outcomes this often gives a chance to show
- Challenge and new skills. What could you not do at the start that you can do now? Which moment felt most uncomfortable, and what did you do next?
- Collaboration. What did someone else bring that you could not have done alone? Describe a disagreement or a mix-up in the team. How was it resolved?
- Initiative and planning. What did you plan, and what did you have to change once you started? Who did you need to ask for permission or help, and how did you go about it?
Whether you meet an outcome depends on what you actually do and reflect on, not on the idea. Outcome labels are our short summaries, being checked.
Safety and ethics
- Use your own examples, not textbook or exam questions.
- Do not show other students' faces or names without permission; publish on school channels only.
Agree every plan with your CAS coordinator first. Safety and ethics for maths CAS.
Planning sessions? Our free standard lessons show one way to structure a topic.