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Maths Careers
Maths Careers
These resources come from the Maths Careers website, which is managed and maintained by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. The eleven activities in this collection are designed to encourage learner to delve deeper into a wide range of mathematical topics including air miles, paper folding and the golden ratio.
In addition there are further More Maths Grads publications towards the end of the collection.
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications is the professional and learned society for qualified and practising mathematicians. Founded in 1964 the Institute has 5,000 members from all parts of the UK and overseas who work in industry, commerce, the public sector and education. It is a charity which promotes and supports understanding, teaching, research and applications of mathematics.
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Mathematical Trickery
These resources, from the Maths Careers website, looks at the maths behind a variety of magic tricks and was created in conjunction with More Maths Grads and the University of Leeds. Tricks and ideas include those from Rob Eastaway, Johnny Ball and others.
The resource package includes a PowerPoint...
Maths in Real Life: Classroom Challenge
This resource from, the Maths Careers website, includes eight maths activities and was created by More Maths Grads. The activity was designed to be used with able Year 7 or Year 8 pupils, in teams of four or five, and should last around an hour.
The eight activities are:
1. Nets of Cubes
2....
Paper Imagination
This resource, from the Maths Careers website, uses paper folding to investigate the platonic solids and was created in conjunction with More Maths Grads and the University of Leeds.
This activity was designed to be run with Key Stage 3 students and involves constructing several of the platonic solids using...
Shape Folding Videos
These videos are taken from the Maths Careers website and demonstrate how to create a series of recognisable shapes from an A4 piece of paper. Each video lasts approximately 90 seconds, the shapes made include:
- Isosceles triangle
- Equilateral triangle
- Square
- Kites
- ...
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| Subject(s) | Mathematics |
|---|---|
| Age | 7-11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19 |
| Published | 2000 - 2009 |
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| Direct URL | https://www-preprod.stem.org.uk/cx6as |
