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Liverpool Mathematical Society have produced an update to the CDRom which
now comprises 250 mathematics puzzles designed for pupils from top
juniors to upper sixth form students arranged in ten boxes of 25
puzzles. These have been used in a number of Suffolk
schools with LEA support. They have been used:
* As a one to two
hour circus of activities with between 30 to 80 pupils working
in threes The CDRom (current price now £20) is available from Barry Grantham, Liverpool Hope University College, Hope Park, Liverpool, L16 9JD, UK Tel: 0151 2913612 For online details - www.maths.liv.ac.uk/lms/funmaths where exemplars and ordering details can be found |
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The Shell Centre produce a range of project based activities costing about £25 for sufficient resources for a class of 25: In Plan a Trip students plan and undertake a class trip using costings, scheduling, surveys and everyday arithmetic. In Be a Paper Engineer, students design make and evaluate 3-dimensional paper products including gift boxes and pop-up greetings cards. They explore 3-dimensional shape-and-space, making generalisations using words and algebra In
Be a Shrewd Chooser, students research and
provide expert consumer advice for clients in their
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In
Design a Board Game, groups carefully design and
produce their own board games. These games are then
played and evaluated by other class members. This
involves developing ideas from 2-dimensional
shape-and-space, together with basic concepts of
probability. In Produce a Quiz Show students devise, schedule, run and evaluate their own classroom quizzes. This involves preparing, timing and testing questions using number and statistical concepts, planning room layouts, and scoring systems. |
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The Enigma Schools Project
As part of its intention to promote the enjoyment of maths, the MMP has taken over Simon Singh's enormously popular Enigma Schools Project. We will visit your school with a WW2 Enigma machine and deliver code breaking workshops designed to engage students from 8 to 18 with mathematics by exploring cryptography through the ages.
Presentations are intended to be as interactive as possible, involving a circus of hands-on code-breaking activities, and can be adapted to suit audiences of all abilities from Year 4 to Year 13. Ideas for follow-up work and copies of Simon Singh's Code Book CD-ROM are provided