2-d geometry, shape and space

Stars

Speaker: 
Jenny Gage
Participating school(s): 
Liss EIP, Hampshire
Date: 
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Time: 
9.30 - 11.30
Age range: 
Year 6
Cost: 
£280 for up to 2 hours
  • What makes a star a star?  
  • How many ways can we draw one?  
  • Can we make stars in other ways?
  • What connections can we find between the types of star we can draw and the number of vertices the star has?
  • What connections can we find between simple regular polygons and stars?

We'll be investigating these questions during the session through drawing, cutting out, pencil and paper investigation and an online animation.

Submitted by jag55 on Wed, 29/09/2010 - 10:07

Mathematical Games

Speaker: 
Jenny Gage
Participating school(s): 
St Joseph's College, London
Date: 
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Time: 
10.35 - 12.05
Age range: 
Year 7
Cost: 
£230 for up to 90 minutes

In this enrichment session for Y7 students, we will investigate three games, all taken from our sister website, Nrich.  The links below will take you to the original games on Nrich where you will also find extension activities, interactivities and teacher notes.

Submitted by jag55 on Thu, 02/09/2010 - 16:30

GCSE to A level

Students will be introduced to a mathematical model and a mathematical problem which will help them to see how concepts and techniques they have learnt so far are extended in A level study. We will look at:

Celtic Knots

Celtic Knot

Ths project work is aimed at Key stage 3 students. It explores Celtic knots, the worksheet demonstrates how to draw Celtic knots. With your class research different celtic knots and try to tie them. Afterwards, using the method from the worksheet, try drawing them.

Project Work
Worksheet for Celtic knots

How far ...? How old ...? How much bigger ...?

  • How far is it to our nearest star?
  • How long would it take us to reach it with our most powerful rockets?
  • What about our nearest galaxy?
  • What is the probability that there is life elsewhere in our galaxy?
  • How far can we see with the most powerful telescopes?
  • How old is the information we receive from them?
  • How much bigger is a person than an atom? How much bigger is the Milky Way than the Earth?
  • How much bigger is the gravitational pull of the Earth than that of the person next to you?
Project Work
Asteroid
Addition Material
Scientific Notations
Calculating how long it takes to reach Planets

Project of the day

Linked From: 
Lunar Emergency

Back to : Lunar Emergency Main Page

The Secret of Manor High

(Original drawing by Danielle Stretch, University of Cambridge)

two aliens

Two maths days on 25 and 26 November for Year 7 students at Manor Foundation Business, Enterprise and Sports College in Wednesbury.

Polycircles

Linked From: 
Nrich problem-solving day

Back to : Nrich Problem Solving Day Main Page

Nrich Problem Solving Day

Pentagon from 1926

Linked From: 
Nrich problem-solving day

Back to : Nrich Problem Solving Day Main Page

Nrich Problem Solving Day

Pentagon from 1926

Java applet

Groups: Looking Beneath the Surface

Jenny Gage, University of Cambridge

  • What happens if you combine two symmetries of a particular regular polygon? Do you always get another symmetry?
  • How about if you do one symmetry followed by another? Does it make a difference if you do it the other way round?
  • How can the symmetries of a rectangle and the multiplication table for the numbers {1, 3, 5, 7} mod 8 be the same? And what does multiplication mod 8 mean anyway?
Project Work
What is a Group?
Combining Symmetries
Investigating Transformations
Dancing with Mathematics
Addition Material
Transformations Investigation Work 1
Transformations Investigation Work 2
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