Read Why do buses come in threes? The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life. Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham’s book will change the way you see the world!

Read Hidden Figures by by Margot Lee Shetterly. The story of the African-American Mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the Space Race.  Read the book and watch the film.

Available in the LRC.

Read What is Mathematics? An elementary approach to Ideas and Methods. Richard Courant’s book offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. 

Available in the LRC.

Read Humble Pi – a comedy of maths errors, by Matt Parker. Read real life stories about how maths goes wrong with real world consequences by mathmagician Matt Parker.

Available in the LRC.

Read Euler’s Pioneering Equation: The most beautiful theorem in mathematics. Robin Wilson explores this simple, elegant and profound formula.

Available in the LRC.

Read Fermat’s Last Theorem, by Simon Singh The story of how Andrew Wiles solved a very old problem! Then extend by researching Pierre de Fermat and all his discoveries in calculus.

Listen to maths documentary podcast – Relatively Prime, by Samuel Hansen.

Listen to podcasts from The Numberphile, full of fascinating number facts.

Watch The Infinite Hotel Paradox here.

Research the life and work of Alan Turing. Watch ‘The Imitation Game’, and read the book of the same name, about his involvement in code breaking of Enigma.

Research the links between the Fibonacci Sequence, the Golden Ratio and Nature. This could be a starting point.

Find out about his contributions to the world of Mathematics. Use this timeline to see how mathematicians “Stand on the Shoulders of Giants”

Research the life and work of Carl Friedrich Gauss. Find out about his contributions to the world of Mathematics. Use this timeline to see how mathematicians “Stand on the Shoulders of Giants.”

Research Homer Hickman. Read his biography Rocket Boys. Watch the movie October Sky starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Learn how the son of a coal miner designed.

Can you take the square root of a negative number? Learn about IMAGINARY numbers here.

Visit Bletchley Park and explore the world of coding and maths - details here.

Draw an impossible Hexagon here. What other optical illusions can you draw?

Create a revision video suitable for Key Stage 3 or 4 students on a topic of your choice.

Try some STEM related origami and understand the maths behind them.

Explore problems from nrich math's, including mathematical art.

Brilliant - try the daily challenges or other fabulous puzzles on this site.

Challenge yourself with the puzzles on this great website: https://mathigon.org/puzzles 

Read articles, investigate problems, get creative and plan visits. Everything mathematical! Click here for information

Work in teams to solve mathematical problems. Start solving here 

Love a maths joke! Love a puzzle. Find them all here.

Develop your problem solving skills by trying these UKMT Maths Challenge questions.