Reading Tasks
How Not to Be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life,
Read this book by by Jordan Ellenberg.
Discover how maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the world's messy and chaotic surface.
Available in the LRC.
Hidden Figures
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.
The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets
Read The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets, by Simon Singh.
See how a writing team of mathematicians include mathematics
Available in the LRC.
Listening Tasks
Travels in a Mathematical World
Listen to Travels in a Mathematical World podcast, by Peter Rowlett - featuring mathematicians talking about their work as well as features on maths history and maths news.
A Brief History of Mathematics
A BBC Radio 4 podcast by Marcus du Sautoy Listen to all 10 episodes.
Watching Tasks
A Beautiful Mind
Watch the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’, starring Russell Crowe, directed by Ron Howard. Research the mathematical genius of John Forbes Nash Jr.
Research Tasks
Trips & Visits
Science Museum
Visit the maths gallery in the Science Museum, London
STEM Discovery Centre
Visit the Stem Discovery Centre in Stevenage
Creative Tasks
This is not a maths book
Read This is not a Maths Book, by Anna Weltman. A fusion of maths and art/drawing. Work through fun drawing challenges with a mathematical basis.
The impossible triangle
Can you draw an impossible triangle? Watch this clip to help. What other impossible shapes can you draw?
Student Led Tasks
NRich
Explore problems from nrich maths, including mathematical art.
Wild Maths
Wild Maths – explore, imagine, experiment, create! Try and explore one of the games.
Parallel
Sign up to Parallel and receive a weekly maths challenge to complete.