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Meridian Branch
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Forthcoming Meetings
Sat 16 Mar 2013 • 09:30 - 12:30 (coffee from 09:00)
Garrod Musto • Trail Blazing Maths
Hear the experiences of ATM members who teamed up with the local IMA branch in Bath to create a maths trail around the city (with the help of Dr Maths Mr Steve Humble)
Discover just how easy it is to blaze your own trail.
Take away a rich series of resources for you to have a go.
(Crop) Circle Theorems
Explore the books of Euclid’s Elements that focus on the geometry of circles.
Use the phenomenon of crop circles to demonstrate shape and measure work.
Take away a number of very useful outcomes for the classroom, and learn how to make crop circles in the playground.
Suitable for KS2 and KS3 and KS4.
£5 on the door (For refreshments and immediate expenses)
For further information or to book your place in advance please contact meridianbranch@atm.org.uk
Meetings venue
Institute of Education, University of Reading, London Road Campus, 4 Redlands Road, RG1 5EX.
Cost is £5 at the door for refreshments and immediate expenses. Please contact Alison Eves or telephone 0118 378 5939 to book a place.
Previous meetings
Sat 17 Nov 2012 • 09:30-12:30
Fortifying France: Les villes de Vauban
Presented by the Marquis de Vauban (aka Peter Ransom), a 17th century Marshal of France in period costume.
Geometry of fortification based on an 18th century French mathematics book.
Opportunities for creative work.
Many worksheets to take away, answers, CD ROMs of all the materials (and much more) for those present and full teacher notes.
Suitable for the KS2 and 3 classrooms
Patterns, pizza and playing the guitar
Sat 12 Nov 2011 • 09:30-12:30 (coffee from 09:00)
Led by David Acheson: author of ‘1089 and All That’
Why are patterns so important? Does pizza have a place in serious mathematics? And what has all this got to do with playing the guitar? To find out, we take an off-beat look at some of the most important ideas in mathematics, and how they may be communicated at any level.
The ubiquitous isosceles triangle
Sat 19 Mar 2011 • 09:30-12:30 (coffee from 09:00)
Led by Pat Perks and Steph Prestage of the University of Birmingham.
Steph and Pat have for many years devised creative ideas aimed at bringing mathematical concepts to life in fun and active ways. This session will explore geometry with and from the isosceles triangle, guaranteed to inspire teachers in KS2-3 with ideas which can be taken straight into the classroom.
Developing mathematical concepts
14 Nov 09 • 09:30-12:40
Meeting with Malcolm Swan.
Professor Malcolm Swan will lead interactive sessions for primary and secondary colleagues separately modelling group activities that encourage pupils to classify, define, compare, formulate and simplify. Also, there will be a ‘swap shop’ for colleagues to share their favourite ideas for classroom activities.
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