Finding Maths fun and challenging - ideas and resources
Maths isn't just really important, it can be fun and give you a sense of real achievement and excitement. Below are some resources to help you really enjoy maths.
There are some maths puzzles on the Transum website:
EXPLORE - Maths Puzzles (Transum) Links to an external site.
and maths games:
PLAY - Maths Games (Transum) Links to an external site.
If you go to the Maths Map page you can find activities that support the topics that you are currently studying:
EXPLORE - Maths Map (Transum) Links to an external site.
Hannah Fry is a mathematician and in 2019 she did the famous Royal Institution Christmas lectures all about Maths. There are three of them and they are really interesting. You could watch them with all your family:
WATCH - Hannah Fry's Christmas Lectures (Royal Institution) Links to an external site.
If you enjoyed Hannah's lectures why not have a look at Professor Marcus Du Sautoy’s five lectures from 2009:
WATCH - Marcus Du Sautoy's Christmas Lectures (Royal Institution) Links to an external site.
The University of Cambridge Faculty of Maths and of Education have developed the NRICH Project which 'aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners'.
EXPLORE - Lower Secondary curriculum (NRICH) Links to an external site.
MyMaths interactive website also has a number of games that you can try out:
PLAY - MyMaths games (MyMaths) Links to an external site.
Want to try some maths logic puzzles? Then check out Mr Barton maths:
EXPLORE - Maths and Logic Puzzles (mrbartonmaths) Links to an external site.
The Mathematics in Education and Industry association as part of their response to Covid 19 have produced some Algebra lessons with student activities.
The collection will be expanded to include similar sets of lessons for Number, Geometry and Measure, Ratio, and Statistics and Probability. Click on the link below and then click on the View button on the Downloads to see student materials links for different topics:
EXPLORE - GeoGebra activities for KS3 (MEI)