Carom Maths provides this resource for teachers and students of A Level mathematics. This presentation introduces an explanation and a simulation of Buffon's Needles experiment, that yields an approximation for π, before developing the experiment further by asking what would happen if the shape of the needles were...

Many structures are built around frameworks made of straight, rigid pieces of wood or metal, called members, connected together. Forces generated in the members support the structure. In this activity, drinking straws are used as members, to make a self-supporting dome.

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Building maths: the geometry of temples and churches, and the school maths curriculum is a digital book, showing how builders in the past applied the principles of mathematics when constructing Classical and Roman temples and Anglo-Saxon, Romanesque and Gothic churches.

Included are exercises on...

A selection of resources published by BEAM for teachers of Key Stage Three mathematics. It includes challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical understanding. The activities and their mathematical content are: *Digits problem - looking...

A selection of resources published by BEAM for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles to help students practise and consolidate their mathematical understanding.

The activities, presented with their mathematical content, are:

*Words - recognising multiples of 5...

A selection of games published by BEAM for teachers of Key Stage Three mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles which help students to consolidate their mathematical understanding.

The activities and their mathematical content are:

*Choose and divide - division using decimals

This activity links to aspects of mathematics and citizenship by calculating the cost of a family Christmas list and how decisions might need to be taken to reduce expenditure. Children are asked to imagine that they are a parent with three children and they have to work out what they are going to get them from...

Carom Maths provides this resource for teachers and students of A Level mathematics.

This presentation introduces the Conics and provides a Geogebra file for students to explore how, by changing the eccentricity of a curve, the locus of a point is altered. They are also challenged to vary the constants of an...

Sue Southwood from the Education Training Foundation team shares her understanding of what Core Maths has to offer students, employers and universities- including the use of applied and practical mathematics in specific contexts.

Professor David Burghes- Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Plymouth- explains the important role Core Maths can have in preparing students to meet the demands of working in a global economy.  

Anthony Tomei CBE, Visiting Professor and Kings College London, speaks about the importance of retaining the mathematics that students learn at GCSE. He argues that Core Maths can help to “keep the mathematical muscles exercised” to help students as they go on to further study.

Teachers and their students share their thoughts and experiences of the Core Maths qualification. Also hear the thoughts of the Key Stage 4 Mathematics Co-ordinator and Higher Level Teaching Assistant as they discuss some of the activities students have covered throughout the course.

In this video Sue Hough- Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University- discusses how Core Maths can help students to think about real-life problems and how this can develop their mathematics skills.

Carom Maths provides this resource for teachers and students of A Level mathematics.

This presentation investigates the value of π in different types of geometry and provides a link for students to experiment with Hyperbolic geometry. The classic definition of a distance function, or metric, is given and a...

This resource features four short tasks that involve creating, re-arranging and solving equations.

One of the tasks looks at selling tickets for a concert. Students must form two equations connecting two variables and then solve the resulting simultaneous equations. They then go on to interpret their answers...