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Schools and Further EducationS&FE Committee Celebrate Pi Day! With the use of computers, Pi has been calculated to over 1 trillion digits past the decimal. Pi is an irrational number meaning it will continue infinitely without repeating. The symbol for pi was first used in 1706 by William Jones, but was popular after it was adopted by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1737. Pi Day website http://www.piday.org/ World Maths Day 3 March 2010
Details on how to take part can be found at http://www.worldmathsday.com/2010 Bath Taps Into Science Further information can be found at http://www.bath.ac.uk/math-sci/bath-taps Maths Inspiration - 2009/10 Programme Details of the shows and how to book are on the website. ACME Post 16 Mathematical Pathways Paper ACME has published a paper to provoke discussion about proposals that all post-16 learners in England should study mathematics. A copy of the paper can be downloaded from the ACME website. Please feed in your views to ACME at acme@royalsociety.org before Friday 18 December 2009. 2009 Conference Summary Report GCSE Mathematics Linked Pair Pilot
A Level Mathematics & Further Mathematics - An investigation into the reasons for increased uptake in 2009 IMA Position Statement on Awarding Bodies and Teaching Resources Keep maths textbooks independent of examining boards Advanced level Diploma in Science - Have your say To find out more about the Diploma in Science visit www.sciencediploma.co.uk The Diploma in Science is still in development; if you would like to help shape this new qualification, click here to register to attend a focus group. Find out about the big changes in GCSE Mathematics There is also a Maths Resource Zone which includes: New resources will be added to the Resource Zone over the coming months. Mathematics Development Programme for Teachers (MDPT): a national CPD programme for non-specialist teachers of mathematics The courses will develop participants’ subject and pedagogical knowledge and enable teachers without a first degree or secondary initial teacher training (ITT) specialism to teach the subject more effectively, to learners aged 11-19 with more confidence, expertise and enthusiasm. The structure and length will be flexible to reflect the needs of individual participants and comprise a mix of tuition and in-school development. The course will start in summer and run for 40 days over the following academic year. The courses are free for participants and the TDA will fund supply cover for participating schools. Teachers who meet the eligibility criteria and complete the course will receive a £5,000 incentive on completion of their course. Participants should ideally have at least one year’s experience of teaching mathematics, for some of their timetable. For further details on the MDPT, including a list of providers, visit:www.tda.gov.uk/mathscpdcourse. Alternatively contact Anthony Howells at Anthony.howells@tda.gov.uk for more information. Millennium Mathematics Project's public lectures Date:
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm The Arctic sea ice has been retreating and thinning for many decades under the influence of global warming, but in the summer 2007 the extent made a huge step downwards which led some scientists to predict that the summer ice would be gone in 5 years (since modified to 20-30). This is a massive change with huge implications for the climate, and it seems to be brought about mainly by the thinning, which allows the summer melt to get rid of the ice altogether. To measure the thickeness in winter and summer we have been working with Royal Navy submarines, sailing under the ice with upwards looking sonars, since 1971. Recently we have been using multibeam sonars which give full 3-D view of the ice underside. Professor Wadhams will discuss in his talk how these data are collected, how they are analysed, and how they are interpreted to give scientists key parameters which are needed to understand the decay rate of the ice. Level:
General public Admission to the lecture is free and no ticket required – for more information please contact Kerstin Enright, Millennium Mathematics Project, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA (01223 766839) or email: mmptalks@hermes.cam.ac.uk To view the full lecture listings or to register for an events e-mail list, visit: http://www.mmp.maths.org/events/eventlist.php |
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