Maths

Research 

Research a mathematician (e.g. Ada Lovelace, Katherine Johnson, Archimedes) and present how their work has influenced the world. 

Explore how different cultures use and represent maths (e.g. different numeral systems, abacuses, measuring systems). 

Create 

Create a piece of art using geometric shapes, symmetry or repeating patterns (e.g. Islamic art, tessellations). 

Design your own theme park, calculating area and perimeter of rides, pricing tickets and budgeting for costs. 

Oracy 

Maths Debate: “Is Zero a Number?” Prepare arguments for and against the idea of zero being a number. 

Real-Life Problem Pitch: Plan a Class Party 

Scenario: You have £100 to spend on a class end-of-term party. 

Pitch Task: Decide how to spend the money on food, drinks, decorations and games. Present your budget plan and explain your choices using maths.

Research 

Use Google maps to virtually explore the following structures based on different mathematical shapes. Pyramids of Giza, The Eden Project, The Gherkin and The Sydney Opera House. What is the geometry involved with the structures?  

Read this article: The remarkable ways animals understand numbers - BBC Future  

Can you summarise this in a paragraph. 

Create 

Create tangrams using this online tool. You can also make the shapes out of paper. What other pictures can you make? Tangram Builder – Mathigon 

Play this game and write a paragraph describing your strategy Play Tower of Hanoi (mathsisfun.com) 

Oracy 

Watch this video Calculating Pi with Real Pies - Numberphile (youtube.com) 

Listen to this podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b00stcgv 

Research

Research a mathematician of your choice and make a page fact file including what they discovered, their life and interesting facts.

Create

Watch this and create a fractal on your iPad: Drawing Fractals in Under 5 Minutes (youtube.com)

Oracy

Watch this video: Ham Sandwich Problem - Numberphile (youtube.com)

Research 

How do we write numbers in different bases? We write numbers in base 10, start by looking up how to write numbers in binary, ternary and quinary. Can you see any ways of applying the operations with these numbers? 

What different types of numbers are there? Research the different types of numbers out there.  

Create 

Using a pair of compasses, a ruler and a pencil produce some interesting images Kornkreis Geometrie zeichnen/Drawing Crop Circle Geometry: Hesse, Lorraine (Frankreich) 2007-05-27 

Draw a cardioid using the following resources 

drawing_a_cardioid.pptx 

cardioid_60.pdf 

Oracy 

Is maths discovered or invented? Have a discussion with someone about whether you think maths is inherently there in nature for us to discover or for mathematicians to create. Look at maths in nature to see why people may believe it is in nature.

Create a short podcast about the largest prime number discovered. How was it discovered and why do we want to find large primes?

Research

Research the life and work of Alan Turing.

Watch ‘The Imitation Game’, and read the book of the same name, about his involvement in code breaking of Enigma.

Research the Golden Gate Bridge and how the curvature of the earth changes its structure.

Create

Draw an impossible Hexagon here. 

What other optical illusions can you draw?

Support Year 7 students as a tutor in maths skills intervention.

Oracy

Listen to podcasts from The Numberphile, full of fascinating number facts.

Listen to A Brief History of Mathematics, a BBC Radio 4 podcast by Marcus du Sautoy.

Listen to all 10 episodes.