Cambridge Mathematics Outreach and Community Activities
Cambridge Maths Circle
The Cambridge Maths Circle has hands-on mathematical activities suitable for all children and young people.
Maths Open Day at the Cambridge Science Festival
The Maths Open Day 26th March 2011, at the Cambridge Science Festival, showcases the wide range of mathematical ideas that are used, explored and investigated in the Maths Faculty. Here are some links to further information about some of the activities and ideas that we presented at the Open Day. If you would like to discuss or ask about any of these, you might like to visit Ask NRICH, a free maths discussion forum.
- Prime numbers
- Equally spaced primes:
Expository article by Ben Green about his work with Terence Tao on equally spaced primes
Paper by Green and Tao proving that the primes contain arbitrarily long progressions
Wikipedia page about equally spaced primes
Record examples of lists of equally spaced primes
Prime number hopscotch:
NRICH problem on equally spaced primes
Sieving for primes:
Wikipedia page about the Sieve of Eratosthenes
Wikipedia page about sieve theory
Möbius Strips
- Video on Vi Hart's blog
Wikipedia page about Möbius strips - Escher picture of ants on a Möbius strip
- Euler Number
- Wikipedia page about the Euler characteristic
Biography of Euler - Topology
- Wikipedia page about topology
Watch a mug turning into a doughnut
Wikipedia page about curvature - Risk
- Understanding Uncertainty
The Millennium Mathematics Project (MMP)
The Millennium Mathematics Project is a maths education initiative for ages 5 to 19 and the general public, based at the University of Cambridge but active nationally and internationally. It was launched in 1999 as a partnership between the Faculty of Mathematics and the Faculty of Education, bringing together a number of existing activities, which have been developed and extended. The project aims to support maths education and promote the development of mathematical
skills and understanding, particularly through enrichment activities. More broadly, we want to help everyone share in the excitement and understand the importance of mathematics.
The project comprises several complementary programmes, including:
- NRICH
- The enormously popular NRICH website publishes thousands of free resources for students aged 5 to 19 and their teachers, designed to enrich mathematical learning and particularly develop problem solving skills.
- Maths and Sport
- Maths and Sport: Countdown to the Games is an exciting new project developing free online resources for ages 5 to 18 exploring maths through the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Plus Magazine
- Plus is a free online magazine opening a door to the world of maths through lively and accessible articles, news reports and podcasts, aimed at older students (16+) and the general public. Plus also includes a library of careers interviews.
- Stimulus
- Peer assisted learning scheme in which University students visit local schools to share their enthusiasm for science, engineering, computers, mathematics and medical sciences.
- Motivate
- Countdown to the Games is an exciting new project developing free online resources for ages 5 to 18 exploring maths through the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Cambridgeshire Further Mathematics Centre
- A new project, funded by MEI, which aims to provide Further Mathematics tuition at AS and A2 level for students in schools within the region which cannot offer the subject at all or can only offer partial provision.