Year 8 Mathematics

READING TASKS

Alex’s Adventures in Numberland

Read Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, by Alex Bellos.

Read an exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck.

Humble Pi – a comedy of maths errors

Read Humble Pi – a comedy of maths errors, by Matt Parker.

Read real life stories about how maths goes wrong with real world consequences by mathmagician Matt Parker.

Hidden Figures

Read Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly

The story of the African-American Mathematicians of NASA who helped America win the Space Race. Read the book and watch the film.

LISTENING TASKS

Simon Singh’s Numbers

Listen to 5 BBC Radio 4 podcasts on ‘special numbers’

Travels in a mathematical world

Listen to Travels in a Mathematical World podcast, by Peter Rowlett - featuring mathematicians talking about their work as well as features on maths history and maths news.

WATCHING TASKS

BBC Magic Numbers - Mysterious World of Maths

BBC documentary exploring the world of maths with Dr Hannah Fry.

Numberphile

Watch Numberphile – maths and movies (Animation at Pixar). There are lots of numberphile clips you can watch!

RESEARCH TASKS

Alan Turing

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.

TRIPS AND VISITS

Science Museum

Visit the maths gallery in the Science Museum, London

Lots of exhibitions to choose from - while you there check out the exhibitions that cover Science & Maths too.

Bletchley Park

Visit Bletchley Park to explore the world of coding and maths.

CREATIVE TASKS

Design a house or school

Produce a full scale drawing, calculate area and show all the relevant measurements. Complete the task by creating a paper or cardboard model.

STUDENT LED TASKS

Kings College London

Visit KCL site and attempt the weekly challenge competitions.

NRich

Explore problems from nrich maths, including mathematical art.

Transum

Test yourself against the computer or each other in games of strategy here.

Maths Careers

Read articles, investigate problems, get creative and plan visits here. Everything mathematical!