Year 9 Mathematics

READING TASKS

So you think you've got problems?

Read So you think you’ve got problems?’, by Alex Bellos. Surprising and rewarding puzzles to sharpen your mind.

Hidden Figures

Read Hidden Figures by 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. 

100 essential things you didn’t know about Maths and the Arts

Read ‘100 essential things you didn’t know about Maths and the Arts’, by John D Barrow. 

LISTENING TASKS

Simon Singh’s Numbers

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

A Brief History of Mathematics

A BBC Radio 4 podcast by Marcus du Sautoy Listen to all 10 episodes.

WATCHING TASKS

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Watch ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’, starring Dev Patel. Enjoy the biography based drama about the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

The Maths Show with Matt Parker

Watch BBC Teach: The Maths Show with Matt Parker

RESEARCH TASKS

Pythagoras' maths

Find out about his contributions to modern Mathematics. Use this timeline to see how mathematicians “Stand on the Shoulders of Giants”

The maths of magic

Many magic tricks are based on mathematics. What magic tricks can you find? Try them out on your friends!

Homer Hickman

Research Homer Hickman. Read his biography Rocket Boys. Watch the movie October Sky starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Learn how the son of a coal miner designed the space shuttle for NASA.

TRIPS AND VISITS

Science Museum

Visit the maths gallery in the Science Museum, London

STEM Discovery Centre

Visit the Stem Discovery Centre in Stevenage

CREATIVE TASKS

Tangrams

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

STUDENT LED TASKS

Kings College London

Visit KCL site and attempt the weekly challenge competitions.

Wild Maths

Wild Maths – explore, imagine, experiment, create! Try and explore one of the games from the nrich site.